By Martin LaMonica – Microsoft gained ground on its database rivals in 2002, despite a decline in sales for the market as a whole, according to research published Wednesday by Gartner Dataquest. (R)
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Oracle Data Dictionary Pocket Reference
This pocket-size book provides DBAs and developers with a complete list of the most commonly used tables and views in the Oracle9i data dictionary, intelligently arranged for quick reference. It also includes column names and descriptions for each of the tables and views, as well as helpful tips, wa
Oracle Enhances Sales App
By Dennis Callaghan – Oracle Corp. announced the release Wednesday of version 11.5.9 of its Oracle Sales application, with several new enhancements designed to help salespeople do their jobs more effectively.
Daniel Veillard looks at XML from an Open Source perspective
While XML has benefited from free and open source tools since its beginning, the open source and free software community has taken a measured approach to XML. Daniel Veillard gave the XML-centric crowd at XML Europe 2003 a look at XML from a different perspective.
Explore online XML data with Java programming
By Dan Becker – As publishing information on the Internet becomes more prevalent, it makes sense to discover and query this information. This article explains how to use Java programming to get Web-based XML data, parse the data, filter out the elements and attributes you need, and to perform work w
Reports from XML Europe 2003
The annual XML Europe Conference took place in London earlier this May. This article collects together reports from XML.com writers Uche Ogbuji and Simon St.Laurent.
Open UDP Port 1434 to Browse Named Instances
Many people know how to check which ports SQL Server instances are listening to by using the SQL Server Network Utility or by simply reading the SQL Server error log. But many people seem to forget, or simply don’t know, that UDP port 1434 also needs to be open to ensure that you can correctly acces
Find out which next extents will fail
(Sanjay Gupta) This tip is useful for DBAs to find out which next extents are going to fail when Oracle allocates them. There are many tips available that give similar information so you may ask what is unique about this tip. It takes into account Dictionary Managed Tablespaces as well as Locally Ma
Relational Database Sales Slide
(Lisa Vaas) Spending on relational databases slid 6.9 percent, from a total of $7.1 billion in 2001 down to $6.6 billion in 2002, according to a report released Wednesday by Gartner Inc.
Code Talks at IBM
Although the IBM Software Group was officially announced on Jan. 10, 1995, it was actually put in place in 1993. Now, 10 years later, it is the leading software developer in the world. eWEEK Senior Writer Darryl K. Taft sat down with Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive of the IBM