By Tim DiChiara – Properly using the CLOB datatype and partition tables is critical to effectively adminstering large quantities of genetic data, according to a senior DBA at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<Br><br>Xiaobin Guan, Ph.D. spoke to a packed room at last week’s OracleWorld confere
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DB2 V7.2 FixPak 10a is now available
DB2 V7.2 FixPak 10a is now available for download. This FixPak includes fixes for known security issues.
Dimension Writeback
(Russ Whitney) Dimension writeback is an essential function of budgeting and planning applications. You can create your own cube to learn how dimension writeback works in SQL Server 2000 Enterprise and Developer editions. (R,$)
Managing the Performance of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390
By Craig S. Mullins – A white paper that discusses performance monitoring, tuning, and management of DB2 applications, databases, and systems (mainframe).
MSDN Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
In this session, Geoff Snowman, a developer community champion with Microsoft Corporation, will present an overview of Reporting Services, including basics of report authoring, management, and delivery. After this session, you should have a basic understanding of how to:
Flaws found in IBM’s DB2 v7 for Linux
By Ellen O’Brien – Two recently discovered flaws in IBM’s DB2 version 7 for Linux could allow internal users to upgrade their privileges and gain complete control of the popular database. The flaws do not make the database vulnerable to attacks from beyond the firewall.
The Dos & Don’ts of Certification
By Phil Croucher – The idea of certification is not new, relatively speaking, to the computer world, in which it seems to have been largely pioneered by Novell. It initiated the CNE program many years ago, after realizing that the various private companies providing training at the time produced res
Locking Down the Grid
By Lisa Vaas – Core to security in Oracle Corp.’s upcoming 10g grid technology will be a component called Oracle Internet Directory, an LDAP directory with an Oracle database back-end that leverages the database’s scalability, high availability and security features, according to Oracle Chief Securi
Converting Oracle Pro*C Programs to DB2 UDB
By Marina Greenstein – Changes in your database often mean changes to your application. This article explains the steps necessary during Oracle Pro*C program conversion to C with embedded DB2 SQL calls.
Eric Brown Discusses SQL Server—Past, Present, and Yukon
It’s been a busy year for SQL Server. Not only did it celebrate its 10th anniversary last winter, Microsoft is preparing a new version, code-named “Yukon,” that’s currently undergoing a round of early beta testing. MSDN Magazine recently talked to Eric Brown, a product manager for SQL Server, about