(John S. McCright) IBM is using its partnership with Microsoft Corp.’s Visual Studio operations to bring out products that compete head on with Microsoft’s SQL Server group. Big Blue will roll out new developer tools to simplify and automate creation of .Net applications that run on the company’s
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Compiling DB2 UDB Stored Procedures with GCC on Windows
By Jim Haungs – Historically, using stored procedures in DB2 has required a separately installed (and sometimes costly) C compiler. The solution outlined in this document describes how to install and use the GNU C Compiler (GCC), a free open-source C compiler.
MS offers early look at SQL Server plans
By Margie Semilof – Microsoft plans to offer developers and others an early look at its vision for Web services, database management and the next version of Windows at this week’s Professional Developers Conference.
BMC brings in the mainframe
By Robert Westervelt – Database administrators who are increasingly being asked to monitor the company mainframe may have their headaches reduced with help from Houston-based BMC Software Inc. The company’s latest update of its SmartDBA performance monitoring software integrates the mainframe
BMC brings in the mainframe
By Robert Westervelt – Database administrators who are increasingly being asked to monitor the company mainframe may have their headaches reduced with help from Houston-based BMC Software Inc. The company’s latest update of its SmartDBA performance monitoring software integrates the mainframe
Worm Spreads By Posing As Virus Fix
A new worm is making the rounds that poses as a virus fix to tempt users to open the attached file. The worm, dubbed Sober by security firms, spreads via e-mail, contains a host of different subject lines in both German and English, and delivers its payload via an attached file that claims to
Database Design Thoughts for Packaged Applications
From SQLTeam.com – Over the years that I’ve worked with databases I’ve worked with many packaged applications. Some were commercial applications and some were open source applications. Typically I’m trying to put data in, get data out or just figure out where the data went. So I’ve compiled a small
Connecting with Oracle
Steve Callan discusses a common error frequently seen in Oracle Net Services. Learn how to avoid the “ORA-12154: TNS: could not resolve service name” error.
Oracle’s iLearning tests employee performance
By Robert Westervelt – Elkridge, Md.-based General Physics Corp., a company that provides an online training portal for more than 5,000 employees at about 40 power plants, used to have its own learning management program. But problems began to mount with the firm’s in-house software. Using mu
A Java Server Pages Enterprise Resource Planning Solution with DB2 Everyplace
The authors take you through a window cleaning business scenario to illustrate how to implement a JSP ERP solution with IBM WebSphere Everyplace Access and DB2 Everyplace, and in the process provide an in-depth look at IBM’s mobile strategy.