Text User Interface for DB2 UDB Administration is a lightweight, text-based DBA solution for fast, efficient, and effortless database maintenance, convenient access to critical system information, and simplified use of DB2 support tools. This technology can be used remotely through any terminal emul
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Registration Opens for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference
Early registration has just opened for the third annual MySQL Users Conference, to be held in the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, April 18 -21, 2005. The MySQL Users Conference, co-presented by O’Reilly Media, Inc. and MySQL AB, is the only gathering where participants can share
Mapping user and login security
(Baya Pavliashvili) If you use SQL Server authenticated logins to connect to databases, the following scenario should sound familiar: you backup the database on the production server, restore it on the development/test server and the application doesn’t work. What’s wrong? You immediately check
Explore sequence diagrams
(Kirk Knoernschild) The purpose of a class diagram is to show the structural makeup of an application. An application’s structure is dictated by the dynamics of class collaborations. In UML, we commonly represent the dynamic aspects of class collaborations using a sequence diagram. Let’s now explore
Telnet and REST Web Services?
(Bob DuCharme) “Telnet” usually refers to a terminal emulation program that uses the telnet protocol to talk to a server. It’s been most popular for gaining shell access to remote computers, especially over dial-up lines in the old days, but you can also use it to submit commands to a web server if
Webcast Replay: DB2 Information Integrator OmniFind
This new enterprise search engine–released on November 30–is ideal for intranets, extranets and public corporate Web sites that integrate with WebSphere Portal Server or any other portal or content management system. We will overview the product from the business and technical perspectives, de
IBM launches WebSphere for global data synch
(Ephraim Schwartz) Leveraging its acquisition of Trego, an ISV with a product information management system, IBM unveiled additional middleware components to work with the Trego technology to ensure product data synchronization between retailers and suppliers.
Oracle Migration Workbench – Part 5
(Steve Callan) At the end of Part Four, we were ready to create the Oracle model of the Northwind database “imported” from a SQL Server 2000 instance. In this part of the series, we will continue the SQL Server migration and look at some issues related to the SQL Server to Oracle migration process.
MySQL Administrator
(Ian Gilfillan) On the 1st December, 2004, MySQL AB released a new version of MySQL Administrator (version 1.0.17). I had not previously used this tool, but with some time on my hands and the work crisis averted thanks to the installation of our new database server, I thought I would see how it shap
Overview of Oracle Spatial
(Ravikanth V. Kothuri, Albert Godfrind and Euro Beinat) Oracle Spatial technology is spread across two tiers: the Database Server and the Application Server. Figure 2-1 depicts the various components that comprise Oracle’s spatial technology stack and indicates the distribution of the components ac