The new FileMaker 12 allows you to build unparalleled databases for a wide variety of devices, from Windows and Mac desktops to iPhones and iPad. With 10 million registered customers, FileMaker's users are "average Joes" who are knowledge workers, subject matter experts, and business users from all walks of life. The community extends well beyond the pool of professional software developers. FileMaker's legendary ease-of-use has led to its wide adoption and has allowed non-programmers an avenue into creating sophisticated software solutions. FileMaker 12 Developer's Reference will serve to help bridge the gaps in these people's understanding of FileMaker's hundreds of calculation functions, script steps, and operations. They know FileMaker, they've used it for years, but they need a quick reference, immediately accessible while not interrupting their work on screen. There is no other book like this on the market. All FileMaker books include information on calculation formulas, scripting, etc., but none have expressly focused on giving readers one simple thing: a quick reference to be used in conjunction with their programming efforts. Some books teach, others explain, still others explore specific in-depth topics. This book will appeal to the entire FileMaker Pro community and be a great extension of their library. This edition is updated for the many new features coming with FileMaker 12, including the product's design functionality and the file format, and a new section dedicated to FileMaker Go, which is the iOS client.

Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services opens the door to delivering customizable, web-enabled reports across your business at reasonable cost. Reporting Services is Microsoft's enterprise-level reporting platform. It is included with many editions of SQL Server, and is something you'll want to take advantage of if you're running SQL Server as your database engine. Reporting Services provides a full set of tools with which to create and deploy reports. Create interactive reports for business users. Define reporting models from which business users can generate their own ad hoc reports. Pull data from relational databases, from XML, and from other sources. Present that data to users in tabular and graphical forms, and more. Reporting Services experts Brian McDonald, Rodney Landrum, and Shawn McGehee show how to do all this and much more in this third edition of their longstanding book on the topic.* Provides best practices for using Reporting Services * Covers the very latest in new features for SQL Server 2012 * Your key to delivering business intelligence across the enterprise What you'll learn * Write efficient queries on which to base a report * Build and lay out a report using Report Designer * Enable end users to create ad hoc reports on demand * Combine Reporting Services with Analysis Services, SharePoint Server, and other technologies to deliver business intelligence across the enterprise * Secure and audit your reports as part of your regulatory compliance efforts * Customize your reports using C# assemblies and embedded Visual Basic .NET code Who this book is for Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services is aimed at data analysts, developers, database administrators, and others who develop and deploy reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. Table of Contents1. Introducing the Reporting Services Architecture 2. Report Authoring: Designing Efficienc Queries 3. Introduction to Reporting Services Design with SQL Server Data Tools 4. Laying Out A Report 5. Implementing Dashboard-Style Report Objects 6. Building Reports 7. Using Custom .NET Code with Reports 8. Deploying Reports 9. Rendering Reports from .NET Applications 10. Managing Reports 11. Securing Reports 12. Delivering Business Intelligence using SSRS 13. Creating Reports using Report Builder 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is the most significant update to this product since 2005, and it may change how database administrators and developers perform many aspects of their jobs. If you're a database administrator or developer, "Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible" teaches you everything you need to take full advantage of this major release. This detailed guide not only covers all the new features of SQL Server 2012, it also shows you step by step how to develop top-notch SQL Server databases and new data connections and keep your databases performing at peak.

The book is crammed with specific examples, sample code, and a host of tips, workarounds, and best practices. In addition, downloadable code is available from the book's companion web site, which you can use to jumpstart your own projects.Serves as an authoritative guide to Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 for database administrators and developersCovers all the software's new features and capabilities, including SQL Azure for cloud computing, enhancements to client connectivity, and new functionality that ensures high-availability of mission-critical applicationsExplains major new changes to the SQL Server Business Intelligence tools, such as Integration, Reporting, and Analysis ServicesDemonstrates tasks both graphically and in SQL code to enhance your learningProvides source code from the companion web site, which you can use as a basis for your own projectsExplores tips, smart workarounds, and best practices to help you on the job

