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Click here now for a FREE trial of Space Expert for DB2 UDB. http://searchDatabase.com/r/0,,3902,00.htm?BMCSoftware =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - SQL Server: Replacing characters in strings using T-SQL - SQL Server: Another way to find space used by tables - Oracle: Fetching the Nth highest record - Oracle: Generating DMP files with the date under Unix - More recent tips from members 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - DB2 tips wanted! - Ask the Expert: Your toughest database questions answered - Featured Topic: Backup and recovery ___________________________________________________________________ ********************** Sponsored by: BMC ************************** Want to look good and improve the performance of your database at the same time? 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Method #1 uses a table of ASCII code values, and method #2 uses specified patterns. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci827318,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANOTHER WAY TO FIND SPACE USED BY TABLES | Guillermo Maldonado A method for retrieving the space used by all tables, using the output of the stored procedure sp_spaceused and inserting it in a temporary table. There is no need to modify any stored procedure and it has a clean output. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci826535,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FETCHING THE NTH HIGHEST RECORD | Ravi Gulati Here is a quick Oracle SQL query that will display the Nth highest record in a table. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci831501,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GENERATING DMP FILES WITH THE DATE UNDER UNIX | Dilip Dandekar This set of three short Oracle scripts will generate, compress, and export dmp files with the date in the name. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci831490,00.html __________________________________________________________________ MORE RECENT TIPS FROM SEARCHDATABASE MEMBERS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CREATE DAILY REPORTS USING SQL MAIL | Parthasarathy Mandayam http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci827376,00.html At times, SQL Server developers may inadvertently create a database object without prefacing the object name with dbo. The result is that the database object will be owned by the database user, which the developer is using for the connection. To help alleviate this problem, to assist developers, and to orient new database developers to this standard way of development, use SQL Mail to create daily reports for non-dbo-owned database objects. Here's how. HOW TO RUN TWO OR MORE DATABASES IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONES ON THE SAME MACHINE | Rajeev Nadimpalli http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci826633,00.html An explanation of how to run two or more Oracle databases in different time zones on the same Solaris machine. Hint: the method uses multiple listeners. CREATING A LINK FOR CONNECTING TWO DATABASES | Shailesh Yagnik http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci826602,00.html Here is how to create a link so that users can get results from two Oracle databases in one SQL query. 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