Title: DBA Tips
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IN THIS ISSUE:
SQL Server: Guidelines for creating indexes
DB2: Generating XML from SQL data
Oracle: Analyzing all tables in schema
SQL Server: Introduction to SQLXML
DB2 v8 certification: Everything you need to know
Learning guide to SQL
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SQL Server: Guidelines for creating indexes
[Barrie Sosinsky]
A well-performing DBMS minimizes index creation while emphasizing the creation of the "right" mix of indexing. Here are some rules to guide you in your table designs when you are trying to decide what to index.
DB2: Generating XML from SQL data
[SearchDatabase.com]
You are an RPG programmer. You could use the XML parser APIs on the iSeries to learn how to do DOM or SAX parsing to generate XML documents. Good idea? No! Learn how to easily generate XML from SQL without coding using WDSC in DB2/400.
Oracle: Analyzing all tables in schema
[Printaporn Sangdara]
Here is some dynamic SQL that calls the dbms_stats package to analyze all tables (excluding the temporary table) in the caller's schema. This gives better statistics than Oracle's recommended dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats.
SQL Server: Introduction to SQLXML
[Ken Henderson]
This chapter from a new book by Ken Henderson describes how SQLXML technologies are designed and how they fit together from an architectural standpoint. As with the rest of the book, the author's intent here is to get beyond the "how to" and into the "why" behind how SQL Server's technologies work.
DB2 v8 certification: Everything you need to know
[Howard Fosdick]
The whats, whys, and hows of DB2 certification are presented in this detailed article.
Learning guide to SQL
[SearchDatabase.com]
Our crash course in the lingua franca of the database world, the structured query language, including tips, advice, and scripts from the gurus...
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TOPICS: Availability
If you DBAs haven't yet reached the 'five nines' (99.999% uptime) for your mission-critical databases, you'll need the tips, tutorials, webcasts, and news analyses inside...
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