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Database Access (v8.1 DBA Certification Prep – Part 3 of 6)
By George Baklarz – This tutorial will take you through the various steps required to manage some of the objects within DB2. This is the third tutorial in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (E
Yukon Private Beta Hits The Street
By Barbara Darrow – Microsoft has gotten Yukon out the door. Sort of. The company Tuesday dropped the so-called “private beta” of the next-generation SQL Server to some 500 customers and partners, sources close to the company confirmed. Another 1,500 copies are slated for release by the end o
Extreme XML: Adding Custom Functions to XPath
Learn how to create custom functions for XPath using System.Xml APIs from the .NET Framework SDK.
Orbitz implicates Oracle in site outage
By Alorie Gilbert – Orbitz was hit by a site outage Wednesday, making the popular travel site unavailable to visitors at the height of the busy summer travel season. The outage, which began early Wednesday, is related to problems with an Oracle database on which Orbitz runs its site, Orbitz s
Oracle geeks of the round table
By Ellen O’Brien – The Oak Table Network (OTN) was begun in Copenhagen, Denmark, two years ago, in Norgaard’s living room. A late-night informal gathering grew into a professional networking organization whose members are authors, consultants, database architects and developers who investigate topic
Software AG enhances XML document storage
Software AG has released Version 4.1.4 of Tamino XML Server, which features better search tools and an API for the C programming language.
Understanding the node-set() Function
by Jirka Kosek – The XSLT language is capable of achieving many tasks, but some surprisingly trivial requirements, such as calculating the total amount of an invoice, cannot be expressed in a straightforward way. This article describes how you can get round this by using a very powerful extension fu
Microsoft Adopts New Hotfix Naming Scema
Microsoft adopted a standardized naming schema for all SQL Server hotfix patches or updates that the company creates or distributes.
Run a job from all existing SQL Agent Alerts :: (Script Library)
Category: Backup Software Tags: Backup software, Restore softw Compatibility: SQL Server 2000 only Description: