Microsoft is courting Oracle users offering 50 percent discounts
to those who migrate off Oracle databases onto SQL Server. The timing
comes as
Oracle
is readying
the Windows version of its 11g database for release by
year’s end.
One .NET database developer who sent me an e-mail this week may be a
good candidate to take Microsoft up on its offer. The customer, who runs
applications on Oracle 10g running on Windows, decided to migrate to Oracle
11g, which last month was released for Linux servers. He exported a schema
that is used for a Web site he manages. While all looked well (the data
was there and the account was accessible), when it came to the Web server
login, the user names and passwords were invalid, though he could login
using SQL*Plus (Oracle’s command-line SQL and PL/SQL interface and
reporting tools that ships with Oracle databases). He believes the new
password security is causing the problem.
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Posted by Jeffrey Schwartz on 09/26/20073 comments
Are you going to the
Microsoft PASS SQL Server Users Conference and Expo
in Denver next week? If so, let us know what you will be looking to find out.
One area that will see increased focus this year is around the reporting services in SQL Server. "I think people are realizing BI as a whole has matured and the industry is pushing the use if BI technology to help users get meaningful data out of the databases," says Josh Jones, a database administrator with IntrinsiQ Research Inc. and author of the forthcoming book, Architecting Database Models for SQL Server (Pearson Education).
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Posted by Jeffrey Schwartz on 09/12/20071 comments
While some of us
play the SQL 2008 waiting game
, it bears noting that another nifty RDBMS, dubbed MySQL Fall 2007 Release,
will be released to manufacturing
by month’s end.
The company says a significant amount of development for MySQL is occurring on Windows. Are you a Windows developer writing to MySQL? Let us know by posting here or e-mailing me at
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Posted by Jeffrey Schwartz on 09/12/20071 comments
In my
premier entry
, I pointed out that Oracle launched its next generation database. Now the Oracle’s 11g database is in fact shipping, and as mentioned just for Linux-based servers for now. While Oracle remains mum on the Windows release, it is in beta and company officials have indicated they are aiming for release before year-end. But the Linux-based release did provide some insights for those who will ultimately deploy Oracle 11g on Windows. Some of best new features cost extra. For example Advanced Compression and Real Application Testing, or RAT, each cost $10,000 per processor or $200 per named user. Oracle Total Recall and Active Data Guard also cost extra.
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Posted on 08/22/20070 comments
For those entrenched in SQL Server 2005 and looking to build mobile applications using the Compact Edition, there’s a new book,
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
, available from Prashant Dhingra, a Microsoft lead program manager. Published by Sams, the book lists for $59.99 and provides various examples of how to build both mobile and desktop apps using SQL Server Compact Edition. For more information,
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Posted on 08/22/20070 comments
The editors of
Redmond Developer News
are pulling together a .NET Survivors Guide. For those developing database driven apps, please share whatever tips you may have. What new skills are a must? (ADO.NET, LINQ to SQL, etc.?) What lessons can you share? Anyone starting to delve into the new reporting services features of SQL Server 2008? How about Beta 2 of Visual Stodio 2008 , which among other thing shows significant improvements in LINQ to SQL, which allows developers to use Microsoft’s new Language Integrated Query against a relational database to query, update and insert data.
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Posted by Jeffrey Schwartz on 08/08/20070 comments
Welcome to Data Driver, a blog which aims to become a resource for those developing database-driven applications. And the timing couldn’t be better. Microsoft and Oracle have next generation database servers in the pipeline. We want to hear from beta testers of both platforms and here what works, what doesn’t and where you see the value proposition from a development perspective.
For .NET developers in particular, there are plenty of key features to keep an eye out for. Oracle 11g for Windows, slated for year-end delivery, will, among other things, offer improved integration with Microsoft’s Visual Studio. Meanwhile the second community test preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008, code-named Katmai, is now available for testing.
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Posted by Jeffrey Schwartz on 08/08/20070 comments
No worries: RDN Founding Editor Michael Desmond survived the sweltering
heat and some torrential downpours at Tech-Ed in Orlando. He's on vacation
this week, so Executive Editor of Features Jeffrey Schwartz is filling in.
For those of you who were at Tech-Ed, either live or virtually, what did you
find of most interest to the developer community? Let Jeff know at [email protected].
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Posted by Jeffrey Schwartz on 06/13/20072 comments