(Sudipta Mukherjee) Are you migrating your database from Oracle to IBM DB2 Universal Database? Do you think you might miss some particular Oracle feature? DB2 UDB is such a flexible database that it is possible to fulfill many of your requirements. In this article, I will show you how I implemented
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Dynamic XML Documents with Distribution and Replication
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Bridge your database to XML with Java and XML-DBMS
(Peter V. Mikhalenko) It’s possible to store and retrieve XML documents in a relational database even if that database does not boast XML features. The secret lies in careful use of Java (the database does have to be JDBC-compliant) and a third-party middleware framework named XML-DBMS, which acts a
Oracle server architecture overview
These notes introduce the Oracle server architecture. The architecture includes physical components, memory components, processes, and logical structures.
Oracle 9i Online Redefinition
(Sameer Wadhwa) In 24/7 database, it is hard to find out a maintenance window to do certain tasks like reorganize table, adding or dropping column, adding or deleting partition, move tables from one tablespace to another etc. Now in Oracle 9i, you can do this ONLINE without worrying to stop the use
If content is king, IBM wants the crown
(Kate Evans-Correia) IBM is well positioned to reign over the estimated $10 billion content management market next year, say analysts say. And if the strong customer demand for ways to capture and manage information continues it will remain a pivotal component of Big Blue’s on-demand strategy. In
SAP on DB2 for z/OS and OS/390: High Availability and Performance Monitoring with Data Sharing
(Viviane Anavi-Chaput, David Bellion, Tim Bohlsen, Humberto Carrasco, Mike Gordon, Flavio Lima, Mary Siart and Mike Zazulak) This IBM Redbook addresses the challenges posed by monitoring high availability, scalability, and performance in an SAP sysplex data sharing environment. Part 1 describes
Top 30 Features of SQL Server
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Resumable Space Allocation
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