This document addresses initial troubleshooting procedures for the Replication Agent for DB2 product for TCP/IP connectivity.
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IBM Expands its Toolbox
IBM DB2 and IMS Tools, formerly IBM Data Management Tools, announced 16 new and enhanced tools for better performance.
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Released To Manufacturing, Slated To Ship Oct. 9
By Paula Rooney – Microsoft’s Windows Small Business Server 2003 has been released to manufacturing and will officially ship on Oct. 9, Microsoft said.The product, developed under the code name Bobcat, has been redesigned to simplify the installation and deployment for solution providers tha
The current state of database research
Senior database researchers gather every few years to assess the state of database research and to recommend problems and problem areas that deserve additional focus. This report summarizes the discussion and conclusions of the sixth ad-hoc meeting held May 4-6, 2003 in Lowell, Mass. It observes th
User-defined Aggregate Functions in DB2
By Knut Stolze – This article presents an approach for achieving specific aggregations. The technique employs the built-in aggregate function MAX to perform the actual aggregation, and several features that are available for scalar user-defined functions (UDFs) to provide the special needs required
Optimizing Oracle Performance
Book By Cary Millsap – Oracle DBAs and developers are all too familiar with the outlay of time and resources, blown budgets, missed deadlines, and marginally effective performance fiddling that is commonplace with traditional methods of Oracle performance tuning. In Optimizing Oracle Performance, Ca
Industrial-Strength Feedback
By David Baum – Many enhancements in Oracle Database 10g were developed with specific industries in mind. Here’s how requests from government, retail, life sciences, financial services, and other domains became new database capabilities.
Disaster Prevention: Preparing for the Worst
By Kalen Delaney – Many people break the subject of high availability into two parts—disaster prevention and disaster recovery—and discuss the topic as if every step in a high-availability solution fits neatly into one arena or the other. However, while I was planning for this article and trying to
10 Steps to Help Secure SQL Server 2000
Here are ten things you can do today to improve the security of your SQL Server installation:
Disaster Prevention: Preparing for the Worst
By Kalen Delaney – Any event that causes data loss or system downtime can be a disaster for your company. But with careful planning, you can minimize a disaster’s effects. Help your system survive by using these disaster-prevention best practices.<Br><Br>(R, $)