SEARCHDATABASE.COM | Database Administrator Tips March 3, 2004
IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Learning guide to SQL - More recent tips from members 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask the Experts: Your tough DBMS questions answered _____________________________________________________________________ SPONSOR: SearchDatabase.com Product and Vendor Guide Simplify the process of finding specific database products and solutions. SearchDatabase.com's Product and Vendor Guide allows you to search listings alphabetically, and by industry or across such topics as database tuning, data warehousing and more. Visit our easy-to-use guide now! http://searchDatabase.com/r/0,,18969,00.htm?track=NL-94&ad=477663 ___________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK'S TIP: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEARNING GUIDE TO SQL Our crash course in the lingua franca of the database world, the structured query language, including tips, advice, and scripts from the gurus... >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci950920,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 ___________________________________________________________________ MORE RECENT TIPS FROM SEARCHDATABASE MEMBERS: FREEWARE PROFILER FOR SQL SERVER | Barrie Sosinsky http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci952237,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 SQLcheck is a cool freeware goodie that you can use to monitor a wide range of parameters in your SQL Server databases. INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING DB2 V8 | Peter Buxbaum http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci931151,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 Although the DB2 UDB V8 documentation covers the installation and configuration of DB2 servers and clients, this book chapter provides more detailed instructions on installing the server. FIND AND RELEASE LOCKED OBJECTS | Vijay Kaushik http://www.searchOracle.com/tip/1,289483,sid41_gci930268,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 This Oracle script will find which tables in a schema are locked and which session has locked it. UDF FOR GETTING A COLUMN LIST FOR INSERT STATEMENTS | Baya Pavliashvili http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci951169,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 If you've ever been in a SQL Server environment where you're unfamiliar with the database schema, you know how tedious it is to write stored procedures that populate tables using the INSERT statement. Here's a solution to make your life easier. TRACING AN ORACLE SESSION BY SID | Adinath Kamode http://www.searchOracle.com/tip/1,289483,sid41_gci935720,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 This quick script accepts the Oracle session ID as a parameter and will show you what SQL statement is running and what the session is waiting for. A QUICK 'UNION ALL' TRICK | Dipak Padhy http://www.searchDatabase.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci827176,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 Let's say that you have two SQL Server tables that have columns of the datatype TEXT and you need all DISTINCT records that are linked or not linked to child tables. What do you do? USING SEQUENCE OBJECTS | Craig Mulllins http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid13_cid569117_tax285651,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 A great new feature of DB2 V8 is sequence objects, a separate structure that generates sequential numbers. Here's how to use it to prevent an online program from updating a serial number table to the same value that a batch program is going to use. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF 10G | Rob Westervelt http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci949726,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 After getting their hands on the latest Oracle database, DBAs and IT managers are raving about its newest features. LEVERAGE YOUR SQL SERVER 2000 SKILLS TO LEARN DB2 UDB V8 | R. Chong http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid13_gci947038,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 In the IT world today, we are constantly bombarded with new information -- new software products, new versions, new features. Leveraging your current knowledge is one way to keep up with this constant change. The author shows you how you can use your current knowledge of SQL Server 2000 to quickly gain skills in DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 8. TERMINATING 11I CONCURRENT REQUESTS | Bob Schreiber http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid41_gci945160,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 This script is useful for finding the SID and serial number for a specific Oracle 11i concurrent request that has been terminated in the applications, but has not been cleaned up by PMON. HOW TO WORK WITH DEFERRED CONSTRAINTS | Daniel Clamage http://www.searchOracle.com/tip/1,289483,sid41_gci941869,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 Here is how to defer a unique key constraint in Oracle until the end of a transaction in order to temporarily have two key values the same. Hundreds more free tech tips submitted by members: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tips/0,289484,sid13_tax281808,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 Share your knowledge, submit a tip, win a prize: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid13,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= YOUR TOUGH DATABASE QUESTIONS ANSWERED | Ask the Experts DB2: Storage of timestamp values and nulls http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid13_cid573870_tax285651,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 SQL Server: Formatting dates, part 1 http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid13_cid575447_tax294863,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 Sybase: Loading an ASE database into an IQ database http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid13_cid574881_tax294910,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 >> CLICK for our guru's answer... http://www.searchdatabase.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid13_cid574031_tax294910,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 >> CLICK for other database expert answers... http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid13,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 >> CLICK for Oracle-related expert answers... http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid41,00.html?track=NL-94&ad=477663 ___________________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCHDATABASE CONTACTS*********************** TIM DICHIARA, Senior Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ROBYN LORUSSO, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) SARA CUSHMAN, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ELLEN O'BRIEN, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ROB WESTERVELT, News Writer (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) GABRIELLE DERUSSY, Sales (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This e-newsletter is published by SearchDatabase.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. 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