By Michael Singer – Oracle Friday postponed yet another deadline in its $7.3 billion takeover bid for applications rival PeopleSoft. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software giant said it has extended its announced tender to midnight EST on Wednesday, December 31, 2003. Previously, the offer
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DB2 Buffer Pool Tuning: Statistical Accuracy of Performance Prediction Techniques
Unless you’re careful, it’s easy to build bias into performance prediction. This paper clearly explains the problem, and points out where bias distorts performance results in other products.
IBM Goes After Legacy Data
Big Blue buys out legacy software converter CrossAccess to fold into its database integration suite.
Developing DB2 UDB User Defined Functions with .NET
Step-by-step, this tutorial shows you how to use the IBM DB2 SQL User Define Function (UDF) Wizard for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
Microsoft Hones Its Security Strategy
By Paul Thurrott – At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans last week, Microsoft executives described changes to the company’s security strategy, including a new “Secure the Perimeter” process that’s part of its wider Trustworthy Computing initiative. Does Microsoft finally get secu
How to Handle Datetime Data Types That Behave Strangely
SQL Server’s handling of datetime values can play havoc with your code if you’re not aware of the way times are rounded off. Bruce Moran of SQL Server Magazine gives you the details.
The Great Delay
Although delaying Yukon has financial implications and leaves SQL Server behind in the release race, Michael Otey applauds Microsoft for taking its time. (R, $)
Book Review: SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled
By Vyas Kondreddi – A new book dedicated to the XML functionality of SQL Server. This book has already received some great reviews at Amazon.
Next Yukon, Whidbey Betas Due In May, Microsoft Says
By Paula Rooney – Microsoft expects to launch Yukon Beta 2 and the Whidbey Beta 1 in May of 2004 with Phase III testing scheduled for August, company executives said on Friday.
Split delimiter-separated lists in SQL Server
By rajasekhar sahitala – Check out this and other tips at SearchDatabase.com.