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by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
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The SearchDatabase.com and SearchOracle.com teams are in lovely San Francisco this week for Oracle's massive OracleWorld 2003 conference. There's a lot to absorb: 400 technical sessions, 250 vendor exhibitions, keynote histrionics by all the top brass from Oracle, and even a concert by the bands Train and Violent Femmes. (What is this -- 1982 all over again? Please no!) It will be information and sensory overload, as usual.
If you can't make the show, be sure to bookmark our special OracleWorld event page. We'll be updating it frequently with the latest news, analysis, and announcements from the show. We have already posted several preview articles:
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OracleWorld 2003
by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
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Travel budget cut? San Francisco too far away? Just plain forgot? If you aren't going to OracleWorld this week, we have the latest news, exclusive analysis, expert advice, and announcements from the show inside...
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Featured Expert Craig Mullins,
Director of Technology Planning, BMC Software
Category:DB2
Description: Craig has extensive experience in the field of database management, having worked as an application developer, a DBA and an instructor with multiple database management systems, including DB2, Oracle and SQL Server. Additionally, Craig worked as a Research Director with the Gartner Group covering the field of database administration. He is the author of the DB2 Developer's Guide, the industry-leading book on DB2 for OS/390, and has published more than 100 articles on database technology. Ask Craig your tough DB2 questions!
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Read Craig's answers to previous questions
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This Week: In the forums
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To primary key or not
Member "KD" is wondering if he should change or leave his ID column as the primary key. Go to our "SQL Server Tech Forum" if you can help or to read our expert Pat Phelan's concise response. |
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Writing a test plan for a new data warehouse
Member "Mboo" is still looking for help in gathering the core functions to test a new data warehouse on SQL Server. Go to our "Data warehousing and analysis" forum if you can help. |
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| Tip of the Week: |
Learning guide: DB2 basics
DB2 took top honors in some DBMS market share reports this year, which means many companies may have already, or will soon be, switching over to IBM's brand of data management. With that in mind, we created this learning guide, highlighting basic DB2 information that can help Oracle, SQL Server and other database pros get up to speed on the new system. |
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