http://www.freebookspot.in Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.in/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.in 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=47158 Managing Time in Relational Databases shows how to make the rich information content of bi-temporal data available to business users, while simplifying the design, maintenance and retrieval of that data. Metadata declarations eliminate the need to directly model temporal data. Temporal data maintenance is isolated in code that can be invoked to update bi-temporal data in any database and from any application program, across the enterprise. Anyone who can write queries against conventional data will be able to write queries against the bi-temporal data structures described in this book. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46951 A very practical and focused book, that can quickly get you up and running with the basics of using dB2. There are two roles described here. One is that of the Database Administrator. You'd be the person to act as sysadmin of a dB2 database. Doing the install and later creating users with various privileges, and in general keeping an eye on things. Corresponds exactly to being sysadmin of a computer. The second role is that of a dB2 user. Here, a user is really a programmer. She can be expected to design a database, and to then implement it in dB2. One thing about the book is that it does not really emphasise a separation between the two roles in the overall narrative. Sure, some sections are exclusively for one role. But the overlap in knowledge is extensive. The book correctly requires you to know both roles, to be more effective in either. This is a key difference between dB2 and the general usage of a computer. For the latter, a sysadmin does not need to know the programming languages that a user-programmer has expertise in. The discussion about SQL itself is pretty rudimentary. You get enough of the basics to be able to use these quickly in dB2, for simple applications. A pragmatic approach to SQL. Which is what the typical SAMS reader probably needs. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46544 This book targets the theoretical/conceptual details needed to form a base of understanding and then delivers information on development, implementations, and analytical modeling of parallel databases. It includes key information on new developments with grid databases. Also uses a theoretical and practical balance to support in-depth study of parallel query processing offered by modern DBMS as well as hands on experience of parallel query algorithms development, implementation, and analysis. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46394 Master Oracle Recovery Master Protect your databases from hardware, software, and operator failures using the detailed information in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle RMAN 11g Backup and Recovery explains how to configure databases, generate accurate archives, and carry out system restores. Work from the command line or Oracle Enterprise Manager, automate the backup process, perform Oracle Flashback recoveries, and integrate cloud computing technology. This authoritative resource also shows you how to create reports, optimize performance, and implement third-party administration utilities. * Set up, configure, and maintain Oracle Recovery Manager (Oracle RMAN) * Manage physical and virtual media with Oracle Secure Backup * Work with Oracle RMAN catalogs, packages, and control files * Use the Amazon Web Services cloud as an offsite storage solution * Create online, offline, and incremental system backups * Perform full and partial Oracle RMAN database restores * Correct user-induced errors with Oracle Flashback * Product clone and standby databases on local or remote servers * Use Oracle Real Application Clusters and synch and split technology Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46308 Advances in hardware technology have increased the capability to store and record personal data about consumers and individuals, causing concerns that personal data may be used for a variety of intrusive or malicious purposes. Privacy-Preserving Data Mining: Models and Algorithms proposes a number of techniques to perform the data mining tasks in a privacy-preserving way. These techniques generally fall into the following categories: data modification techniques, cryptographic methods and protocols for data sharing, statistical techniques for disclosure and inference control, query auditing methods, randomization and perturbation-based techniques. This edited volume contains surveys by distinguished researchers in the privacy field. Each survey includes the key research content as well as future research directions. Privacy-Preserving Data Mining: Models and Algorithms is designed for researchers, professors, and advanced-level students in computer science, and is also suitable for industry practitioners. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46232 Managing and Mining Uncertain Data, a survey with chapters by a variety of well known researchers in the data mining field, presents the most recent models, algorithms, and applications in the uncertain data mining field in a structured and concise way. This book is organized to make it more accessible to applications-driven practitioners for solving real problems. Also, given the lack of structurally organized information on this topic, Managing and Mining Uncertain Data provides insights which are not easily accessible elsewhere. Managing and Mining Uncertain Data is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a reference book for advanced-level students in computer science and engineering, as well as the ACM, IEEE, SIAM, INFORMS and AAAI Society groups. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=45936 Information Modeling and Relational Databases, second edition, provides an introduction to ORM (Object-Role Modeling)and much more. In fact, it is the only book to go beyond introductory coverage and provide all of the in-depth instruction you need to transform knowledge from domain experts into a sound database design. This book is intended for anyone with a stake in the accuracy and efficacy of databases: systems analysts, information modelers, database designers and administrators, and programmers. Terry Halpin, a pioneer in the development of ORM, blends conceptual information with practical instruction that will let you begin using ORM effectively as soon as possible. Supported by examples, exercises, and useful background information, his step-by-step approach teaches you to develop a natural-language-based ORM model, and then, where needed, abstract ER and UML models from it. This book will quickly make you proficient in the modeling technique that is proving vital to the development of accurate and efficient databases that best meet real business objectives. *Presents the most indepth coverage of Object-Role Modeling available anywhere, including a thorough update of the book for ORM2, as well as UML2 and E-R (Entity-Relationship) modeling. *Includes clear coverage of relational database concepts, and the latest developments in SQL and XML, including a new chapter on the impact of XML on information modeling, exchange and transformation. * New and impr Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=45769 Data Preparation for Data Mining addresses an issue unfortunately ignored by most authorities on data mining: data preparation. Thanks largely to its perceived difficulty, data preparation has traditionally taken a backseat to the more alluring question of how best to extract meaningful knowledge. But without adequate preparation of your data, the return on the resources invested in mining is certain to be disappointing. Dorian Pyle corrects this imbalance. A twenty-five-year veteran of what has become the data mining industry, Pyle shares his own successful data preparation methodology, offering both a conceptual overview for managers and complete technical details for IT professionals. Apply his techniques and watch your mining efforts pay off-in the form of improved performance, reduced distortion, and more valuable results. On the enclosed CD-ROM, you'll find a suite of programs as C source code and compiled into a command-line-driven toolkit. This code illustrates how the author's techniques can be applied to arrive at an automated preparation solution that works for you. Also included are demonstration versions of three commercial products that help with data preparation, along with sample data with which you can practice and experiment. * Offers in-depth coverage of an essential but largely ignored subject. * Goes far beyond theory, leading you-step by step-through the author's own data preparation techniques. * Provides practical illustrations of the auth Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=45656 Do you need an introductory book on data and databases? If the book is by Joe Celko, the answer is yes. Data and Databases: Concepts in Practice is the first introduction to relational database technology written especially for practicing IT professionals. If you work mostly outside the database world, this book will ground you in the concepts and overall framework you must master if your data-intensive projects are to be successful. If you're already an experienced database programmer, administrator, analyst, or user, it will let you take a step back from your work and examine the founding principles on which you rely every day-helping you to work smarter, faster, and problem-free. Whatever your field or level of expertise, Data and Databases offers you the depth and breadth of vision for which Celko is famous. No one knows the topic as well as he, and no one conveys this knowledge as clearly, as effectively-or as engagingly. Filled with absorbing war stories and no-holds-barred commentary, this is a book you'll pick up again and again, both for the information it holds and for the distinctive style that marks it as genuine Celko. * Supports its extensive conceptual information with example code and other practical illustrations. * Explains fundamental issues such as the nature of data and data modeling, and moves to more specific technical questions such as scales, measurements, and encoding. * Offers fresh, engaging approaches to basic and not-so-basic issues of databa Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44964 The SAS/ACCESS interface to PeopleSoft gives you a way to utilize your PeopleSoft data with SAS and advanced SAS solutions. This interface gives you the power to uncover valuable facts about how your PeopleSoft system is organized and where valuable information might be found. In this title you will learn how to extract, browse, and search PeopleSoft metadata and use the PeopleSoft metadata to build SAS views of PeopleSoft tables. You can save these views as permanent SAS views, data files, or source code. This guide provides glossary definitions and tutorial instruction for a novice user. Once you have mastered the tutorial, you can use the rest of the guide for reference. This title is intended for applications programmers and other users who are familiar with either SAS or PeopleSoft software. It is assumed, however, that users are completely unfamiliar with using both of the systems together. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44963 This supplement describes the SAS/ACCESS features and options that are available for Oracle. When you use this supplement along with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Relational Databases: Reference, you will have a comprehensive guide to SAS/ACCESS software for your database management system (DBMS). This supplement explains how SAS/ACCESS software has been customized to accommodate the particular requirements and capabilities of your DBMS. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44962 This supplement describes the SAS/ACCESS features and options that are available for OLE DB. When you use this supplement along with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Relational Databases: Reference, you will have a comprehensive guide to SAS/ACCESS software for your database management system (DBMS). This supplement explains how SAS/ACCESS software has been customized to accommodate the particular requirements and capabilities of your DBMS. This title is also available online. This title is designed for users of SAS/ACCESS software who need specific information about OLE DB. Supports releases 9.1 and higher of SAS software. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44912 A real-world DBA survival guide for Oracle 11g database implementations A comprehensive handbook aimed at reducing the day-to-day struggle of Oracle 11g Database newcomers Real-world reflections from an experienced DBA-what novice DBAs should really know Implement Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture with expert guidance Extensive information on providing high availability for Grid Control In Detail Today DBAs are expected to deploy and manage large databases with quality service and little to no downtime. The DBA's main focus is on increasing productivity and eliminating idle redundancy throughout the enterprise. However, there is no magic set of best practices or hard and fast rules that DBAs need to follow, and this can make life difficult. But if DBAs follow some basic approaches and best practices, tasks can be performed more efficiently and effectively. This survival guide offers previously unwritten underground advice for DBAs. The author provides extensive information to illuminate where you fit in, and runs through many of the tasks that you need to be watchful of, extensively covering solutions to the most common problems encountered by newcomers to the world of Oracle databases. The book will quickly introduce you to your job responsibilities, as well as the skills, and abilities needed to be successful as a DBA. It will show you how to overcome common problems and proactively prevent disasters by implementing distributed grid computing-scal Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44718 Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for you. Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting prices, and so many customers! It's all such a confusing mess. But a mysterious book and a helpful fairy promise to solve her organizational problems-with the practical magic of databases. In The Manga Guide to Databases, Tico the fairy teaches the Princess how to simplify her data management. We follow along as they design a relational database, understand the entity-relationship model, perform basic database operations, and delve into more advanced topics. Once the Princess is familiar with transactions and basic SQL statements, she can keep her data timely and accurate for the entire kingdom. Finally, Tico explains ways to make the database more efficient and secure, and they discuss methods for concurrency and replication. Examples and exercises (with answer keys) help you learn, and an appendix of frequently used SQL statements gives the tools you need to create and maintain full-featured databases. (Of course, it wouldn't be a kingdom without some drama, so read on to find out who gets the girl-the arrogant prince or the humble servant.) This EduManga book is a translation of a bests Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=44450 A novel approach to developing and applying databases with Visual C#.NET Practical Database Programming with Visual C#.NET clearly explains the considerations and applications in database programming with Visual C#.NET 2008 and in developing relational databases such as Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and Oracle Database. Sidestepping the traditional approach of using large blocks of code, Ying Bai utilizes both Design Tools and Wizards pred by Visual Studio.NET and real-time object methods to incorporate over sixty real sample database programming projects along with detailed illustrations and explanations to help readers understand the key techniques and programming technologies in database programming. This invaluable resource features: Fundamental and advanced database programming techniques for beginning and experienced students as well as programmers A real completed sample database CSE_DEPT with three versions (Microsoft Access 2007, SQL Server 2005 SP2, and Oracle Database 10g XE Release 2) used throughout the entire book Step-by-step details on designing and building a practical relational database Discussion and analysis of the new database query technique, LINQ API—which includes LINQ to Objects, LINQ to DataSet, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Entities, and LINQ to XML—and implementation in actual projects with line-by-line explanation Homework and selected solutions for each chapter to strengthen and improve learning and understanding An Instructor's Manu Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=43668 Oracle's ODP.NET is a .NET data provider that can connect to and access Oracle databases with tight integrity. It can be used from any .NET language, including C# and VB.NET. This book will show you how ODP.NET is the best choice for connecting .NET applications with Oracle database. We will be dealing with the concepts of ODP.NET and its requirements, working with SQL, PL/SQL, and XML DB using ODP.NET, looking at application development with ODP.NET: Web Applications, Web Services, and Mobile Applications. We will also learn to manipulate Oracle databases from within Visual Studio using Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=43488 While early directory standards (such as X.500) offer some cross-platform functionality, none has the flexibility and widespread appeal of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), which is fast becoming a standard part of networked computers. In Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services, three experienced engineers share their knowledge of LDAP in theory and practice, effectively defining this fast-emerging technology. If you're planning to work with LDAP in any way--whether as a network manager, a software developer, or an information technology administrator--you need to read and pay attention to this book. It's the last word on LDAP as it stands today. Since directory services aren't widely understood, this book begins by defining them and explaining what they can do for an organization. The guide then gets into the specifics of how LDAP organizes directories and handles queries. The authors go to great lengths to talk about what information to put in directories, how to validate and maintain it, and how to manage access to it. There's also lots of material on initiating LDAP services and on troubleshooting. The aft part of this book holds special appeal for software developers, since it talks extensively about how to implement LDAP in both new and existing software. Throughout, the authors pay special attention to data redundancy, security, privacy, and the economic issues involved in an LDAP deployment. The book's real-world focus is cemented by case s Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=42062 Database models developed by a team of leading Microsoft Access MVPs that provide ready-to-use solutions for sales, marketing, customer management and other key business activities for most small businesses. As the most popular relational database in the world, Microsoft Access is widely used by small business owners. This book responds to the growing need for resources that help business managers and end users design and build effective Access database solutions for specific business functions. Coverage includes: •Elements of a Microsoft Access Database •Relational Data Model •Dealing with Customers and Customer Data •Customer Relationship Management Database Solutions •Marketing Database Solutions •Sales Database Solutions •Producing and Tracking the Goods and Services •Production and Manufacturing Database Solutions •Inventory Management Database Solutions •Services Database Solutions •Tracking and Analyzing Financial Data 1 •Accounting Systems: Requirements and Design Database Solutions •Accounting: Budgeting, Analysis, and Reporting Database Solutions •Managing Memberships •Implementing the Models •SQL Server and Other External Data Sources •With this valuable guide and CD-ROM, you'll be on your way to implementing database solutions in no time Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=41869 With advances and in-depth applications of computer technologies, and the extensive applications of Web technology in various areas, databases have become the repositories of large volumes of data. It is very critical to manage data resources for effective problem solving and decision making. Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of intelligentdatabases, Intelligent Databases: Technologies and Applications provides a single record of current research and practical applications in this field. Intelligent Databases: Technologies and Applications integrates data management in databases with intelligent data processing and analysis in artificial intelligence. This book challenges todays database technology and promotes its evolution. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=41851 The fun and easy way to learn to use this leading business intelligence tool Written by an author team who is directly involved with SAS, this easy-to-follow guide is fully updated for the latest release of SAS and covers just what you need to put this popular software to work in your business. SAS allows any business or enterprise to improve data delivery, analysis, reporting, movement across a company, data mining, forecasting, statistical analysis, and more. SAS For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you the necessary background on what SAS can do for you and explains how to use the Enterprise Guide. * SAS provides statistical and data analysis tools to help you deal with all kinds of data: operational, financial, performance, and more * Places special emphasis on Enterprise Guide and other analytical tools, covering all commonly used features * Covers all commonly used features and shows you the practical applications you can put to work in your business * Explores how to get various types of data into the software and how to work with databases * Covers producing reports and Web reporting tools, analytics, macros, and working with your data In the easy-to-follow, no-nonsense For Dummies format, SAS For Dummies gives you the knowledge and the confidence to get SAS working for your organization. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=41496 The expert guidance you need to get the most out of Access 2010 Get the Access 2010 information you need to succeed with this comprehensive reference. If this is your first encounter with Access, you'll appreciate the thorough attention to database fundamentals and terminology. If you're familiar with earlier versions, you can jump right into Access 2010 enhancements such as the new Access user interface and wider use of XML and Web services. Takes you under the hood of Microsoft Access 2010, the database application included with Microsoft Office 2010 Explores the latest enhancements, such as a new user interface and wider use of XML and Web services; also, how to exchange data with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office apps Covers how to create tables, manipulate datasheets, and work with multiple tables Explains the seven database objects and how to use a seven-step design method to build a database tailored to your needs Shows you how to build forms, use Visual Basic and the VBA Editor, automate query parameters, create functions and subroutines, use XML to create data access pages, and more Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=41332 Product Description Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management is critical for database administrators seeking in-depth knowledge on administering servers using the new policy-based management features introduced in SQL Server 2008. This book will cover everything from a basic introduction to policy-based management to creating your own custom policies to enforce consistent rules across your organization. Provides in-depth treatment of policy-based management in a single source Provides practical usage scenarios for policy-based management Provides guidance to help meet growing regulatory compliance needs What you’ll learn Learn about policy-based management and why you should implement it. Create policies to maintain a consistent, predictable environment throughout your organization. Audit organizational compliance with policies automatically, across any number of servers. Help ensure compliance with PCI rules, HIPAA rules, and other government regulations. Configure and receive alerts for policy violations. View and report on the state of your policies.Who this book is for This book is for database administrators who wish to apply consistent management practices across dozens and even hundreds of database servers. About the Author Ken Simmons is a database administrator/developer specializing in MSSQL Server and .NET. He is currently working with a global electronic payment service provider in Columbus, Georgia. He has been working in the IT industry si Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=41289 This is the MySQL reference manual; it documents MySQL Version 3.23.33. As MySQL is work in progress, the manual gets updated frequently. There is a very good chance that this version is out of date, unless you are looking at it online. The most recent version of this manual is available at http://www.mysql.com/documentation/ in many different formats. If you have a hard time finding information in the manual, you can try the searchable PHP version at http://www.mysql.com/documentation/manual.php. MySQL is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL is free software. It is licensed with the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE http://www.gnu.org/. See section 3 MySQL Licensing and Support. The MySQL home page provides the latest information about MySQL. The following list describes some useful sections of the manual: To get information about the company behind MySQL, see See section 1.2 What Is MySQL AB. For a discussion of MySQL's capabilities, see section 1.6 The Main Features of MySQL. For installation instructions, see section 4 Installing MySQL. For tips on porting MySQL to new architectures or operating systems, see section I Comments on porting to other systems. For information about upgrading from a Version 3.21 release, see section 4.18.2 Upgrading from Version 3.21 to Version 3.22. For a tutorial introduction to MySQL, see section 9 MySQL Tutorial. For examples of SQL and benchmarki Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=40276 Designing distributed computing systems is a complex process requiring a solid understanding of the design problems and the theoretical and practical aspects of their solutions. This comprehensive textbook covers the fundamental principles and models underlying the theory, algorithms and systems aspects of distributed computing. Broad and detailed coverage of the theory is balanced with practical systems-related issues such as mutual exclusion, deadlock detection, authentication, and failure recovery. Algorithms are carefully selected, lucidly presented, and described without complex proofs. Simple explanations and illustrations are used to elucidate the algorithms. Important emerging topics such as peer-to-peer networks and network security are also considered. With state-of-the-art algorithms, numerous illustrations, examples and homework problems, this textbook is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of electrical and computer engineering and computer science. Practitioners in data networking and sensor networks will also find this a valuable resource. Additional resources are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521876346. