by Jeff Jones – One of the most sought-after goals in data applications is end-to-end speed. You should look for a good balance of speed and development time to achieve this goal. I’ll show you how to create more efficient data shaping to make your hierarchical data as lean and as fast as possible.
Other News
Hot backup and recovery with Perl
By FRANK PANTALEO – This script is very useful for DBAs who want to use Perl for doing hot backups. Perl DBI/DBD provides very close integration and control of the state of the database. It also allows real time queries that allow the script to be self-learning about what dbf’s are in the database.
Oracle Preps Realtime Communications Features For Collaboration Suite
By Paula Rooney – Oracle remains on track to ship realtime communications features in its collaboration suite in mid-2003 and is unfazed–at least publicly–by the entry of AOL and Yahoo into the corporate instant messaging market.
Develop a Consistent Naming Convention for Your Database Objects
by Drew Georgopulos – The sheer number of objects in a database makes keeping track of them difficult. As your system grows in complexity, identifying the objects’ dependencies and their purposes can quickly become confusing. Adopt a naming convention that limits the ambiguity and uncertainty surrou
Oracle patches prompt downtime debate
By Gareth Morgan – Oracle’s decision to release individual patches for “big and nasty” flaws in its database products has stirred controversy over how to minimise disruption while maintaining security.Last week Oracle released six separate patches for vulnerabilities, four of them for ‘criti
NetIQ Eases Management Of SQL Server
By Lisa Vaas – NetIQ Corp. aims to make defragmenting tables in and general management of Microsoft Corp.’s SQL Server database easier with an update to its SQL Management Suite of tools.
Q&A: Basic security practices can ward off Slammer-like worms
By Maryann Tripp – When the Slammer worm hit last month, it choked large Internet service providers worldwide. Slammer exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server and spread without the assistance of an e-mail attachment, the vehicle of choice for most worms. Instead, it used the SQL monitor p
Oracle urges customers to fix fatal flaws immediately
Oracle is urging its customers to apply six security fixes immediately – four of which repair critical flaws.
Topologi 1.1 released
Rick Jelliffe’s Topologi has released the next version of its innovative Collaborative Markup Editor, adding new features and Linux and MacOS X support.
Dig Into WS-Security With the WSDK
by Roger Jennings – Secure your SOAP request and response messages with digital signatures, encryption, and timestamps.