(James Niccolai) BMC Software Inc. will soon release the first of its SmartDBA tools for IBM Corp.’s DB2 mainframe database, marking what it called a significant milestone in its effort to provide a single console for managing mixed database environments.
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Use Globally Unique Identifiers in Access and SQL Server
(Susan Sales Harkins, Arthur Fuller) Globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) distinguish hardware, software, and users. Originally, Microsoft designed the GUID value for use with ActiveX controls; Windows uses a 128-bit GUID to identify ActiveX controls. A 48-bit version generates an Ethernet adapter ad
Distribution Agent: Timeout expired
The profile for the replication agent has a ‘query timeout’ value that can be changed to ensure that the queries have sufficient time to complete. Read more about this option in this article.
Using the Oracle Bulk Loader
To use the Oracle bulk loader, you need a control file, which specifies how data should be loaded into the database; and a data file, which specifies what data should be loaded. You will learn how to create these files in turn.
AutoNumber And Identity Functionality
Developers who are used to AutoNumber columns in MS Access or Identity columns in SQL Server often complain when they have to manually populate primary key columns using sequences. This type of functionality is easily implemented in Oracle using triggers.
IBM Tries To One-Up Microsoft With DB2 Tools
(Barbara Darrow)IBM Software, trying to steal some Microsoft thunder, previewed upcoming features in its DB2 database.
Oracle plans upgrade of treasury software
(Marc L. Songini)Oracle Corp. this week plans to announce enhancements to its treasury management applications that are designed to give end users faster access to financial data plus beefed-up regulatory compliance tools.
SQL Server ‘Yukon’ to get XML data type
(Paul Krill) Microsoft at its Professional Developers Conference 2003 discussed intentions to add an XML data type to its SQL Server database, with the Yukon release of the product planned for late 2004. Read more about this new feature in this article.
Reactivity launches new version of XML firewall
Reactivity Inc., Belmont, Calif., released the latest version of its XML firewall appliance. The Reactivity XML Firewall 2300 series features integrated hardware SSL acceleration from nCipher and is available now in both production and developer versions.
Corel Integrates XML and SVG Tools with Oracle Database 10g
Corel Corporation has teamed with Oracle to build and deliver a complete solution to enable the creation, storage and delivery of XML content and SVG Smart Graphic applications. Demonstrated at Oracle World Paris this week, the solution integrates the Oracle Database 10g with Corel’s XML tools, Core