They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. If so I must have traveled some distance down that path since I have been meaning to add this tutorial for some time! This quick tutorial will show you how to use Remote Data Access (RDA) to pull a table from a SQL Server database, how to conn
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Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000
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IOUG Live! 2003
IOUG Live! 2003 is the conference for Oracle users, by Oracle users, delivering tested tips and techniques in over 200 technical sessions. Focus areas include: DBA, Architecture & Infrastructure, Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence, Application Server & Web Services; and eBusiness & Application
Veritas, BMC Team on Database Recovery
By Lisa Vaas – With the goal of getting crashed databases up and running more quickly and more reliably, BMC Software Inc. announced Tuesday that it has integrated its database backup and recovery product, SQL-BackTrack, to Veritas Software Corp.’s NetBackup backup tool.
Determining the hit ratio of Oracle databases
By Peter Choi – This script is useful for determining the hit ratio of your database. The hit ratio determines if Oracle is performing more physical reads to retrieve the data. If the data being queried is found in the buffer cache, the hit ratio will be higher than if the data is not cached a Oracl
Building a Data Warehouse to Handle Customer Relationship Management
(Vic Werner and Craig Abramson) The data collection and marketing techniques in today’s information economy have changed from the old days, but the basics remain very much the same. CRM initiatives are designed to strengthen and expand ties with customers by tapping the full potential of a company’s
Linking SQL Server to Heterogeneous Systems
A brief look into linking SQL Server to such systems as Oracle, DB2, Sybase, etc., through Open Database connectivity.
Microsoft Posts Windows Server 2003 Pricing
By Peter Galli – Microsoft Corp. on Monday finally released the licensing and pricing options for its upcoming Windows Server 2003 family, which is slated for shipment in late April.The licensing model consists of a server operating system license and incremental Client Access Licenses (CALs
OASIS Enlists XML in War Against Terror
By Darryl K. Taft – In a move targeted at helping those agencies involved in the homeland defense effort, OASIS is putting its XML expertise to use for the cause of national security. The new technical committee is called the OASIS LegalXML Lawful Intercept XML (LI-XML) Technical Committee. OASIS of
Latest W3C publications
The following documents have been published recently by the W3C: SVG Printing Requirements, OWL Language Reference, DOM Level 3 Events, Voice XML 2.0 (Candidate Recommendation), and XML Protocol Abstract Model.