THIS WEEK: Your favorite Webcasts

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July 29, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: New newsletters >> Featured Topic: Your favorite Webcasts >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Karen Morton >> Site Highlights: * Live Webcast: The death of the buffer cache hit ratio * Live Webcast: Seven sure-fire ways to guarantee your certification success * Webcast Archive: Oracle9i RAC and TAF  From the Editor: by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor As part of our continual effort to meet the information needs of the database community, I'm pleased to announce two new email newsletters we've recently launched on SearchDatabase: Ask the Database Experts - You've made our Ask the Expert section one of the most popular features on the site. That's not too surprising -- it contains over 1,000 high quality, useful answers to tough questions submitted by you, SearchDatabase.com members. Our new Ask the Experts email newsletter will highlight the most interesting and educational of these answers on topics such as Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, data warehousing, SQL, database design, object databases, relational model fundamentals, and more. To subscribe, login to the site, go the registration page, and check the appropriate box. Of course, it's free! DB2 Tips - A compilation of DB2 admin and development scripts and tips from SearchDatabase members. Again, go your registration page to subscribe free of charge. Don't forget that you can also submit your own DB2 tips and scripts and become eligible to win a cool prize each month (this month: a $120 global positioning gadget). Hey, we're not looking for a doctoral thesis here. If you've discovered a neat shortcut that saves time or frustration, share it with your fellow DB2 geeks! Thanks for your continued support, and have a great week. Cheers, Tim  Featured Topic: Your favorite Webcasts by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor Our Webcasts are high quality presentations by top database experts, complete with slides, audio streaming, and answers to audience questions. By popular demand, here are your all-time favorite webcasts on SearchDatabase. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Karen Morton, Owner, Morton Consulting, Inc Category:Oracle Karen has over 15 years IT experience and 10 years Oracle experience. She has co-authored several Oracle training coursebooks and taught hundreds of individuals in skills ranging from introductory Oracle to advanced DBA topics. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and additionally holds OCP DBA credentials for Oracle 8i. Ask her your tough Oracle questions! View all Karen's answers This Week: In the forums >> DB2 EE vs. DB2 EEE Member "Linda" is wondering about the difference betweeen DB2 EE and DB2 EEE? She's familiar with DB2 OS/390, but new to the NT/Unix world. Go to our "DBA Water Cooler" forum if you can offer Linda any advice. >> SQL Server 7 delimited identifiers Member "Rutnut" has a SQL Server 7 question: what are delimited identifiers and how do you use them? Go to our "DBA Water Cooler" forum if you can help "Rutnut." Tip of the Week: This tip lists six quick steps to create a linked server from SQL Server 2000 to Oracle 8i. >> Linking SQL Server 2000 to Oracle 8i  Site Highlights Oracle performance tuning Webcast Visit us August 7 at 11:00 a.m. EDT for "The death of the buffer cache hit ratio" If you want to know a better way of tuning than the buffer cache hit ratio, then register for this Webcast with Anjo Kolk. Webcast: Certification preparation Learn "Seven sure-fire ways to guarantee your certification success" on August 8 Learn some effective resources to help you prepare for a certification exam. Register today for this Webcast. Webcast Archive: Oracle9i RAC and TAF Hundreds attended "Using Oracle9i RAC and TAF for continuous availability" View this recent SearchDatabase exclusive Webcast with Don Burleson. Don discussed: Factors driving high availability, downtime costs, hardware vs. software issues, and RAC and TAF methods, limitations and configuration. Free Web Seminars Learn more about data warehousing and make smarter IT decisions. Attend a Bill Inmon Web seminar. Events include a wide range of subjects from the basics to advanced topics. Events calendar IT Pros' Top Tricks The secrets and inside "tricks of the trade." Sneak a FREE copy. Click here before your Boss finds them. FreeTechMail Storage Decisions Storage and data go hand in hand. Register today for the "must attend" Storage Decisions conference for the latest on corporate data storage technology and techniques. 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