(Simon St. Laurent) All of those American red-blue political maps are pretty boring, right? After all, it’s not likely that the two sides are going to form separate countries, and they produce all kinds of charming stereotypes. The more detailed county-by-county or even the shades of purple maps are
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DB2 V8.2: Experiences with the Latest Release
(Phil Gunning, Martin Hubel, and Phil Nelson) DB2 V8.2, formerly known as “Stinger,” has been available since August 2004. Normally, white papers discuss upcoming features and products to allow users to plan for the new features. Instead, this paper gives the experiences of three users with the prod
SQL Constraints With PostgreSQL
(Bruce Momjian) POSTGRESQL is an object-relational database under active development on the Internet. You can learn more by visiting http://www.postgresql.org. Constraints keep user data constrained, thereby helping to prevent invalid data from being entered into the database. Defining a data type
Advanced Functions and Administration on DB2 Universal Database for iSeries
(Hernando Bedoya, Daniel Lema, Vijay Marwaha, David F Squires and Mark Walas) Dive into the details of DB2 Universal Database for iSeries advanced functions and database administration. This IBM Redbook aims to equip programmers, analysts, and database administrators with all the skills and tool
WebSphere Application Server classloaders
This article provides information about how WebSphere Application Server uses classloaders to load various system and runtime resources. To make sure your application code runs correctly and with the appropriate characteristics, follow the information below.
An introduction to backup, restore, and rollforward recovery in IBM Cloudscape/Apache Derby
(Suresh Thalamati) Ensure the recoverability of your IBM Cloudscape data. Learn how the backup, restore, and rollforward recovery features work in Cloudscape and Apache Derby. Through examples, find out how to restore your databases.
Some thoughts on Oracle passwords
(Enquiries) Most companies have trouble with users who tend to use the same password for all of their accounts on applications and systems used or even worse use the username as their password. This makes it very easy for an attacker to guess passwords or for some malicious internal user to log on a
System tables in SQL Server 2005
(Adam Machanic) In reference to your article, Say goodbye to system tables in SQL Server 2005, do you mean system tables are really gone or no longer actively supported? If it is really gone then I have more up front work to do. If it is no longer actively supported I might have more time for ch
Still on Database Modeling
(Sue Harper) Time has rolled on and a number of you have commented on the “Is the ERD Dead?” blog. In my response I admit to not knowing all the etiquette to blogging and comments yet, so forgive me if I do a blanket response here. By the way, it’s so nice to see familiar names popping up on my
Oracle/PLSQL: Roles
A role is a set or group of privileges that can be granted to users or another role. This is a great way for database administrators to save time and effort.