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W3C Advances Specs For Web Interoperability
(Sean Michael Kerner) The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has approved Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core and Load and Save specifications as official W3C recommendations, a move that stamps out vestiges of the browser wars and makes way for Web interoperability. The specification means th
Oracle awaits grid database upgrades
(Paul Krill) Oracle anticipates a spur in upgrades to its grid-enabled Oracle Database 10g this June, when the first patch set will be released for the new system.
Find Out Where Your PL/SQL Session Is
(Sudhindra Chillarige) Suppose you run a relatively long PL/SQL procedure that processes several rows, and you want to track its progress. The following procedure lets you see the total number of rows and the current row being processed, using client_info in the V$SESSION view.
IBM’s New Stinger Database to Zap Pain Points
(Clint Boulton) After months of unveiling features by the piece for its next-generation database, IBM is planning to launch the finished product in late April or early May, according to a source familiar with the company’s plans.
SQL Server Yukon: Advantages of the new PIVOT operators
(Sanders Kaufman, Jr.) Database developers who use Microsoft products have often experienced frustration at the disparity of functions between Access and SQL Server. SQL Server, which uses Transact-SQL (T-SQL), is a step behind Access in its range of features, although it is several steps ahead in t
Web Data Administration Tool from Microsoft
(Gregory A. Larsen) Are you a Database Administrator that has a desire to work remotely but don’t have access to your databases while you are out of your office? Would you consider using a web interface to manage your SQL Server databases and Logins? If so, then you might want to consider checking o
Fix: Corrupted Data When You Enable Asynchronous Fetching in SQL Server ODBC Driver
When you use Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server to fetch data in asynchronous mode, you may see that the data that is fetched is corrupted for some of the columns. This corruption does not always occur, and is random in nature. Most of the time you see that some columns of the last row that is fet
From P2P to Web Services: Addressing and Coordination
(Andy Oram) Organizations are facing new technological challenges, often finding them perplexing or even insolvable, as they modernize their use of the Internet and intranets. But the common element which these problems share is that their solutions go beyond technology. These problems require a soc
So You Want to Become an Oracle DBA? Part 1 – Getting Close to Oracle
(Steve Callan) This is the first of a two-part series about how you can become an Oracle DBA in today’s almost non-existent DBA job market. This article focuses on gateway jobs, which are easier to obtain and give you exposure to Oracle. The second article will focus on ways to learn Oracle and get