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39855 Put simply, the Oracle CBO is a mathematical model; you feed it inputs (queries, statistics), and it produces outputs (query plans). In order to use the CBO successfully, it is critical that you understand what these inputs are and how the CBO uses them. Consider the following question, one that I’ve tried to answer many times: What is the best way to collect statistics, what statistics should I gather? Seems simple enough, very straightforward—there should be an answer and there is, but it is no “one size fits all” answer. It depends on your circumstances, your data distribution, your queries, the type of system you have (transactional, data warehouse)—a whole host of factors—and it is only through an understanding of how the CBO works and of how these factors affect the CBO that you’ll be able to answer the question for yourself. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39395 Scalability, performance, and reliability have to be designed into an application from the very beginning, as there may be substantial cost or implementation consequences if they need to be added down the line. This indispensible book will teach you how to achieve these things using Oracle Coherence, a leading data grid product on the market. Authored by leading Oracle Coherence authorities, this essential book will teach you how to use Oracle Coherence to build high-performance applications that scale to hundreds of machines and have no single points of failure. You will learn when and how to use Coherence features such as distributed caching, parallel processing, and real-time events within your application, and understand how Coherence fits into the overall application architecture. Oracle Coherence provides a solid architectural foundation for scalable, high-performance and highly available enterprise applications, through features such as distributed caching, parallel processing, distributed queries and aggregations, real-time events, and the elimination of single points of failure. However, in order to take full advantage of these features, you need to design your application for Coherence from the beginning. Based on the authors’ extensive knowledge of Oracle Coherence, and how to use it in the real world, this book will provide you with all the information you need in order to leverage various Coherence features properly. It contains a collection of best prac Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39217 Die Unterstutzung durch den Computer wahrend des qualitativen Forschungsprozesses ist nicht mehr weg zu denken. Die Beitrage des Buches beleuchten den dortigen Einsatz von Software aus der Sicht von Forschungsmethodik und Forschungspraxis. Angefuhrt werden exemplarische Beispiele fur den Einsatz der qualitativen Analysesoftware MAXQDA in verschiedenen Phasen des Forschungsablaufs. Begleitet werden diese Berichte durch methodische und methodologische Hintergrund-Aufsatze zu Fragen der Qualitat, Validitat und Theoriebildung in der qualitativen Forschung. Ein Praxisteil enthalt Berichte von Forschungsprojekten aus verschiedenen Disziplinen, wie der Evaluationsforschung, der Soziologie, der Erziehungswissenschaft, der Psychologie, der Kommunikationswissenschaften und der Schulforschung. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39173 Database System Concepts, 5th edition, is intended for a first course in databases at the junior or senior undergraduate, or first-year graduate, level. In addition to basic material for a first course, the text contains advanced material that can be used for course supplements, or as introductory material for an advanced course. The authors assume only a familiarity with basic data structures, computer organization, and a high-level programming language such as Java, C, or Pascal. Concepts are presented as intuitive descriptions, and many are based on the running example of a bank enterprise. Important theoretical results are covered, but formal proofs are omitted. In place of proofs, figures and examples are used to suggest why a result is true. The fundamental concepts and algorithms covered in the book are often based on those used in existing commercial or experimental database systems. The aim is to present these concepts and algorithms in a general setting that is not tied to one particular database system. Details of particular commercial database systems are discussed in the case studies which constitute Part 8 of the book. The fifth edition of Database System Concepts retains the overall style of prior editions while evolving the content and organization to reflect the changes that are occurring in the way databases are designed, managed, and used. Key Handles: • Early coverage of SQL in two chapters • Think of SQL as doing or creating Queries • Silberscha Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39091 The second edition of this popular textbook has been comprehensively updated and extended to cover the requirements of VCE ICT, in addition to those of A and AS level ICT. Microsoft Access is very suitable for VCE, A and AS level ICT projects, allowing the students to develop systems and customise them fully for the user. Now fully updated to cover Access XP, "Database Projects in Access for Advanced Level" covers everything a student needs to know to produce a high quality project covering: key features of the software; advanced features needed to gain the highest grades at this level, such as switchboards, subforms, macros, and action queries; How a system should be developed; And, How a project should be documented? The book also includes dozens of valuable tips to make Access easier. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38263 This book is for database designers and database administrators using Visio, which is the database component of Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET for Enterprise Architects suite, also included in MSDN subscriptions. This is the only guide to this product that tells DBAs how to get their job done. Although primarily focused on tool features, the book also provides an introduction to data modeling, and includes practical advice on managing database projects. The principal author was the program manager of VEA's database modeling solutions. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38174 The book consists of 32 extended chapters which have been based on selected submissions to the poster session organized during the 2nd Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (24-26 March 2010 in Hue, Vietnam). The book is organized into four parts devoted to information retrieval and management, service composition and user-centered approach, data mining and knowledge extraction, and computational intelligence, respectively. All chapters in the book discuss theoretical and practical issues related to integration of artificial intelligence and database technologies in order to develop new classes of intelligent information systems. Such combination of artificial intelligence and database technologies is a fast growing subfield of modern computer science, important due to the constant development of networked information systems. New global multimedia systems used by heterogeneous populations call for these developments. The editors hope that the book can be useful for graduate and PhD students of computer science, as well as for mature academics, researchers and practitioners interested in effective application of artificial intelligence and database systems to modern information environments. It is the hope of the editors that readers of this volume can find many inspiring ideas and influential practical examples and use them in their future work. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37791 MySQL is the most popular open-source database and is also known for its easy set up feature. However, proper configuration beyond the default settings still is a challenge, along with some other day-to-day maintenance tasks such as backing up and restoring, performance tuning, and server monitoring. These tasks have not been covered thoroughly in the default documentation. This book provides both step-by-step recipes and relevant background information on these topics and more. It covers everything from basic to advanced aspects of MySQL administration and configuration. One of the things you are really going to love about this book is that all recipes are based on real-world experience and were derived from proven solutions used in an enterprise environment. This book shows you everything you need to know about MySQL Administration. You will learn to set up MySQL replication to manage load balancing and deal with online backup and fail-over scenarios. As you consider the benefits of backing up, you might like to back up your database efficiently with advanced techniques covered in this book. The book demonstrates how to create, modify, and delete indexes. You will also learn to identify duplicate indexes, which hinder your MySQL server performance. This book focuses on administration tasks and will help you as an administrator to optimize the database for efficiency and reliability. You will learn to manage data efficiently by inserting data in existing database content Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37470 Product Description This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide for using the Oracle Data Provider (ODP) version 11g on the .NET Framework. It also outlines the core GoF (Gang of Four) design patterns and coding techniques employed to build and deploy high-impact mission-critical applications using advanced Oracle database features through the ODP.NET provider. The book details the features of the ODP.NET provider in two main sections: “Basic,” covering the basics and mechanisms for data access via ODP.NET; and “Advanced,’ covering advanced Oracle features such as globalization, savepoints, distributed transactions and how to call them via ODP.NET, advanced queueing (AQ), and promotable transactions. It takes you from the ground up through different implementation scenarios via a rich collection of both VB.NET and C# code samples. It outlines database security and performance optimization tricks and techniques on ODP.NET that conform to best practices and adaptable design. Different GoF design patterns are highlighted for different types of ODP.NET usage scenarios with consideration of performance and security. It provides a comprehensive guide to the synergistic integration of Oracle and Microsoft technologies such as the upcoming Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio (11.1.0.7.10). It also details how programmers can make use of ODT to streamline the creation of robust ODP.NET applications from within the Visual Studio environment. What you’ll Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37406 • More than 200 completely solved problems and an equal number of supplementary problems facilitate the understanding of database technology • Complete scripts allow students to create and populate all databases used in the book • Syntax and database technology employed by the most important database developers are featured, including Oracle, Microsoft Access, and DB2 • Lab and practice tests similar to the tests currently used in the database certification exams for database developers are included to help students master database problems From the Back Cover * Over 200 solved problems with examples from Oracle, MS Access and DB2 * Ideal for independent or classroom use Use with these courses: * Introduction to Databases * Introduction to Management Information Systems * Database Systems * Database Management SCHAUM'S OUTLINES OVER 30 MILLION SOLD Master the fundamentals of relational databases with Schaum's­­the high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams and projects! Students love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable study guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's! If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: * Use detailed examples to solve problems Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37216 Get the end-to-end instruction you need to design, develop, and deploy more effective data integration, reporting, and analysis solutions using SQL Server 2008—whether you’re new to business intelligence (BI) programming or a seasoned pro. With real-world examples and insights from an expert team, you’ll master the concepts, tools, and techniques for building solutions that deliver intelligence—and business value—exactly where users want it. Discover how to: Manage the development life cycle and build a BI team Dig into SQL Server Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services Navigate the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) Write queries that rank, sort, and drill down on sales data Develop extract, transform, and load (ETL) solutions Add a source code control system Help secure packages for deployment via encryption and credentials Use MDX and DMX Query Designers to build reports based on OLAP cubes and data mining models Create and implement custom objects using .NET code View reports in Microsoft Office Excel® and Office SharePoint® Serverook Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37184 Now in its third edition, the ground-breaking Artech House bestseller "SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol" offers the most comprehensive and current understanding of this revolutionary protocol for call signaling and IP Telephony. Essential reading for anyone involved in the development and operation of voice or data networks, the third edition has been significantly expanded with brand new chapters on SIP security, services in SIP, presence and instant messaging, and Peer-to-Peer SIP. The book explains how SIP is a highly-scalable and cost-effective way to offer new and exciting telecommunication feature sets. From an examination of SIP as a key component in the Internet multimedia conferencing architecture...to a look at the future direction of SIP, practitioners get the knowledge they need to design 'next generation' networks and develop new applications and software stacks. This title is suitable for telecommunications/wireless engineers and professionals, professors and students whose work involves voice or data networks and the Internet multimedia architecture. