SEARCHDATABASE.COM: This Week March 25, 2002 ___________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE __________________________________
>From the editor: Looks like we have quite a few database gods in our membership Featured Topic: Database design tips & tricks Expert Technical Advice: New expert advice, forum posts, and tech tips Site Highlights: * Web Services: Data Management Options * Building Web Services Communities * Tuesday: Live Expert Q&A >From the Editor: __________________________________ by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor Looks like we have quite a few database gods in our membership. Last week, I listed three Oracle and SQL Server questions that even our esteemed panel of SearchDatbase experts had some trouble answering: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci805526,00.html I mentioned that if anyone could answer these questions, I'd officially declare them a database god. Well, I hereby anoint the following gurus: Karl Greenwood, Arne Andersen, Massimo Bigliardo, Chris Gait, Adric McDowell, Jeffrey Toth, James Neofotistos, Frank Pantaleo, Terry Catt, and David Hultin. Bow down before them! Of course, after I threw down the proverbial gauntlet, our experts regrouped and came up with some excellent solutions themselves. "Stumped indeed," they scoffed! I've posted all your answers in this article. Looks like there is no problem too tough for the "group mind" to solve: http://www.searchDatabase.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci811927,00.html Speaking of the talents of SearchDatabase members, following my Note from the Editor a few weeks ago, many of you offered your thoughtful opinions and experiences about the perennial unease between DBAs and developers. My assistant editor Sara Cushman and I compiled your "bon mots" in this article: http://www.searchDatabase.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci811731,00.html Check it out! Thanks again everyone for sharing your thoughts. If you'd still like to add your two cents, click on over to our DBA Water Cooler forum: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/forums/0,289802,sid13_fid1,00.html I think we can all agree that what should unite the two sides is the need to design and maintain stable, fast, and secure databases for our organizations. The modern DBMS is just too complex to be tamed by one individual! Featured Topic: __________________________________ Database design tips & tricks An important goal for both developers and DBAs is to design stable, fast and secure databases. To help you in this endeavor, we present a collection of tips and expert advice about logical and physical database design. Click below for more! http://www.searchDatabase.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid13_gci811735,00.html Expert Technical Advice: __________________________________ Featured Expert Michael Hotek, Director of Database Operations, AdOutlet http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateExpertBio/0,289623,sid13_cid388763,00.html Category: SQL Server Mike is a well-known author, conference speaker, and consultant. He has extensive experience going back to Sybase System 11 and SQL Server 6.5 through SQL Server 2000, specializing in replication and disaster recovery. Ask Mike your toughest SQL Server questions! View answers: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid13_tax285648,00.html This Week: In the forums When should Oracle stored procedures be recompiled? Member "DGOC" has a stored procedure compiled on Oracle 8.0.5 that becomes invalid from time to time even though no changes wer made to the tables that are referenced by it. What might be the cause of this? Go to our "DBA Water Cooler" forum if you can lend Tsi Lok a hand. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/forums/0,289802,sid13_fid1,00.html EIP, Hummingbird experiences? Member "bubbles" is looking for opinions about EIP and Hummingbird CRM products. Anybody out there have any experience with them? If so, go to our "Data analysis and data warehousing" forum. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/forums/0,289802,sid13_fid1,00.html TIP OF THE WEEK Since String objects are immutable, the creators of Java included the StringBuffer class in the core Java API. The StringBuffer class is a class that acts as a buffer for the creation and manipulation of dynamic strings. Learn how to properly use the StringBuffer class and how it will dramatically improve the performance of your Oracle Java apps. Creating dynamic strings with Java on Oracle http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci811232,00.html SITE HIGHLIGHTS __________________________________ Audio Archive Web Services: Data Management Options Learn how different data management options can affect the overall cost of deploying your Web Service applications. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/onlineEventsTranscripts/0,289709,sid13,00.html Sponsored By: Fresher http://www.fresher.com/ Audio Archive Building Web Services Communities View Tony Hong, Founder of XMethods, deliver this presentation on the next step in the evolution of Web Services. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/onlineEventsTranscripts/0,289709,sid13,00.html Sponsored By: IONA http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/survey/1,290964,sid26,00.html?s=427394&track=_Q&A Tuesday: Live Expert Q&A Next Generation Data Integration: Using XML to Harness Data for Business Advantage Join Denise Draper, Chief Software Architect of Nimble Technology, and learn tips, tricks, insights and conclusions on how to build an XML-based software platform to enable Web services to integrate data from existing software and applications. 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