By Roger Schrag – People seem to have an insatiable appetite for speed. No matter how fast an application runs, users always seem to want it to run faster. Since everybody looks to the database administrator when system performance or scalability is in question, it’s no wonder DBAs are always lookin

By Matt Hines – CRM veteran Onyx Software Corp. is betting on new functionality around emerging Web services and links to Oracle Corp. database technology to help drive its fourth generation of enterprise applications deeper into the middle market.

By Shailesh Yagnik – Suppose you want to query both a remote and a local database. To do this, you need to create a database link so that users can get the results from two databases in one SQL query from the SQL prompt.

By Sam Costello – Oracle Corp. released patches for two security holes in its 9i database last week that could have allowed an attacker to take over or run code on affected systems.

(Richard Hibling) Quickly identify segments nearing their maximum extents using the *new* SQL case statement.

By Wylie Wong – Oracle announced it has purchased WebGain’s TopLink, a tool that speeds the building of software by connecting Java software code with databases. As part of the deal, about 90 WebGain employees who develop, sell and support the TopLink product will now become Oracle employees, an Ora

By Matt Hicks – Oracle Corp.’s push toward more extensive support for Linux may help propel the open-source operating system into broader enterprise use, although some Oracle customers may be slow to commit to running the company’s database on Linux.

By Dennis Fisher – Security researchers have found two serious buffer overruns in Oracle Corp. products, both of which give an attacker complete control of a vulnerable machine.One flaw affects Windows machines running any version of Oracle9i, while the other affects any machine running the

(Jatin Kumar Shah) This script creates a report of all user owned tables and their columns with data types and nullability information.

By Erika Morphy – Because the Onyx architecture separates the application, database and hardware, the company is positioned to offer additional database support without a lot of work.