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35883 Overcoming many challenges, data mining has already established discipline capability in many domains. discusses advances in modern data mining research in today's rapidly growing global and technological environment. A critical mass of the most sought after knowledge, this publication serves as an important reference tool to leading research within information search and retrieval techniques. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35646 A Fully Integrated Study System for OCA Exams 1Z0-051 and 1Z0-052, and OCP Exam 1Z0-053 Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Administration I and SQL Fundamentals I exams and the Oracle Certified Professional Administration II exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, and a two-minute drill to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test and serve as your essential on-the-job reference. Get complete coverage of all objectives for exams 1Z0-051, 1Z0-052, and 1Z0-053, including: Instance management Networking and storage Security SQL Oracle Recovery Manager and Oracle Flashback Oracle Automatic Storage Management Resource manager Oracle Scheduler Automatic workload repository Performance tuning And more Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34733 "Significant progression and usage of Internet innovations has caused a need for streamlining past, present, and future database technologies. Principle Advancements in Database Management Technologies: New Applications and Frameworks presents exemplary research in a variety of areas related to database development, technology, and use. This authoritative reference source presents innovative approaches by leading international experts to serve as the primary database management source for researchers, practitioners, and academicians. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34694 An authoritative guide to designing effective solutions for data cleansing, ETL, and file management with SQL Server 2008 Integration Services SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the leading tool in the data warehouse industry, used for performing extraction, transformation, and load operations. After an overview of SSIS architecture, the authors walk you a series of real-world problems and show various techniques for handling them. * Shows you how to design SSIS solutions for data cleansing, ETL and file management * Demonstrates how to integrate data from a variety of data sources, * Shows how to monitor SSIS performance, * Demonstrates how to avoid common pitfalls involved with SSIS deployment * Explains how to ensure performance of the deployed solution and effectively handle unexpected system failures and outages * The companion Web site provides sample code and database scripts that readers can directly implement This book shows you how to design, build, deploy, and manage solutions to real-world problems that SSIS administrators and developers face day-to-day. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34422 hard to find book Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34069 Grid Database Design investigates the origin, background, and components of this new computing model. This book presents new concepts and analyzes pre-existing ideas in the context of Grid, educating organizations as to how Grid can increase their computing power and strengthen their operations. Divided into three sections, the volume begins by laying the groundwork in the field, defining the concepts that led to the model's emergence. The second section explains what is entailed in building a Grid, focusing on security, hardware, and the forces driving growth. The final section explores details of databases in a Grid environment, illustrating how the Grid environment will shape database evolution. Grid Database Design reveals what will be coming in the near future, allowing database and systems administrators, programmers, and executives to get beyond the rumblings about this up-and-coming model and learn what Grid can offer to benefit their organizations. ---------------------Features--------------------- · Offers an introduction to the terminology of computing, databases, and relational databases · Defines where Grid is now, its major players, and its component parts · Provides a list of commercial and academic Early Adopters · Highlights the security tools that enable system authentication, cryptography, database security, and more · Covers the hardware that makes a Grid system run, including Grid-specific components · Examines the role of metadata in Grid evolution Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33931 The comprehensive treatment of the theory and general principles relevant to database systems, as well as the many examples, exercises, and bibliographic notes included in each chapter, should make this book useful for database courses and for practising computer scientists. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32805 SQL Server 2008 is a first–rate database management system. It offers more capability than any previous release of SQL Server. More than just a classic relational database management system, SQL Server 2008 includes exciting and powerful features that make it useful for everything from large corporate data warehouses to ad hoc departmental databases. You’ll find enhanced support for XML, new support for spatial data, transparent data encryption, a policy–based management system, and more. Author and developer Robin Dewson will show you the way from beginner to SQL Server 2008 professional. Learn to install SQL Server 2008 and navigate around Management Studio before getting right to the heart of mastering fundamental SQL Server 2008 tasks: creating tables, storing data, securing data, and retrieving it again. Dewson ensures you’ll be fully prepared to use all the basics and create a solid foundation for your own projects. Don’t forget about backups! Your database will house important data, so backing up is essential to protect yourself from inevitable hardware failure. Dewson walks you through SQL Server 2008’s easy–to–use backup and recovery feature set, giving you the grounding that you need in order to set up a reliable plan for recovery in your own environment. Learn to use Transact–SQL, a full–blown procedural language that is built right into the database system. Transact–SQL is the key to unlocking everything that SQL Server 2008 has to offer. Using Transact–S Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32501 Product Description Take a look at this great application of VBA and learn to expand the capabilities of Access with simple programming. Author Charles E. Brown shows you step-by-step how to create your own code, work with Object-Oriented Programming, and more. Plus, discover and utilize key programming concepts that can be applied beyond VBA. From the Back Cover Harness the full power of Access using VBA programming Expand the range of your Access proficiency with VBA programming using this guide designed specifically for Access power users. With the provided online sample database, learn VBA fundamentals, then discover how to connect Access and VBA through ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and how to extract, manipulate, and retrieve data using SQL queries. Benefit from expert advice on error handling, get the most out of forms, reports, and tables, and save time with VBA coding and debugging tips. From the basics to advanced techniques, this comprehensive treatment provides you with the information you need to produce the exact results you desire. Call up forms and reports using VBA Build dynamic Data Access Pages Program and assign record data sources to forms and reports Create objects and learn how to reference them Learn the fundamentals of SQL and how to use it in VBA Understand the ADO object model and its components Use modules, declare variables, build looping and decision structures, use procedures and functions, and build arrays Generate recordsets base Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32500 Product Description As part of the Microsoft Office suite, Access has become the industry's leading desktop database management program for organizing, accessing, and sharing information. But taking advantage of this product to build increasingly complex Access applications requires something more than your typical how-to book. What it calls for is Access Hacks from O'Reilly. This valuable guide provides direct, hands-on solutions that can help relieve the frustrations felt by users struggling to master the program's various complexities. For experienced users, Access Hacks offers a unique collection of proven techniques and tools that enable them to take their database skills and productivity to the next level. For Access beginners, it helps them acquire a firm grasp of the program's most productive features. A smart collection of insider tips and tricks, Access Hacks covers all of the program's finer points. Among the multitude of topics addressed, it shows users how to: work with Access in multi-user environments utilize SQL queries work with external data and programs integrate Access with third-party products Just imagine: a learning process without the angst. Well, Access Hacks delivers it with ease, thanks to these down-and-dirty techniques not collected together anywhere else. Part of O'Reilly's best-selling Hacks series, Access Hacks is based on author Ken Bluttman's two decades of real-world experience in database programming and business application Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32487 Product Description Support for regular expressions in SQL and PL/SQL is one of the most exciting features of Oracle Database 10G. Oracle has long supported the ANSI-standard LIKE predicate for rudimentary pattern matching, but regular expressions take pattern matching to a new level. They provide a powerful way to select data that matches a pattern, as well as to manipulate, rearrange, and change that data. This concise pocket guide is part tutorial and part quick-reference. It's suitable for those who have never used regular expressions before, as well as those who have experience with Perl and other languages supporting regular expressions. The book describes Oracle Database 10G's support for regular expressions, including globalization support and differences between Perl's syntax and the POSIX syntax supported by Oracle 10G. It also provides a comprehensive reference, including examples, to all supported regular expression operators, functions, and error messages. O'Reilly's Pocket References have become a favorite among developers and database administrators everywhere. By providing a wealth of important details in a concise, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand. Whether you're using regular expressions for the first time or applying your skills from other languages to the latest version of Oracle, the Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference is the book to have close by. About the Author Gennick is a pro Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32444 A hands-on resource for SQL Server 2008 troubleshooting methods and tools SQL Server administrators need to ensure that SQL Server remains running 24/7. Authored by leading SQL Server experts and MVPs, this book pres in-depth coverage of best practices based on a deep understanding of the internals of both SQL Server and the Windows operating system. You'll get a thorough look at the SQL Server database architecture and internals as well as Windows OS internals so that you can approach troubleshooting with a solid grasp of the total processing environment. Armed with this comprehensive understanding, readers will then learn how to use a suite of tools for troubleshooting performance problems whether they originate on the database server or operating system side. Shows how to develop a methodology for troubleshooting based on a thorough understanding of SQL Server 2008 and Windows OS internals Covers mastering specific troubleshooting tools and interpreting their output so that you can quickly identify and resolve any performance issue Details all the free and proprietary tools that allow you to analyze and determine the source of a system-wide performance problem Examines how it is critical for both SQL Server and Windows technologies to run smoothly in order to ensure effective SQL Server performance This practical guide will help you pro-actively monitor and avoid SQL Server problems. