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[From Oracle Corp.] Oracle University has enhanced its Live Virtual Class (LVC) training with eKits. eKits contain all course materials in PDF format sent electronically one week before the class begins. The article continues at http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/017535_EN?rssid=rss_ocom_pr

[From Redmond Magazine] One thing you won’t find underlying a cloud computing initiative is a relational database. And this is no accident: Relational databases are ill-suited for use within cloud computing environments, argued Geir Magnusson, vice president of engineering at 10Gen, an on-demand platform servicer provider. The article continues at http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=10226

[From Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine] The Microsoft Learning Group announced on its Beta Exam blog a new exam for database developers. Exam 70-433 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development, registration opens on Sept. 19, with beta testing slated from Sept. 22 to Oct. 10. While in beta, candidates should refer to Exam 71-433. The […]

[From Continuent, Inc.] San Jose, CA – September 16, 2008 – Continuent, Inc., a leading provider of commercial open source solutions for database replication and scale-out, today announced advanced replication for Oracle with its Tungsten Replicator. Continuent Tungsten is an open source stack consisting of tightly integrated projects that provide database scale-out using commodity hardware. […]

[From Computerworld] Auckland-based CodeScan Labs has released a tool for testing source code for security vulnerabilities. In addition to CodeScan for ASP, released in 2005, the company recently released a version for the PHP scripting language. The CodeScan tool enables companies to audit web applications for security weaknesses by testing the source code, says Benson. […]

[From Oracle Corp.] Siebel CRM applications have been added to the growing list of offerings in the Oracle Academy’s Enterprise Business Applications program. A total of 71 Siebel CRM applications, complemented with curriculum, presentations, and hands-on exercises, will now be available for educational institutions and universities who take part in the Oracle Academy. The article […]

[From On-Demand Enterprise] As the amount of data continues to grow, the need for experienced database administrators (DBAs) is exploding. The U.S. Department of Labor and Statistics reports that employment of DBAs is expected to grow significantly and outpace the growth of all other occupations through 2016. The DBA has a very specific, technical set […]

>>Script Language and Platform: Oracle This script will insert a message into a specific line of multiple files. I have the following files in a directory. [oracle@localhost jp]$ ls -l total 48 -rwxrwxrwx 1 oracle oinstall 258 Aug 10 22:56 jp1.dat -rwxrwxrwx 1 oracle oinstall 258 Aug 10 22:56 jp2.dat -rwxrwxrwx 1 oracle oinstall 258 […]

[From MSDN Blogs] Session Monitor is not a new tool, but it did stop working with SQL Server 2005. So I think that a lot of people stopped using it, which is a shame. The things that were broken now work again, and I would recommend anyone with any kind of blocking problems to implement […]

[From Techworld] Red Hat is set to demonstrate heavy Oracle applications running on a virtualised environment at next week’s VMWorld. The company also aims to perform a live migration during the demo, claiming to complete the migration much quicker than can any of its competitors. The article continues at http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=104273&pagtype=all

[From Embarcadero Technologies] SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Sept. 8, 2008 – Embarcadero Technologies today announced the worldwide availability of InterBase SMP 2009, the newest version of its fast, feature-rich, SQL database for embedded and small-to-medium enterprise applications. The new InterBase SMP 2009 relational database from the Embarcadero CodeGear product line provides extra levels of data […]

>>Script Language and Platform: Oracle When you use an ORDER BY clause in your SQL SELECT command, rows with the same value in the ordered column (or expression) are displayed together in your output. The purpose of these scripts is to provide a solution for: a. Suppressing Duplicate Values b. Computing Summary Lines Author: Claudiu […]