June 4, 2001 SearchDatabase Member, Welcome to your weekly update of what we're doing to help you be your best at work. Be sure to join us this Wednesday for a Real-Time Vendor Connection as the IBM DB2 team takes your questions on everything you need to know about running DB2 Version 7.2 on Linux in the Enterprise. * Real-Time Vendor Connection: DB2 v7.2 on Linux * Tech Tip: DB2 on Linux for the Enterprise * Best Web Links: DB2 FAQs * Do You Get the SearchDatabase News? * Book of the Week: Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties * DBA Tip: Don't Have a Data Dictionary? * Oracle DBA Tip: Do You Have Audit Files? * Ask the Oracle Expert: Brian Peasland * The IT Role in Customer Relationship Management * Best Web Links: Database-Related Technologies * Quick Takes: Expanded Platform Support * Featured Destination: searchSolaris.com REAL-TIME VENDOR CONNECTION: DB2 v7.2 ON LINUX Join us Wednesday, June 6th at 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 GMT) for a Real-Time Vendor Connection: IBM DB2 v7.2 and Linux in the Enterprise with IBM's DB2 for Linux team. Susan Williams, Jim Stittle, and Eddie Dagheliam give you high-level insight on the advantages of running DB2 on Linux. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid13,00.html ** Please Note: SearchDatabase on-line events have been upgraded to provide live audio and supporting visuals. Each event begins with a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation by the speaker followed by 10 minutes moderated Q&A with our site editor. Then we open up the event for 20 minutes of your own questions. To take part in these exciting new audio/visual events, all you need is to be a member of searchDatabase, plus speakers and Windows Media Player on your PC. Mark your calendars and join us Wednesday June 6th at 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 GMT) at the searchDatabase Online Events home page http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid13,00.html TECH TIP: DB2 ON LINUX FOR THE ENTERPRISE Before Wednesday's event, take a look at this tip to find out the three biggest advantages of running DB2 on Linux: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci533593,00.html BEST WEB LINKS: DB2 FAQs Want more information on running DB2? Check out our collection of Best Database Web Links with links to sites that feature DB2 FAQ sections. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax284290,00.html DO YOU GET THE SEARCHDATABASE NEWS? Stay on top of the industry with current news delivered right to your inbox. Check out the many free email services we have available to you as a member of searchDatabase. Once logged on, go to the "Edit Your Profile" link at the top of the page and check off any additional services you would like to receive today. http://www.searchDatabase.com BOOK OF THE WEEK: JOE CELKO'S SQL FOR SMARTIES "Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming, Second Edition" SQL for Smarties was hailed as the first book devoted explicitly to the advanced techniques you need to transform yourself into an expert SQL programmer. Now, in this fully updated second edition, SQL mastermind Joe Celko keeps you moving forward, using his entertaining, conversational style to teach you the best solutions to old and new challenges and to convey the way you need to think if you really want to get the most out of your SQL programming efforts. For more information or to purchase this book at the TechTarget.com bookstore, go to: http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=1558605762&ac_id=58 DBA TIP: DON'T HAVE A DATA DICTIONARY? You were given a system DSN, username and password. You don't have rights to pull up any admin console -- but you need to get a data dictionary quickly! What do you do? Check out this DBA tip from searchDatabase member William Sanders. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci556616,00.html ORACLE DBA TIP: DO YOU HAVE AUDIT FILES? Many beginning DBAs do not realize that they have audit files for Oracle on Unix platforms. These files generate automatically and over time, they steal precious disk space. Find out how you can locate these audit files and delete them with a simple command from member Brian Peasland. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci554974,00.html ASK THE ORACLE EXPERT: BRIAN PEASLAND Have an Oracle question you want to ask? Get your answer in our "Ask the Experts" section from Oracle Expert, Brian Peasland. ** Post a question http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid13_cid386747_tax285650,00.html ** View answers to previous posted questions. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid13_cid386747_tax285650,00.html THE IT ROLE IN CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Is your company moving in the direction of Customer Relationship Management? Then you must answer this question: "What will you be doing differently than the 70% of early adopters who've been blindsided by CRM IT project disasters?" Don't get saddled with the blame! Instead, get rewarded for your initiative, insights and knowledge with powerful assistance from SearchCRM.com, the website that makes CRM easy for the IT pro! Activate http://www.searchcrm.com your free membership right now and arm yourself with powerful resources like the weekly "CRM IT Success Strategies" email, project-saving advice from experienced colleagues. BEST WEB LINKS: DATABASE-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES Our Best Web Links categories aggregate the best resources from around the Internet on a specific database topic. The following click-throughs supply you with collected links to white-hot database-related technologies. ** Business Intelligence http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax281648,00.html ** Customer Relationship Management http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax281649,00.html ** Decision Support Systems http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax281636,00.html ** Data Center http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax281650,00.html ** And more http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax281564,00.html QUICK TAKES: EXPANDED PLATFORM SUPPORT By: John Hogan, News Editor FileMaker releases new line of database software; ViloX to design data access and management solution for hotel; Data Warehousing Institute announces best-practices awards; and more in this edition of Quick Takes. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci555027,00.html?Exclusive=True FEATURED DESTINATION: searchSolaris.com This week, take some time to stop by searchSolaris.com to check out our recently launched interactive features. 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