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With lots of new features, DB2 9.7 delivers one the best relational database systems in the market. DB2 pureXML optimizes Web 2.0 and SOA applications.

DB2 LUW database software offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform on various Linux distributions, leading Unix Systems like AIX, HP-UX and Solaris and MS Windows platforms.

This DB2 9.7 Advanced Application Developer Cookbook will provide an in-depth quick reference during any application’s design and development.

This practical cookbook focuses on advanced application development areas that include performance tips and the most useful DB2 features that help in designing high quality applications. This book dives deep into tips and tricks for optimized application performance.

With this book you will learn how to use various DB2 features in database applications in an interactive way.

What you will learn from this book

• Learn new features in DB2 9.7 such as Performance enhancements, pureXML enhancements, high availability, backup, logging, resiliency, recovery enhancements and so on for application development
• Master different security aspects to design highly secured applications. Download Now »

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An essential how-to guide for experienced DBAs on the most significant product release since 2005!

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 will have major changes throughout the SQL Server and will impact how DBAs administer the database. With this book, a team of well-known SQL Server experts introduces the many new features of the most recent version of SQL Server and deciphers how these changes will affect the methods that administrators have been using for years. Loaded with unique tips, tricks, and workarounds for handling the most difficult SQL Server admin issues, this how-to guide deciphers topics such as performance tuning, backup and recovery, scaling and replication, clustering, and security.

• Serves as a must-have how-to guide on the new features of the 2012 release of Microsoft SQL Server
• Walks you through ways to manage and monitor SQL Server and automate administration
• Guides you through SQL Azure for cloud computing, data replication, and data warehouse performance improvements
• Addresses client-connectivity enhancements, new features that ensure high availability of mission-critical applications, and tighter integration with Excel and SharePoint for data analysis and reporting
• Highlights major changes to the suite of SQL Server BI tools, including integration, reporting, and analysis services
• Includes real-world case examples and best practices from Microsoft insiders Download Now »

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An in-depth look at the radical changes to the newest release of SISS

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SISS) builds on the revolutionary database product suite first introduced in 2005. With this crucial resource, you will explore how this newest release serves as a powerful tool for performing extraction, transformation, and load operations (ETL). A team of SQL Server experts deciphers this complex topic and provides detailed coverage of the new features of the 2012 product release. In addition to technical updates and additions, the authors present you with a new set of SISS best practices, based on years of real-world experience that have transpired since the previous edition was published.

• Details the newest features of the 2012 SISS product release, which is the most significant release since 2005
• Addresses the keys to a successful ETL solution, such as using the right enterprise ETL tool and employing the right ETL architecture in order to meet the system requirements
• Includes additional case studies and tutorial examples to illustrate advanced concepts and techniques

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services is a valuable resource that meets the demands and high expectations of experienced SSIS professionals.

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IBM DB2 LUW is a leading relational database system developed by IBM. DB2 LUW database software offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform on various Linux distributions, leading Unix Systems like AIX, HP-UX and Solaris and MS Windows platforms. With lots of new features, DB2 9.7 delivers one the best relational database systems in the market.

IBM DB2 9.7 Advanced Administration Cookbook covers all the latest features with instance creation, setup, and administration of multi-partitioned database.

This practical cookbook provides step-by-step instructions to build and configure powerful databases, with scalability, safety and reliability features, using industry standard best practices.

This book will walk you through all the important aspects of administration. You will learn to set up production capable environments with multi-partitioned databases and make the best use of hardware resources for maximum performance.

With this guide you can master the different ways to implement strong databases with a High Availability architecture.

What you will learn from this book

• Learn to make best use of scalability with multi-partitioned databases Download Now »

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phpmyAdmin is one of the most widely used open source applications, which is written in PHP. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations with MySQL. Currently, it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges, export data into various formats and is available in 52 languages.

phpMyAdmin is a web-based front-end to manage MySQL databases and has been adopted by a number of Open-Source distributors.

Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.4 for Effective MySQL Management is an easy-to-read, step-by-step practical guide that walks you through every facet of this legendary tool—phpMyAdmin—and takes you a step ahead in taking full advantage of its potential. This book is filled with illustrative examples that will help you understand every phpMyAdmin feature in detail.

This is the official guide to this popular MySQL web interface. It starts with installing and configuring phpMyAdmin, including the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage, which is the key to its advanced features. This is followed by configuring authentication in phpMyAdmin and setting parameters that influence the interface as a whole.

You will also learn some advanced features such as defining inter-table relations with the advanced Designer module. You will practice synchronizing databases on different servers and managing MySQL replication to improve performance and data security. Moreover, you will also store queries as bookmarks for their quick retrieval. Download Now »

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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-448—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Create SSIS packages; troubleshoot data flow and control flow
• Configure, debug, and deploy SSIS solutions
• Develop SSAS cubes for OLAP and data mining services
• Implement custom logic with MDX
• Optimize storage design and query performance
• Create SSRS reports; enable interactivity; write custom code
• Manage the report environment
• Configure security features for SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Developing SSIS Packages
Chapter 2. Debugging and Error Handling in SSIS
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