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>> From the editor: Webcast cavalcade!
>> Featured Topic: SQL tips and scripts
>> Expert Technical Advice: Karen Morton
>> Site Highlights:
* Live Webcast: The importance of database design
* Live Webcasts: Developing Windows and Web solutions with ADO.NET with SQL Server
* Live Webcast: Oracle and XML

 From the Editor:

by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor

Attention fans of SearchDatabase.com's webcasts! We've got a whopping five webcasts scheduled for October, all from internationally-known experts in the database industry. I guarantee that you'll learn something from these popular high-quality events, complete with streaming audio, PowerPoint slides, and questions from the audience. Check these out:

The importance of database design
When:
Sep 30, 2002 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Speaker:
Michael J. Hernandez, author of Database Design for Mere Mortals

Oracle and XML
When:
Oct 02, 2002 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Speaker:
Bradley D. Brown, Chairman of the Board, Chief Architect and Co-founder of TUSC

Developing Windows and Web solutions with ADO.NET with SQL Server
When:
Oct 09, 2002 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Speaker:
Rick Dobson, Ph.D., author of Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Visual Basic .NET

Tom Kyte answers your Oracle9i questions
When:
Oct 23, 2002 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Speaker:
Tom Kyte, author of Expert one-on-one: Oracle

Enterprise data integration
When:
Oct 30, 2002 at 01:00 PM EST (18:00 GMT)
Speaker:
Stephen Hendrick, Group VP of Applications Development and Deployment for IDC
Speaker:
Steve McClure, VP of Applications Development and Deployment for IDC

You can pre- register for these webcasts or get more details on the SearchDatabase.com webcast page.


 Featured Topic:

SQL tips and scripts
by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
The structured query language is the lingua franca of all the major database management systems. Inside is a collection of SQL tips, tutorials, and expert advice. Newbie and guru alike will find something useful here!

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
>> Oracle triggers
Member "alvap" is having a problem disabling triggers: the enterprise managers comes back with an "unable to obtain locks" error. Go to our "DBA Water Cooler" forum if you can offer "alvap" any advice.
>> MySQL/PHP vs Oracle/JSP
Member "LeNel" is developing a web-based application but he's unsure as to the RDMS/API method to use to implement this system. Any advice? Go to our "Database-Web Connectivity" forum if you can help "Rutnut."

Tip of the Week:
When the author was asked how many transactions per second were happening on each of his Oracle systems, he realized that a quick approximation could be derived from the number of SCN changes per second as recorded in the logs. Check out the resulting code.
>> Determining transactions per second

 Site Highlights

Database design Webcast today at 1:00 p.m EDT
Join Michael Hernandez, author of "Database Design for Mere Mortals," in this Webcast
Learn a structured set of procedures that will ensure success for your next database project.

.NET and SQL Server Webcast on October 9
Pre-register for "Developing Windows and Web solutions with ADO.NET with SQL Server"
Rick Dobson discusses enterprise applications with Microsoft's .NET integrated development environment and SQL Server 2000.
Webcast on October 2 -- "Oracle and XML"
Pre-register for Wednesday's Webcast with Bradley D. Brown of TUSC
Oracle9iAS provides a powerful utility to help you generate XML straight from data in your Oracle database -- the XSQL processor. XML style sheets allow you to manipulate XML into various usable forms. This presentation demonstrates just how easy it is to extract data and manipulate it into a variety of output formats.


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