SearchDatabase Member, This week's update includes the Featured Topic: Database-Web Connectivity. Plus, check out our new Database Basics quiz, review the highlights of last week's spirited XML discussion, and take advantage of a special offer to attend the premier SQL Server conference. * Featured Topic: Database-Web Connectivity * Database Basics Quiz * PASS 2001 North America: Unparalleled SQL Education * For More: SQL Server Best Web Links * Highlights: XML as a Database Language * DB2 Migration Program Targets Taradata Customers * Bill Inmon: Top 10 Data Warehousing Success Factors * Tip: Using Stored Procedures in SQL Server * Free Subscription: DBA Tech Tip FEATURED TOPIC: DATABASE-WEB CONNECTIVITY Integrating a DBMS with the Web and replacing static with database-driven Web pages continue to be top IT challenges. Our collection of tips and advice will help you understand & implement database-Web connectivity technologies. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid13_gci762529,00.html DATABASE BASICS QUIZ Are you a database expert, a newbie, or somewhere in between? Take our Database Basics quiz and show off your knowledge: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid13_gci750695,00.html PASS 2001 NORTH AMERICA: Unparalleled SQL Education The premier SQL Server event, PASS 2001 North America, gives you instant access to the latest SQL trends and solutions from users, Microsoft developers, MVPs, and SQL experts. Plus, take advantage of more than 100 technical sessions, pre-conference seminars, and access to more than fifty leading vendors. Conference Details: http://www.sqlpass.org/events/orlando/index.cfm Registration Savings: Save up to $255 through August 31 at: http://www.sqlpass.org/registration Hotel Discounts -- Up to 40% off at: http://www.swandolphin.com/ FOR MORE: SQL SERVER BEST WEB LINKS SQL Server DBAs and Developers: This page should be in your bookmarks -- get links to hundreds of Web sites with resources to help you solve day-to-day technical challenges. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax282894,00.html HIGHLIGHTS: XML AS A DATABASE LANGUAGE Last week's DBA Water Cooler Forum discussion on the merits of XML as a database language spurred some lively discussion and strong opinions. Look through the various posts and keep the discussion flowing with your views: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/forums/0,289802,sid13_fid1,00.html DB2 MIGRATION PROGRAM TARGETS TARADATA CUSTOMERS IBM is sweetening the pot for a new group of potential customers of its DB2 database. Last Wednesday, Big Blue announced a series of incentives to woo users of Teradata's data warehouse to migrate to DB2. Read on: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci762593,00.html BILL INMON: TOP 10 DATA WAREHOUSING SUCCESS FACTORS Mark your calendar for next Thursday, September 6th as we host a Live Expert Q&A with "the father of the data warehouse," Bill Inmon. Inmon will discuss and answer your questions on the topic: The Top 10 Data Warehousing Success Factors. This event is sponsored by Syncsort. Click here to pre-register: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid13,00.html USING STORED PROCEDURES IN SQL SERVER Check out this new tip in our SQL Server Tech Tip section: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid13_tax286331,00.html FREE SUBSCRIPTION: DBA TECH TIP Get the Database Administrator tip delivered regularly to your inbox. This tip is a free service and is created to help DBAs regardless of the database vendor or version you run. Simply log on here and update your member profile: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/register/1,,sid13,00.html Please let us know what you think. Forward any questions or comments to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Or, visit http://searchDatabase.techtarget.com/register and adjust your subscriptions accordingly. If you choose to unsubscribe using our automated processing, you must send the "REMOVE" request from the email account to which this newsletter was delivered. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed.
