By Barney Beal – In its second online “town meeting” aimed at getting customers to back its acquisition attempt, Oracle Corp. once again pledged to continue support of PeopleSoft Inc. products, should its hostile takeover bid prove successful.
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Linux rescues Oracle implementation for lighting manufacturer
By Michael S. Mimoso – Lithonia Lighting, a Georgia manufacturer of commercial lighting equipment, switched to Linux to cure a memory-mapping problem Windows experienced during an Oracle implementation.
Microsoft Patches Critical VBA Flaw
By Dennis Fisher – Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday issued a patch for a critical vulnerability in its Visual Basic for Applications SDK, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable server.
How To: Insert datetime values that are in xsd:dateTime format
Answer provided by Daniel Cazzulino – When using updategrams or diffgrams, you may find it necessary to use datetime values that have been retreived from SQL Server and are in xsd:dateTime format. If you try to pass these values in your updategram or diffgram you will get an error. The solution to t
Comparing Java Data Binding Tools
by Mette Hedin – Many W3C XML Schema (WXS) data binding tools for Java are now emerging. These tools generate Java code from instances of WXS in order to represent the structures defined therein. The autogenerated code has the ability to convert from XML format to Java objects and vice versa. This g
SQL Server Scalability FAQ
Review this FAQ to find answers to some common questions about how SQL Server 2000 scales to meet the needs of very large database (VLDB) systems.
Book Review: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000, by Kalen Delaney
Review by Vyas Kondreddi – This is the most comprehensive book for anyone interested in knowing how SQL Server works internally. You might ask, “Who is interested in the internals of SQL Server?”. My answer would be, “Any DBA or technical architect, who undertakes serious SQL Server implementations.
IBM mixes search into Masala data tool
By Martin LaMonica – The Armonk, N.Y.-based company said it will draw on its research project, called WebFountain, to let people search corporate databases in the same way they might search the Web. The feature will appear in the second version of DB2 Information Integrator, code-named Masala. The u
IBM And Borland Team To Take On Microsoft
By Charles Babcock – Borland’s C# Builder packages will now ship with IBM’s DB2 Universal Database System, while IBM will include C# Builder with all DB2 shipments.
SQL Server Skills in Hot Demand
While IT hiring may slow slightly in the third quarter, according to a survey conducted by the recruiter Robert Half Technology, demand for professionals with SQL Server skills remains strong.(R)