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Queries not running fast enough? Tired of the phone calls from frustrated users? Grant Fritchey's bookSQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning is the answer to your SQL Server query performance problems. The book is revised to cover the very latest in performance optimization features and techniques. It is current with SQL Server 2012. It provides the tools you need to approach your queries with performance in mind. SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning leads you through understanding the causes of poor performance, how to identify them, and how to fix them. You'll learn to be proactive in establishing performance baselines using tools like Performance Monitor and Extended Events. You'll learn to recognize bottlenecks and defuse them before the phone rings. You'll learn some quick solutions too, but emphasis is on designing for performance and getting it right, and upon heading off trouble before it occurs. Delight your users. Silence that ringing phone. Put the principles and lessons from SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning into practice today. Establish performance baselines and monitor against them Troubleshoot and eliminate bottlenecks that frustrate users Plan ahead to achieve the right level of performance What you'll learn Establish performance baselines and monitor against them Recognize and eliminate bottlenecks leading to slow performance Deploy quick fixes when needed, following up with long term solutions Implement best-practices in T-SQL so as to minimize performance risk Design in the performance that you need through careful query and index design Take advantage of the very latest performance optimization features in SQL Server 2012 Who this book is for

SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning is aimed at developers and database administrators having responsibility for application performance in SQL Server environments. Programmers and administrators alike will find the book a trove of good insight into bottlenecks, how to recognize them, how to eliminated them. SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning provides the tools and techniques readers need to create good-performing applications that delight their users. Table of Contents SQL Query Performance Tuning System Performance Analysis SQL Query Performance Analysis Index Analysis Database Engine Tuning Advisor Lookup Analysis Statistics Analysis Fragmentation Analysis Execution Plan Analysis Query Recompilation Analysis Query Design Analysis Blocking Analysis Deadlock Analysis Cursor Cost Analysis Testing Query Performance Database Workload Optimization SQL Server Optimization Checklist

Microsoft SQL Server implements extensive support for location-based data.Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012 introducesSQL Server's spatial feature set, and covers everything you'll need to know to store, manipulate, and analyze information about the physical location of objects in space. You'll learn about the geography and geometry datatypes, and how to apply them in practical situations involving the spatial relationships of people, places, and things on Earth. Author Alastair Aitchison first introduces you to SQL Server's spatial feature set and the fundamental concepts involved in working with spatial data, including spatial references and co-ordinate systems. You'll learn to query, analyze, and interpret spatial data using tools such as Bing Maps and SQL Server Reporting Services. Throughout, you'll find helpful code examples that you can adopt and extend as a basis for your own projects. Explains spatial concepts from the ground upno prior knowledge is necessary Provides comprehensive guidance for every stage of working with spatial data, from importing through cleansing and storing, to querying, and finally for retrieval and display of spatial data in an application layer Brilliantly illustrated with code examplesthat run in SQL Server 2012, that you can adapt and use as the basis for your own projects. What you'll learn The fundamental concepts involved in working with spatial data, including spatial references and co-ordinate systems How to create and store spatial data using the geometry and geography data types How to use of spatial indexes in the design of highly-performant databases Write spatial queries to answer practical, business questions Pass spatial data seamlessly between database and application layers using T-SQL and C# Overcome common issues, including how to deal with invalid, imprecise, or erroneous spatial data Apply advanced techniques such as routefinding and clustering Who this book is for

Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012is the go-to book for anyone involved in spatial applications involving Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The book helps database administrators create and optimize the performance of spatial database. The book gives developers what they need to know in order to make effective use of the extensive support for location-based data provided by SQL Server, T-SQL, and C#. Table of Contents 1. Spatial Reference Systems 2. Spatial Features 3. Spatial Datatypes 4. Creating Spatial Data 5. Importing Spatial Data 6. Geocoding 7. Precision, Validity, and Errors 8.Transformation and Reprojection 9. Examining Spatial Properties 10.Modification and Simplification 11. Aggregation and Combination 12. Testing Spatial Relationships 13. Clustering and Distribution Analysis 14. Route Finding 15. Triangulation and Tesselation 16. Visualization and User Interface 17. Reporting Services 18. Indexing 19.