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=32378 Product Description Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup and Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material. Backup and Recovery starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup utilities of tar, dump, cpio, ntbackup, ditto, and rsync. It then explains several open source backup products that automate backups using those utilities, including AMANDA, Bacula, BackupPC, rdiff-backup, and rsnapshot. Backup and Recovery then explains how to perform bare metal recovery of AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, VMWare, and Windows systems using freely-available utilities. The book also provides overviews of the current state of the commercial backup software and hardware market, including overviews of CDP, Data De-duplication, D2D2T, and VTL technology. Finally, it covers how to automate the backups of DB2, Exchange, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL-Server, and Sybase databases - without purchasing a commercial backup product to do so. For environments of all sizes and budgets, this unique book shows you how to ensure data protection without resorting to expensive commercial solutions. You will soon learn to: Automate the backup of popular databases without a commercial utility Perform bare metal recovery of any popular open systems platform, inc Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31895 Managing and Mining Graph Data is a comprehensive survey book in graph data analytics. It contains extensive surveys on important graph topics such as graph languages, indexing, clustering, data generation, pattern mining, classification, keyword search, pattern matching, and privacy. It also studies a number of domain-specific scenarios such as stream mining, web graphs, social networks, chemical and biological data. The chapters are written by leading researchers, and provide a broad perspective of the area. This is the first comprehensive survey book in the emerging topic of graph data processing. Managing and Mining Graph Data is designed for a varied audience composed of professors, researchers and practitioners in industry. This volume is also suitable as a reference book for advanced-level database students in computer science. About the Editors: Charu C. Aggarwal obtained his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur in 1993 and Ph.D. from MIT in 1996. He has worked as a researcher at IBM since then, and has published over 130 papers in major data mining conferences and journals. He has applied for or been granted over 70 US and International patents, and has thrice been designated a Master Inventor at IBM. He has received an IBM Corporate award for his work on data stream analytics, and an IBM Outstanding Innovation Award for his work on privacy technology. He has served on the executive committees of most major data mining conferences. He has served as an Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31773 Moodle is the world’s most popular, free open-source Learning Management System (LMS). It is vast and has lots to offer. More and more colleges, universities, and training providers are using Moodle, which has helped revolutionize e-learning with its flexible, reusable platform and components. It works best when you feel confident that the tools you have at hand will allow you to create exactly what you need. This book brings together step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and learning theory to give you new tools and new power with Moodle. It will show you how to connect with your online students, and how and where they develop an enthusiastic, open, and trusting relationship with their fellow students and with you, their instructor. With this book, you’ll learn to get the best from Moodle. This book helps you develop good, solid, dynamic courses that will last by making sure that your instructional design is robust, and that they are built around satisfying learning objectives and course outcomes. With this book, you’ll have excellent support and step-by-step guidance for putting together courses that incorporate your choice of the many features that Moodle offers. You will also find the best way to create effective assessments, and how to create them for now and in the future. The book will also introduce you to many modules, which you can use to make your course unique and create an environment where your students will get maximum benefit. In addition, you will Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31772 Product Description From smaller businesses through to huge enterprises – users all over the world often require access to data 24 hours a day. Distributed database systems proliferate the world of data sharing providing an ability to access real-time data anywhere, anytime. Oracle Streams, a built-in feature of the Oracle database, is a data replication and integration feature critical to the success and wellbeing of enterprises in today’s fast moving economy. This book provides the reader with solid techniques to master Oracle Streams technology and successfully deploy distributed database systems. This book quickly goes over the basics and gets you up and running with a simple Oracle 11g Streams environment. It will serve as an excellent companion to the Oracle Streams Administration Guide. It is intended for Oracle database architects and administrators, and provides in-depth discussion on must-know information for the design, implementation, and maintenance of an Oracle Streams environment. The book does not attempt to regurgitate all the information in the Oracle Streams Administration Guides, but rather provides additional clarification and explanation of design, implementation, and troubleshooting concepts that are often elusive in Streams documentation. It also identifies helpful tools and Oracle resources to add to your knowledge base, as well as tried and tested tricks and tips to help you tame Oracle Streams. The book starts by introducing and explaining Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31577 This is a defining book on the Oracle database for any developer or DBA who works with Oracle-driven database applications. Tom has a simple philosophy: you can treat Oracle as a black box and just stick data into it or you can understand how it works and exploit it as a powerful computing environment. If you choose the latter, then you will find that there are few information management problems that you cannot solve quickly and elegantly. Expert Oracle Database Architecture is the first of a three-book series that completely explores and defines the Oracle database. It covers all of the most important Oracle architecture features, including: Files, memory structures and processes Locking and latching Transactions, concurrency and multi-versioning Tables and Indexes Datatypes Partitioning and parallelism Each feature is taught in a proof-by-example manner, not only discussing what it is, but also how it works, how to implement software using it, and the common pitfalls associated with it. This fully revised edition covers both the 9i and 10g versions. It also comes with a CD containing a searchable PDF of the 8i version of the book. Tom has fully revised and expanded the architecture-related sections from Expert One-on-One Oracle (a searchable PDF of which is included on the CD accompanying this book), and added substantial new material. He focuses solely on 9i and 10g architecture in this book and refers to the CD for 8i-specific details. The number Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31454 Whether you’re an experienced DBA, a new DBA, or an application developer, you need to understand how Oracle11g’s new features can help you best meet your customers’ needs. In this book, you will find coverage of the newest features as well as ways of merging those features into the management of an Oracle database. The emphasis throughout is on managing the database’s capabilities in an effective and efficient manner to deliver a quality product. The end result will be a database that is dependable, robust, secure, and extensible. Several components are critical to this goal, and all of them are covered in depth after we introduce the Oracle Architecture, Oracle 11g upgrade issues, and tablespace planning in Part I. A well-designed logical and physical database architecture will improve performance and ease administration by properly distributing database objects. You’ll see appropriate monitoring, security, and tuning strategies for stand-alone and networked databases in Part II of this book. Backup and recovery strategies are provided to help ensure the database’s recoverability. Each section focuses on both the features and the proper planning and management techniques for each area. High availability is covered in all of its flavors: Real Application Clusters (RAC), Recovery Manager (RMAN), and Oracle Data Guard, to name a few of the topics covered in-depth in Part III of this book. Networking issues and the management of distributed and client/server d Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31358 This is a unique, one-volume guide to the administration and management of the Oracle database. Fully revised and updated from its best-selling 9i predecessor, this edition covers all new features, with fully field-tested examplesnot just "showcase" examples. This book covers the new 10g management and performance tools and provides essential primers on Unix, Linux and Windows NT administration and on core SQL and PL/SQL programming techniques. And it provides everything the new and aspring Oracle DBA needs to build and admisiter complex Oracle 10g databases. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31188 Date on Database: Writings 2000i??2006 captures some of the freshest thinking from widely known and respected relational database pioneer C. J. Date. Known for his tenacious defense of relational theory in its purest form, Date tackles many topics that are important to database professionals, including the difference between model and implementation, data integrity, data redundancy, deviations in SQL from the relational model, and much more. Date clearly and patiently explains where many of todays products and practices go wrong, and illustrates some of the trouble you can get into if you dont carefully think through your use of current database technology. In almost every field of endeavor, the writings of the founders and early leaders have had a profound effect. And now is your chance to read Datewhile his material is fresh and the field is still young. Youll want to read this book because it Provides C. J. Dates freshest thinking on relational theory versus current products in the field Features a tribute to E. F. Codd, founder of the relational database field Clearly explains how the unwary practitioner can avoid problems with current relational database technology Offers novel insights into classic issues like redundancy and database design About the Author C. J. Date is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing in relational database technology (a field he helped pioneer). He is best known for his book, An Introduction to Data Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31187 Three of CouchDB's creators show you how to use this document-oriented database as a standalone application framework or with high-volume, distributed applications. With its simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data, CouchDB is ideal for web applications that handle huge amounts of loosely structured data. That alone would stretch the limits of a relational database, yet CouchDB offers an open source solution that's reliable, scales easily, and responds quickly. CouchDB works with self-contained data that has loose or ad-hoc connections. It's a model that fits many real-world items, such as contacts, invoices, and receipts, but you'll discover that this database can easily handle data of any kind. With this book, you'll learn how to work with CouchDB through its RESTful web interface, and become familiar with key features such as simple document CRUD (create, read, update, delete), advanced MapReduce, deployment tuning, and more. Understand the basics of document-oriented storage and manipulation Interact with CouchDB entirely though HTTP using its RESTful interface Model data as self-contained JSON documents Handle evolving data schemas naturally Query and aggregate data in CouchDB using MapReduce views Replicate data between nodes Tune CouchDB for increased performance and reliability Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30920 In the present thriving global economy a need has evolved for complex data analysis to enhance an organization’s production systems, decision-making tactics, and performance. In turn, data mining has emerged as one of the most active areas in information technologies. Domain Driven Data Mining offers state-of the-art research and development outcomes on methodologies, techniques, approaches and successful applications in domain driven, actionable knowledge discovery. About this book: Enhances the actionability and wider deployment of existing data-centered data mining through a combination of domain and business oriented factors, constraints and intelligence. Examines real-world challenges to and complexities of the current KDD methodologies and techniques. Details a paradigm shift from "data-centered pattern mining" to "domain driven actionable knowledge discovery" for next-generation KDD research and applications. Bridges the gap between business expectations and research output through detailed exploration of the findings, thoughts and lessons learned in conducting several large-scale, real-world data mining business applications Includes techniques, methodologies and case studies in real-life enterprise data mining Addresses new areas such as blog mining Domain Driven Data Mining is suitable for researchers, practitioners and university students in the areas of data mining and knowledge discovery, knowledge engineering, human-computer interaction, artificial i Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30654 Data retrieval and storage is one of the most common components of J2EE applications. JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is the Java API for accessing a SQL relational database and adding, retrieving, and updating data in the database. Oracle JDeveloper is a developer-friendly integrated development environment (IDE) for building service-oriented applications using the latest industry standards for Java, XML, web services, and SQL. It supports the complete development lifecycle with integrated features for modeling, coding, debugging, testing, profiling, tuning, and deploying applications. This book is about developing Java/J2EE applications with a database component in Oracle JDeveloper (version 10.1.3). It covers the practical aspects of JDBC (version 4.0); it will teach application developers about setting the environment for developing various JDBC-based J2EE applications and the procedure to develop JDBC-based J2EE applications. It will also explore the new features added in JDBC 4.0. What you will learn from this book? In this book you will learn about the following: * JDBC 4.0 specifications--including the new features * Configuring JDBC in Oracle JDeveloper IDE * Creating, modifying, and querying a database with the JSTL SQL Tag Library * Configuring JDBC in JBoss application server, WebLogic server, and WebSphere application server * Mapping an XML document to a database table and vice versa * Modifying a database table from Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30618 PhpMyAdmin is a well known and popular open-source tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Internet. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, and manage keys on fields. While most MySQL developers use routine features of phpMyAdmin every day, few are aware of the power and potential of its advanced features. This book builds a solid understanding of the core capabilities of phpMyAdmin before walking you through every facet of this legendary tool. MySQL is the most popular open-source database, used by millions of developers and supporting numerous large dynamic websites and applications. MySQL acquired this wide popularity by virtue of its open-source nature, performance, reliability, robustness, and support for various platforms. This popularity has also been helped by the existence of phpMyAdmin, the industry-standard administration tool that makes database management easy for both the experienced developer and the novice. The powerful graphical interface that it provides to MySQL has made phpMyAdmin an indispensable tool for MySQL and web developers. Every phpMyAdmin user can benefit from unlocking the full potential of this powerful application. Whether you are an experienced developer, system administrator, web designer, or new to MySQL and phpMyAdmin, this book will show you how to increase your productivity and control when working with your databas Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30460 This book is an anthology of effective database management techniques representing the collective wisdom of the OakTable Network. With an emphasis upon performance—but also branching into security, national language, and other issues—the book helps you deliver the most value for your company’s investment in Oracle Database technologies. You’ll learn to effectively plan for and monitor performance, to troubleshoot systematically when things go wrong, and to manage your database rather than letting it manage you. * Rigorous and peer-reviewed content from the OakTable Network of Oracle scientists * Strong emphasis upon managing for high performance * Lays a strong foundation for advancing in the DBA profession What you’ll learn * Eliminate guesswork by attacking database problems in a systematic manner. * Manage transactional performance in SQL and PL/SQL. * Secure your database from outside attack. * Effectively deal with operating system platforms such as Windows and Linux. * Diagnose database crashes. * Choose the right block size to optimize I/O throughput. Who is this book for? This book is aimed at Oracle database administrators who want to further their careers by implementing sound and proven database administration practices—and especially repeatable and predictable practices—in their daily work. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30445 In his new book, Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server Maintenance Plans, Brad McGehee takes you on a comprehensive tour of two SQL Server tools designed to help DBAs ensure that a "required minimum" level of maintenance takes place on their SQL Server instances: the Maintenance Plan Wizard and the Maintenance Plan Designer. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30444 For the day-to-day DBA, there are dangers around every corner; monsters waiting to strike down the unsuspecting database with a resource-hungry query, an inefficient data load, or even outright data corruption. When the worst happens, and SQL Server is down, or performance is suffering, customers are quick to complain.. During such difficult periods, you, the DBA, are the centre of attention. Suddenly, three or four people crowd your desk, laser beam focused on your every action, fully expecting you to solve the problem quickly. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30244 If you want to learn more about native XML databases and DB2 pureXML, this eBook uses the fun and easy-to-understand “for Dummies” format to do just that. It introduces these topics, while guiding you to create your first native XML database. You don’t need to purchase any software to get started creating native XML databases—you simply use the freely available version of DB2. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30151 If you want to see how your next database project can profit from object-oriented design, check out Database Design for Smarties, a lively and intelligent guide to using objects in databases. The book begins with a tour of some underlying factors in modeling databases. Here, the author distinguishes between the external, conceptual, and internal models of database design.) Then it's on to data architectures, be they the traditional relational or the newer object-relational and object-oriented (OO) database types. After discussing some of the pitfalls of gathering and implementing user requirements, the author looks at UML notation for use case diagrams. (His example here, a crime database for tracking Sherlock Holmes's stories, along with criminals and clues, is both intelligent and entertaining.) The author's guide to UML class design is topnotch. He covers basic and advanced OO concepts such as inheritance, aggregation, composition, and polymorphism with clear and concise explanations. He also shows you how to model business rules using objects and UML class diagrams. The most valuable part of this book comes with the mapping of UML class diagrams onto three different kinds of databases: relational (on Oracle7), object-relational (on Oracle8), and object-oriented (on the POET platform). The author shows how to emulate object-oriented ideas successfully using stored procedures and triggers, even if you are not running on a "true" object-oriented platform. Exception Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30072 Performance and scalability are more critical than ever in today’s enterprise database applications, and traditional database tuning isn’t nearly enough to solve the performance problems you are likely to see in those applications. Nowadays, 75-95% of the time it takes to process a data request is typically spent in the database middleware. Today’s worst performance and scalability problems are generally caused by issues with networking, database drivers, the broader software/hardware environment, and inefficient coding of data requests. In The Data Access Handbook, two of the world’s leading experts on database access systematically address these issues, showing how to achieve remarkable improvements in performance of real-world database applications. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience with every leading database system and database connectivity API, John Goodson and Rob Steward reveal the powerful ways middleware affects application performance and guide developers with designing and writing API code that will deliver superior performance in each leading environment. In addition to covering essential concepts and techniques that apply across database systems and APIs, they present many API examples for ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET as well as database system examples for DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase. Coverage includes Clearly understanding how each component of database middleware can impact performance and scalability Writing database app Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30017 Provides a discussion of the various XML data management approaches employed in a range of products and applications. Topics covered range from using XML with Oracle9i or SQL Server to embedded XML databases to Tamino. Softcover. From the Back Cover "This is an excellent book that combines a practical and analytical look at the subject." —Leo Korman, Principal Software Engineer, KANA Software As organizations begin to employ XML within their information-management and exchange strategies, data management issues pertaining to storage, retrieval, querying, indexing, and manipulation increasingly arise. Moreover, new information-modeling challenges also appear. XML Data Management—with its contributions from experts at the forefront of the XML field—addresses these key issues and challenges, offering insights into the advantages and drawbacks of various XML solutions, best practices for modeling information with XML, and developing custom, in-house solutions. In this book, you will find discussions on the newest native XML databases, along with information on working with XML-enabled relational database systems. In addition, XML Data Management thoroughly examines benchmarks and analysis techniques for performance of XML databases. Topics covered include: The power of good grammar and style in modeling information to alleviate the need for redundant domain knowledge Tamino's XML storage, indexing, querying, and data access features The features and APIs of Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29958 Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services is Microsoft’s powerful platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformation solutions. It’s a powerful product, but it’s also complex and can be confusing if you don’t have a clear map for the journey. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed will be the only book you’ll need to harness the power that Integration Services provides. Through clear, concise explanations and samples, you’ll grasp a clear understanding of working in the Integration Services environment, including how to set up stock components, how to use the various designer features, and how to gain practical knowledge on configuring, deploying, securing, and managing packages. Sample packages are provided to reinforce the discussion and quickly help you gain hands-on experience, and more complex topics such as Data Flow Task internals and tuning, advanced transformations, and writing custom components are all illustrated in easy-to-understand graphics. In addition, there are several custom tasks and transformations and two useful utilities with full source code available for you to use and study, including an ADO.NET destination, a text file encryption task, and a data profiling transform. Detailed information on: * Using the powerful Integration Services tools to create solutions without the need to write lines of code * Creating packages programmatically or developing custom tasks via the Integrat Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29748 This is not an ordinary SQL Server Book. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives brings together the world's most highly-regarded SQL Server experts to create a masterful collection of tips, techniques, and experience-driven best practices for SQL Server development and administration. These SQL Server MVPs-53 in all-each selected a topic of great interest to them, and in this unique book, they share their knowledge and passion with you. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives is organized into five parts: Design and Architecture, Development, Administration, Performance Tuning and Optimization, and Business Intelligence. Within each part, you'll find a collection of brilliantly concise and focused chapters that take on key topics like mobile data strategies, Dynamic Management Views, or query performance. The range of subjects covered is comprehensive, from database design tips to data profiling strategies for BI. Additionally, the authors of this book have generously donated 100% of their royalties to support War Child International. War Child International is a network of independent organizations, working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child was founded upon a fundamental goal: to advance the cause of peace through investing hope in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. War Child works in many different conflict areas around the world, helping hundreds of thousands of children every year. Visit www.warchild.org for more information. