(Vijay Kumar) A Microsoft SQL Server database is a collection of objects that hold and manipulate data. A typical SQL Server installation has only a handful of databases, but it’s not unusual for a single installation to contain several dozen databases. Theoretically, one SQL Server installation can
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A Practical Guide to Migrating to MySQL 5.0
With the recent release and rapid growth of MySQL 5.0 in the market, many corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, and others to think about migrating away from their expensive and proprietary database vendors to an open source platform. Of course, a migration from any database i
Your Chance to Participate in a Forrester Research Study of the Benefits of DB2 Autonomics
Forrester Research is conducting a study on the financial impact of autonomic computing in DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX, Windows V8.2 (including V8.2.2.) Please consider participating in a survey (brief questionnaire, and follow-up interview) to provide Forrester with an understanding of your environment
Book review: Autonomic Computing
(Kane Scarlett) Join me as I troll through Richard Murch’s book from IBM Press, Autonomic Computing, and find tools and resources for the system designer, administrator, and developer.
XUIFramework: a GUI framework based on XML and MFC
(Vincent_RICHOMME) It is always difficult to start a new article and the first question that arises is what to title it. I must admit that this time I have been a bit pretentious but my first goal was to provide a new framework based on an XML description (like XUL or XAML). Actually I started t
8 TOP Ways To Promote Your RSS/XML Feed For MAXIMUM Exposure
(Cory Threlfall) RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is the new technology on the block and is taking the Internet by storm as Internet marketers are hurrying to incorporate this new form of communication and technology into there existing online businesses to Maximize there exposure online with NEW and/o
DB2, UDB, LUW, Distributed – What’s in a Name?
(Chris Eaton) Before getting into the similarities and differences between DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX, Windows and DB2 UDB for z/OS, I wanted to spend just a bit of time talking about naming and packaging. If you hang around DB2 people or go to a DB2 conference you may here any or all of the following
Reviewing Views
(Steve Callan) Sometimes it is worthwhile to go back and review some fundamentals, and this article does just that using views. Views are extremely useful for DBAs, developers, and users alike, but are you getting all you can out of what views have to offer? Why are some views updateable and others
Generic Architecture for Caching Table Data: Keeping It Real (and Small)
(Mark Vilrokx) In the third installment of this series we will add some more functionality to the cache that will alleviate some of the drawbacks that we discussed in earlier articles.
Stop nefarious users from breaking into an encrypted SQL Server database
(Arthur Fuller) Do you worry that someone with devious plans could break into your SQL Server database? If not, you should because this may be a very real and dangerous possibility. First, I’ll cite an example from a previous job to demonstrate how easy it is to access a database.