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Expand Information Access without Compromising Security Learn how expanding access and linkage between separate databases does not have to equate with decreased security. View this Microsoft Webcast, which addresses the unique aspects of security from the perspective of the server, the database, and database objects. ;
Whitepaper: Network Immunity Solution More networks are being attacked and threatened, in more devious and creative ways, than ever before. Incidents range from viruses and worms to Trojan horses and internal sabotage. Find out how to defend yourself with a simple, efficient, and affordable architecture that provides broad coverage of internal threat protection for wired and wireless networks.»
eBook: Guide to Managing an IT Staff Why is managing technical people difficult? Some would say techies are socially inept and simply can't communicate well. While that may be true in some cases, saying so doesn't help managers deal with techies any better: It just defers the problem. Download this eBook for advice on how to bridge the communications gap. Download this eBook now.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 9 - Managing User Instances10/22 SQL Server 2005 Express Edition's unique functionality allows you to distribute and implement single-user databases, without the dependency of having administrative privileges or the need for a cumbersome configuration. This article illustrates the practical use of this feature, known as XCopy deployment.
Using Oracle 10g Tuning Utilities10/18 Starting with 10g, Oracle introduced Advisors, which are part of the ADDM (Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor) and run in the background. This article discusses some of the more common ADDM utilities used and how they can help troubleshoot and tune the database.
Oracle RAC Benchmarking with SwingBench 2.210/17 Tarry Singh discusses why benchmarking is important and offers an overview of SwingBench 2.2, a free Java based utility, to stress test Oracle databases.
XML Handling in Microsoft SQL Server 200510/19 Ivan Pepelnjak describes how to use the XML data type introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to increase the speed of your SQL queries and updates.
Oracle licensing, support pose VMware virtualization hurdle10/19 An increasing number of VMware shops have expressed interest in migrating their Oracle
applications off dedicated physical machines and onto virtual machines (VMs), but Oracle's virtualization-unfriendly licensing and support policies don't make the move easy.
SQL CodeSecure (SqlLabs) Audits and protects your SQL Server database from unauthorized modification of code and creation and deletion of database objects.
CompareData (Zidsoft) Native Windows cross-DBMS application that allows you to visually compare and synchronize data between two SQL databases using ODBC drivers.
Database Lock Information Look for Object Name and for how long the Lock has been there (Locked Time in Sec).
Track Table Fragmentation Script A diagnostic table and stored procedure to track the fragmentation of large tables within databases. The user passes the database name and the table name as parameters to the SP. The SP can be set up to run as a scheduled job every few hours to produce a historical trend of fragmentation.
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