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29189 Beginning Oracle SQL is your introduction to the interactive query tools and specific dialect of SQL used with Oracle Database. The book is a revision of the classic Mastering Oracle SQL and SQL*Plus by Lex de Haan, and has been updated to cover the very latest developments in Oracle’s version of the SQL query language. Written in an easygoing and example-based style, Beginning Oracle SQL is the book that will get you started down the path to successfully writing SQL statements and getting results from Oracle Database. Takes an example-based approach, with clear and authoritative explanations Introduces both SQL and the query tools used to execute SQL statements Shows how to create tables, populate them with data, and then query that data to generate business results What you’ll learn Create database tables and define their relationships Add data to your tables; change and delete that data Write database queries that generate accurate results Avoid common traps and pitfalls in writing SQL queries Take advantage of advanced Oracle SQL features such as support for hierarchical queries, analytic and window functions, flashback to a given point in time, and more Get a handle on Oracle Database’s support for object types in the database Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29188 Expert SQL Server 2008 Development is aimed at SQL Server developers ready to move beyond Books Online. Author and experienced developer Alastair Aitchison shows you how to think about SQL Server development as if it were any other type of development. You’ll learn to manage testing in SQL Server and to properly deal with errors and exceptions. The book also covers critical, database-centric topics such as managing concurrency and securing your data and code through proper privileges and authorization. Alastair places focus on sound development and architectural practices that will help you become a better developer, capable of designing high-performance, robust, maintainable database applications. He shows you how to apply notable features in SQL Server such as encryption and support for hierarchical data. If developing for SQL Server is what puts the bread on your table, you can do no better than to read this book and to assimilate the expert-level practices that it provides. Promotes expert-level practices Leads to high performance, scalable code Improves productivity, getting you home in time for dinner What you’ll learn Productively handle errors and exceptions. Exploit features for managing spatial and temporal data. Manage tree-structured data using the new, hierarchid type. Write code that easily survives high concurrency. Program defensively. Create proper and reusable test environments for your code. Secure code and data through encryption and proper a Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29183 Database design and development using this feature-rich, powerful user-extensible interface Install, configure, customize, and manage your SQL Developer environment Includes the latest features to enhance productivity and simplify database development Covers reporting, testing, and debugging concepts Meet the new powerful Data Modeling tool - Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Detailed code examples and screenshots for easy learning As technology is evolving rapidly, many developers are looking for modern tools to assist them in daily tasks. A clean, easy-to-navigate interface for browsing and working with databases is essential. Oracle SQL Developer is a graphical user interface that makes your life much easier by allowing you to browse database objects, run SQL statements and scripts, and create, edit, and debug PL/SQL statements in the most efficient way. It enhances productivity and simplifies your database development tasks. Although the journey looks simple and easy, there are many areas that might go undiscovered, leaving you just scratching the surface. It's easy to get started and master this powerful tool when you've got this book to hand. It will provide you with in depth details about all aspects of using SQL Developer to assist you in your day-to-day database tasks and activities. Use the book to become more productive in everyday tasks. You will learn to utilize SQL Developer's extensible environment to support your ongoing needs. This book offe Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29151 Describes how to use the CONTROL language to access SYSTEM 2000 facilities under MVS and CMS. Included is information on how to specify input and output files, save and restore databases, protect databases from unauthorized access, and use the Coordinated Recovery function. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29150 Serves as a reference manual for the DEFINE language under MVS and CMS. This manual explains how to create and modify a SYSTEM 2000 database definition and includes a detailed description and examples for each DEFINE language command. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29149 Introduces SYSTEM 2000 software and its associated facilities, and shows how to start using SYSTEM 2000 commands. The guide provides hands-on examples that illustrate how to define, access, and update a SYSTEM 2000 database, and guidelines for trying some of the options available with the basic commands. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29148 Documents all aspects of the QUEUE language, previously documented in the three volumes of ACCESS and QUEUE languages manuals. Used together with the QUEST language manual, this technical report provides complete information for using the QUEUE facility in SYSTEM 2000 software. Also supports Version 12. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29147 Documents all aspects of the QUEUE language, previously documented in the three volumes of ACCESS and QUEUE languages manuals. Used together with the QUEST language manual, this technical report provides complete information for using the QUEUE facility in SYSTEM 2000 software. Also supports Version 12. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29146 Explains how to use REPORT language commands to produce reports from information contained in a SYSTEM 2000 database. This manual contains detailed reference material for using the REPORT language commands under MVS and CMS. Also included are examples of each command and examples of complete report composition and actual output. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29145 Documents the Tuning Tools feature for SYSTEM 2000 Multi-User software. The Multi-User status console commands display details about thread, scratch pad, buffer, and queue usage. The Accounting and Diagnostic Log reports display information about system performance or about specific jobs and job types running in the system. Data are extracted from these logs into a SAS data set for use in reports, and they are summarized into historical SAS data sets for more general monthly, quarterly, or annual reports. Also supports Version 12. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29130 Joe Celko has looked deep into the code of SQL programmers and found a consistent and troubling pattern - a frightening lack of consistency between their individual encoding schemes and those of the industries in which they operate. This translates into a series of incompatible databases, each one an island unto itself that is unable to share information with others in an age of internationalization and business interdependence. Such incompatibility severely hinders information flow and the quality of company data. Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL reveals the shift these programmers need to make to overcome this deadlock. By collecting and detailing the diverse standards of myriad industries, and then giving a declaration for the units that can be used in an SQL schema, Celko enables readers to write and implement portable data that can interface to any number of external application systems! This book doesn't limit itself to one subject, but serves as a detailed synopsis of measurement scales and data standards for all industries, thereby giving RDBMS programmers and designers the knowledge and know-how they need to communicate effectively across business boundaries. * Collects and details the diverse data standards of myriad industries under one cover, thereby creating a definitive, one-stop-shopping opportunity for database programmers. * Enables readers to write and implement portable data that can interface to any number external application systems, Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29123 Concurrency control is the activity of coordinating the actions of processes that operate in parallel, access shared data, and therefore potentially interfere with each other. Recovery is the activity of ensuring that software and hardware failures do not corrupt persistent data. Concurrency control and recovery problems arise in the design of hardware, operating systems, real time systems, communications systems, and database systems, among others. In this book, we will explore concurrency control and recovery problems in database systems. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29122 Documents the Extended Buffer Manager (XBUF) feature, which provides several caching techniques for both single-user and Multi-User jobs. These techniques include simple "front-end" XBUF macros, with which you can take advantage of dual logging, statistics gathering, cache modeling, and caching of database files without having to employ the more complicated CACHE macro. Later, if you need to tailor caching for special applications, you can refer to the CACHE macro documentation also included in this report. Also supports Version 12. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29087 Concurrency control is the activity of coordinating the actions of processes that operate in parallel, access shared data, and therefore potentially interfere with each other. Recovery is the activity of ensuring that software and hardware failures do not corrupt persistent data. Concurrency control and recovery problems arise in the design of hardware, operating systems, real time systems, communications systems, and database systems, among others. In this book, we will explore concurrency control and recovery problems in database systems. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28941 This chapter describes the architectures of the IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server (XPS) and DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) relational database management system (RDBMS) products. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28684 Your all-in-one resource for using Pentaho with MySQL for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Open-source Pentaho provides business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing solutions at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions. Now you can take advantage of Pentaho for your business needs with this practical guide written by two major participants in the Pentaho community. The book covers all components of the Pentaho BI Suite. You'll learn to install, use, and maintain Pentaho-and find plenty of background discussion that will bring you thoroughly up to speed on BI and Pentaho concepts. Of all available open source BI products, Pentaho offers the most comprehensive toolset and is the fastest growing open source product suite Explains how to build and load a data warehouse with Pentaho Kettle for data integration/ETL, manually create JFree (pentaho reporting services) reports using direct SQL queries, and create Mondrian (Pentaho analysis services) cubes and attach them to a JPivot cube browser Review deploying reports, cubes and metadata to the Pentaho platform in order to distribute BI solutions to end-users Shows how to set up scheduling, subscription and automatic distribution The companion Web site provides complete source code examples, sample data, and links to related resources. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28683 This textbook reveals the workings of numerous database systems, enabling readers to develop complex database applications. Students will gain hands-on experience by following the exercises. The theory is complemented by detailed examination of specific applications from a broad range of areas. The text assumes only basic discrete mathematics, linear algebra, and programming knowledge. Features: Provides descriptions of 11 types of databases, and 2 database systems; Concludes each chapter with bibliographic notes and exercises; Examines database design, including issues of database interoperability, data integration, interpolation and approximation, and prediction and data mining; Presents course aids at a supporting website; Covers topics on indexing methods, data visualization, the safety of queries, general evaluation algorithms, the efficient implementation of evaluation algorithms, and the complexity of the evaluation of different types of queries; Structured to allow for flexible course design. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28439 Written with clarity and a down-to-earth approach, Sams Teach Yourself SQL Server 2005 Express in 24 Hours covers the basics of Microsoft's latest version of SQL Server. Expert author Alison Balter takes you from basic concepts to an intermediate level in 24 one-hour lessons. You will learn all of the basic tasks necessary for the administration of SQL Server 2005. You will also learn how to write and fully utilize: * SQL Server stored procedures * Functions * Triggers using T-SQL, VB.NET, and C# You will also learn how to output SQL Server data to reports and the Internet. Sams Teach Yourself SQL Server 2005 Express in 24 Hours is a well-organized, authoritative introduction that will quickly have you up and running with SQL Server 2005. