By Jon Panker – As antitrust investigators continue to evaluate its takeover bid, Oracle Corp. is once again giving PeopleSoft Inc. investors more time to tender their shares.The deadline has been extended to midnight on Sept. 19. The offer would have expired on Aug. 15.
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SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a: What It Is, Why It Is, and Whether to Upgrade
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a (SP3a) update is available and replaces the previously released SP3. If you successfully upgraded to SP3, you may not have to apply SP3a. This Support WebCast will talk about what changed and how to decide if applying SP3a in your environment is appropriate.
XML Consortium Announces Emergency-Response Specs
By Keith Ferrell – An industry group promoting XML standards for interoperability among disaster responders and emergency services announced completion of the first draft of its technical specifications Tuesday.The draft Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) announced by the technical committee of
Trapping DTS errors with Transact-SQL
By Joseph Sack – I’ve often been asked what the “best” method is for trapping DTS errors. This is a very broad question. What errors you care about capturing can differ from project to project, and package to package.
Microsoft prepares for Yukon, Longhorn
By Martin LaMonica – The software maker plans to release an update to its Visual Studio.Net development tool bundle, code-named Whidbey, in the latter half of 2004, timed to coincide with the introduction of an overhaul to its SQL Server database, code-named Yukon.
Sequential Numbering/Counting of Records with SQL Server
By Gregory A. Larsen – Microsoft SQL server does not support a method of identifying the row numbers for records stored on disk, although there are a number of different techniques to associate a sequential number with a row. This article will show various different methods of assigning a record seq
Develop a Websphere MQ and Visual Studio .Net app
DB2 UDB has great integration with WebSphere MQ messaging. Learn how to use the DB2 Development Add-ins for Visual Studio .NET to build an order application.
DB2 and the Need for Speed
By Joel Goldstein – Simply stated, DB2 response time is never fast enough unless it’s sub-second. IBM has said that productivity improves by 100% when improving response time from 2 seconds to less than one second. Joel’s presentation reviews what you can do to achieve better response times.
IBM boosts Linux offerings
By Ellen O’Brien – Demonstrating its commitment to Linux and increasing its continuing head-to-head competition with Oracle Corp., IBM announced the DB2 Integrated Cluster Environment (ICE) for Linux and extended support for the open-source platform.
Ten ways to keep that DBA job
By Robert Westervelt – Got mentors? What about a backup plan? For rookie DBAs and experienced pros alike, Oracle guru Robert Freeman has tips on how to look good on the job.