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28168 Monitor, diagnose, and maximize the system performance of Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions Manage your Oracle Fusion Middleware and non-Oracle middleware applications effectively and efficiently using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Conrol Implement proactive monitoring to maximize application performance Best practices and troubleshooting tips to manage your middleware and SOA applications for optimal service levels and reduced down time from Oracle Product Managers A Hands-on tutorial detailing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control's management of Middleware Today's IT environment is very complex, encompassing a myriad of technologies and middleware platforms. Many organizations have large and heterogeneous middleware platforms that power their enterprise applications and it is often a real challenge for administrators to meet agreed service levels and minimize downtime. Oracle Enterprise Manager allows administrators to manage the complete lifecycle of an entire application infrastructure for middleware and SOA applications. This book will help you kick-start the setup of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control and master all aspects of middleware management supported by Oracle Enterprise Manager. This book, written by senior members of the Oracle team serves as the only hands on guide to provisioning middleware and implementing proactive monitoring to maximize application performance and compliance using Oracle Enterprise Manager. The book starts with an Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28152 The new world of cloud computing needs data storage. CouchDB is the scalable, portable, simple database engine that is helping open source cloud architects put their data stores onto a firm foundation. Beginning CouchDB provides the tools to begin using this very powerful database engine without having to pay license fees for the software, or worry about administrator’s certifications or vast hardware requirements. This book teaches the fundamentals of one of the most powerful database engines ever created for the price of a good lunch. After reading this book and working through the examples, you’ll be able to write your own applications for CouchDB quickly and easily. * In-depth, non-intimidating guide to CouchDB and how it differs from similar offerings such as SimpleDB and BigTable, and also how it differs from traditional relational and object-oriented databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL. * Detailed explanation of how CouchDB works, its suitability for use in distributed environments, the role of Erlang, and other technical topics in a manner that does not obfuscate methods or results. JavaScript is extremely popular as a development language for CouchDB. No Erlang is required, but a little bit can’t hurt either. * A tutorial-oriented approach to teaching readers how to use CouchDB, featuring many code examples and listings, as well as screenshots where relevant. What you’ll learn * How to install CouchDB on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, o Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28053 Data mining practitioners, here is your bible, the complete "driver's manual" for data mining. From starting the engine to handling the curves, this book covers the gamut of data mining techniques - including predictive analytics and text mining - illustrating how to achieve maximal value across business, scientific, engineering and medical applications. What are the best practices through each phase of a data mining project? How can you avoid the most treacherous pitfalls? The answers are in here. Going beyond its responsibility as a reference book, this resource also provides detailed tutorials with step-by-step instructions to drive established data mining software tools across real world applications. This way, newcomers start their engines immediately and experience hands-on success. If you want to roll-up your sleeves and execute on predictive analytics, this is your definite, go-to resource. To put it lightly, if this book isn't on your shelf, you're not a data miner. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27932 Over the course of the last twenty years, research in data mining has seen a substantial increase in interest, attracting original contributions from various disciplines including computer science, statistics, operations research, and information systems. Data mining supports a wide range of applications, from medical decision making, bioinformatics, web-usage mining, and text and image recognition to prominent business applications in corporate planning, direct marketing, and credit scoring. Research in information systems equally reflects this inter- and multidisciplinary approach, thereby advocating a series of papers at the intersection of data mining and information systems research. This special issue of Annals of Information Systems contains original papers and substantial extensions of selected papers from the 2007 and 2008 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN’07 and DMIN’08, Las Vegas, NV) that have been rigorously peer-reviewed. The issue brings together topics on both information systems and data mining, and aims to give the reader a current snapshot of the contemporary research and state of the art practice in data mining. Among the suggested topics of interest were: Predictive data mining; managerial decision support; data mining applications in marketing, operations management, finance, logistics and supply chain management; data warehousing and business intelligence; document classification and web-usage mining; association rule mining and marke Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27755 This book introduces you to the theory of relational databases, focusing on the application of that theory to the design of computer languages that properly embrace it. The book is intended for those studying relational databases as a part of a degree course in Information Technology (IT). Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27347 Harness the power of SQL Server, Microsoft’s high-performance database and data analysis software package, by accesing everything you need to know in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible. Learn the best practices, tips, and tricks from this comprehensive tutorial and reference, which includes specific examples and sample code, with nearly every task demonstrated in both a graphical and SQL code method. Understand how to develop SQL Server databases and data connections, how to administer the SQL Server and keep databases performing optimally, and how to navigate all the new features of the 2008 release. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27329 Every day organizations large and small fall victim to attacks on their data. Encryption provides a shield to help defend against intruders. Because of increasing pressure from government regulators, consumers, and the business community at large, the job descriptions of SQL DBAs and developers are expanding to include encryption. Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption will show you how to efficiently implement SQL Server 2008 encryption functionality and features to secure your organizational data. * Introduces encryption, guiding readers through its implementation in SQL Server * Demonstrates advanced techniques such as the use of hardware security modules * Covers all that a SQL Server database administrator needs to know about encryption What you'll learn * Take advantage of hardware security modules via extensible key management * Implement targeted encryption of individual columns * Secure an entire database at once with Transparent Data Encryption * Encrypt disk volumes using BitLocker encryption * Effectively design and manage encryption as part of your total security solution * Digitally sign documents stored in your database Who is this book for? The audience for this book includes SQL Server DBAs, SQL developers, and .NET developers who want to take advantage of the powerful encryption functionality available in SQL Server 2008. The new features of SQL Server 2008 provide a powerful set of tools to secure you Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26294 Data warehousing and online analysis technologies have shown their effectiveness in managing and analyzing a large amount of disparate data, attracting much attention from numerous research communities. Data Warehousing Design and Advanced Engineering Applications: Methods for Complex Construction covers the complete process of analyzing data to extract, transform, load, and manage the essential components of a data warehousing system. A defining collection of field discoveries, this advanced title provides significant industry solutions for those involved in this distinct research community. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26274 Evolving Application Domains of Data Warehousing and Mining: Trends and Solutions By Pedro Nuno San-Banto Furtado * Publisher: Information Science Reference * Number Of Pages: 345 * Publication Date: 2009-10-15 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1605668168 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781605668161 Product Description: Data warehousing and mining technologies are key assets today in many areas of human knowledge, from scientific to commercial and industrial settings, and the last decades have seen tremendous advances in those fields. Evolving Application Domains of Data Warehousing and Mining: Trends and Solutions provides insight into the latest findings concerning data warehousing, data mining, and their applications in everyday human activities. Comprising a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and academicians, this advanced publication offers insight into recent field trends, techniques on how these technologies operate, and analysis of their effects. Table of Contents: TENTATIVE Section I: Foundation Issues in Data Warehousing and OLAP Chapter I: Data Warehouse Architectures: Practices and Trends Chapter II: Improving Expressive Power in Modeling Data Warehouse and OLAP Applications Chapter III: From Conventional to Multiversion Data Warehouse: Practical Issues Chapter IV: Compression Schemes of High Dimensional Data for MOLAP Section II: Application Issues and Trends in Data Warehousing and OLAP Chapter V: Vie Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26113 Oracle Corporation has broadened its development platform, integrating open standards such as Java and XML into the heart of the Oracle 8i database. This extended programming environment continues to exploit the qualities of scalability, reliability and efficiency of the world"s most successful data management software, but at the same time it provides new challenges and opportunities to programmers. This book shows you how to develop enterprise PL/SQL applications exploiting Java and XML, and how technologies such as EJBs can be moved to the 8i database. You"ll work through case studies using a mix of both familiar and unfamiliar tools and languages, showing you how the various programming approaches can enhance each other. Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=26056 Relational Database Design and Implementation, Third Edition: Clearly Explained 3e (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) By Jan L. Harrington * Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann * Number Of Pages: 440 * Publication Date: 2009-07-24 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0123747309 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123747303 Product Description: Fully revised, updated, and expanded, Relational Database Design and Implementation, Third Edition is the most lucid and effective introduction to the subject available for IT/IS professionals interested in honing their skills in database design, implementation, and administration. This book provides the conceptual and practical information necessary to develop a design and management scheme that ensures data accuracy and user satisfaction while optimizing performance, regardless of experience level or choice of DBMS. The book begins by reviewing basic concepts of databases and database design, then briefly reviews the SQL one would use to create databases. Topics such as the relational data model, normalization, data entities and Codd's Rules (and why they are important) are covered clearly and concisely but without resorting to "Dummies"-style talking down to the reader. Supporting the book's step-by-step instruction are three NEW case studies illustrating database planning, analysis, design, and management practices. In addition to these real-world examples, which include object-relational design techniques Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=25992 How to Build a Digital Library, Second Edition By Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, David M. Nichols * Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann * Number Of Pages: 656 * Publication Date: 2009-10-21 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0123748577 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123748577 Product Description: How to Build a Digital Library is the only book that offers all the knowledge and tools needed to construct and maintain a digital library, regardless of the size or purpose. It is the perfectly self-contained resource for individuals, agencies, and institutions wishing to put this powerful tool to work in their burgeoning information treasuries. The Second Edition reflects new developments in the field as well as in the Greenstone Digital Library open source software. In Part I, the authors have added an entire new chapter on user groups, user support, collaborative browsing, user contributions, and so on. There is also new material on content-based queries, map-based queries, cross-media queries. There is an increased emphasis placed on multimedia by adding a "digitizing" section to each major media type. A new chapter has also been added on "internationalization," which will address Unicode standards, multi-language interfaces and collections, and issues with non-European languages (Chinese, Hindi, etc.). Part II, the software tools section, has been completely rewritten to reflect the new developments in Greenstone Digital Library Software, an internationally Read more...
]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=25984 The key to a successful MDM initiative isn't technology or methods, it's people: the stakeholders in the organization and their complex ownership of the data that the initiative will affect. Master Data Management equips you with a deeply practical, business-focused way of thinking about MDM-an understanding that will greatly enhance your ability to communicate with stakeholders and win their support. Moreover, it will help you deserve their support: you'll master all the details involved in planning and executing an MDM project that leads to measurable improvements in business productivity and effectiveness. Read more...
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