With more than 275 applied examples and 10 projects, Access users can quickly build database solutions with ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), perform database tasks with Jet/Access Structured Query Language (SQL), and export/import Access data to and from XML both manually and programmatically. The book, which covers the latest release of Access and earlier versions, is divided into five parts: an introduction to VBA programming, manipulating databases with ADO, using DDL, event programming, and using ASP and XML. The text will show you how to write and debug your programming code with the Visual Basic Editor; understand and use common VBA programming structures such as conditions, loops, arrays, and collections; code a 'message box' and reprogram characteristics of a database; and, query and manipulate your database from a Web browser with Active Server Pages (ASP) and many more practical techniques. There are thirty-two chapters loaded with illustrated hands-on projects and exercises that demonstrate programming concepts. Each exercise/project tells you exactly where to enter code and how to debug it and then run it. This title includes a comprehensive CD-ROM with tips, shortcuts, and tutorials. It is updated for Access 2010 and based on the bestselling editions from previous versions. Store data for further manipulation in variables, arrays, and collections, write simple and complex VBA programming routines and functions. Create custom database forms, reports, and details on controlling and customizing the Ribbon. Use DAO and ADO methods to access and manipulate database records (insert, update, and delete data via code), work with Access database files in.MDB and.ACCDB formats. Use external data sources with Access (SQL Server, flat files, Excel, Word, and XML) and generate dynamic XML and ASP documents from any Access database and display data on the Web.

Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers is the perfect book for developers new to SQL Server and planning to create and deploy applications against Microsoft's market-leading database system for the Windows platform. Now in its third edition, the book is enhanced to cover the very latest developments in SQL Server 2012. Also new in the book is coverage of the no-cost Express Edition. Whether you have no knowledge of databases, or have knowledge of desktop databases such as Microsoft Access, or even come from another brand such as Oracle Database, Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers provides the insights to get up and running with SQL Server 2012. Within the book, there are plenty of examples of tasks that developers routinely perform. You'll learn to create tables and indexes, and best practices for securing your valuable data. You'll learn design tradeoffs and find out how to make sound decisions resulting in scalable databases and maintainable code. Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers takes you through the entire database development process, from installing the software to creating a database to writing the code to connect to that database and move data in and out. By the end of the book, you'll be able to design and create solid and reliable database solutions using SQL Server 2012. * Takes you through the entire database application development lifecycle * Includes brand new coverage of SQL Server 2012 features * Introduces the freely-available Express Edition What you'll learn * How to install SQL Server 2012 * How to build a database application from start to finish * How to create tables and indices to manage your data * How to write stored code to execute directly in the database server * How to back up, recover, and otherwise maintain your database * How to connect to your database from client languages such as C# and VB .NET Who this book is for Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers is ideal for developers starting out with SQL Server 2012. There is no prerequisite background in developing database applications.Developers from other platforms and those brand new to database programming alike will find in Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers an excellent introduction to using and programming Microsoft's database platform. Table of Contents * Overview and Installation * SQL Server Management Studio * Database Design and Creation * Security and Compliance * Defining Tables * Creating Indexes and Database Diagramming * Database Backups and Recovery * Database Maintenance * Inserting and Deleting Data * Selecting and Updating Data * Building a View * Stored Procedures, Functions, and Security * Essentials for Effective Coding * Advanced T-SQL * Triggers * Connecting from Client Code

With the increasing popularization of personal hand-held mobile devices, more people use them to establish network connectivity and to query and share data among themselves in the absence of network infrastructure, creating mobile social networks (MSNet). Since users are only intermittently connected to MSNets, user mobility should be exploited to bridge network partitions and forward data. Currently, data route/forward approaches for such intermittently connected networks are commonly "store-carry-and-forward" schemes, which exploit the physical user movements to carry data around the network and overcome path disconnection. And since the source and destination may be far away from each other, the delay for the destination to receive the data from the source may be long. MSNets can be viewed as one type of socially-aware delay tolerant networks (DTNs). Observed from social networks, the contact frequencies are probably different between two friends and two strangers, and this difference should be taken into consideration when designing data dissemination and query schemes in MSNets. In this book, the fundamental concepts of MSNets are introduced including the background, key features and potential applications of MSNets, while also presenting research topics, such as, MSNets as realistic social contact traces and user mobility models. Because the ultimate goal is to establish networks that allow mobile users to quickly and efficiently access interesting information, particular attention is paid to data dissemination and query schemes in subsequent sections. Combined with geography information, the concepts of community and centrality are employed from a social network perspective to propose several data dissemination and query schemes, and further use real social contact traces to evaluate their performance, demonstrating that such schemes achieve better performance when exploiting more social relationships between users.

Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 is a deep dive into perhaps the single-most important facet of good performance: indexes, and how to best use them. The book begins in the shallow waters with explanations of the types of indexes and how they are stored in databases. Moving deeper into the topic, and further into the book, you will look at the statistics that are accumulated both by indexes and on indexes. All of this will help you progress towards properly achieving your database performance goals. What you'll learn from Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 will help you understand what indexes are doing in the database and what can be done to mitigate and improve their effects on performance. The final destination is a guided tour through a number of real-world scenarios and approaches that can be taken to investigate, mitigate, and improve the performance of your database.* Defines indexes and provides an understanding of their role * Uncovers and explains the statistics that are kept in indexes * Teaches strategies and approaches for indexing databases What you'll learn * Fully understand the index types at your disposal * Recognize and remove unnecessary indexes * Review statistics to understand indexing choices made by the optimizer * Properly apply strategies such as covering indexes, included columns, index intersections, and more * Write queries to make good use of the indexes already in place * Design effective indexes for full-text, spatial, and XML data types * Manage the big picture: Encompassing all indexes in a database, and all database instances on a server Who this book is for Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 is intended for database administrators and developers who are ready to boost the performance of their environments without the need to go in blindly building indexes. Table of Contents * Index Fundamentals * Index Storage Fundamentals * Index Statistics * XML, Spatial and FULLTEXT * Index Myths and Best Practices * Index Maintenance * Indexing Tools * Index Strategies * Query Strategies * Index Analysis

Expert Oracle and Java Security: Programming Secure Oracle Database Applications with Java provides resources that every Java and Oracle database application programmer needs to ensure that they have guarded the security of the data and identities entrusted to them. You'll learn to consider potential vulnerabilities, and to apply best practices in secure Java and PL/SQL coding. Author David Coffin shows how to develop code to encrypt data in transit and at rest, to accomplish single sign-on with Oracle proxy connections, to generate and distribute two-factor authentication tokens from the Oracle server using pagers, cell phones (SMS), and e-mail, and to securely store and distribute Oracle application passwords. Early chapters lay the foundation for effective security in an Oracle/Java environment. Each of the later chapters brings example code to a point where it may be applied as-is to address application security issues. Templates for applications are also provided to help you bring colleagues up to the same secure application standards.If you are less familiar with either Java or Oracle PL/SQL, you will not be left behind; all the concepts in this book are introduced as to a novice and addressed as to an expert.* Helps you protect against data loss, identity theft, SQL injection, and address spoofing * Provides techniques for encryption on network and disk, code obfuscation and wrap, database hardening, single sign-on and two-factor * Provides what database administrators need to know about secure password distribution, Java secure programming, Java stored procedures, secure application roles in Oracle, logon triggers, database design, various connection pooling schemes, and much more What you'll learn * Guard against data loss, identity theft, SQL Injection, and to address spoofing * Protect sensitive data through encryption, both on disk and on the wire * Control access to data using secure roles, single sign-on, proxy connections, and two-factor authentication * Protect sensitive source ode through randomization, obfuscation, and wrapping * Thwart attempts at SQL injection and other common attacks * Manage constraints on the visibility of data and the scope of access Who this book is for Expert Oracle and Java Security: Programming Secure Oracle Database Applications with Java is for every Java developer who uses an Oracle database.It is also for every Oracle database administrator or PL/SQL programmer who supports Java client and web applications. Whatever role you play in developing and supporting Java and Oracle applications, you need to address computer, application, data, and identity security. This book offers the tools you'll need to effectively manage security across all aspects of the applications you support. Table of Contents * Introduction * Oracle Security * Secure Java Development Concepts * Java Stored Procedures * Adding Public Key Encryption * Adding Secret Password Encryption * A Working Model for Data Encryption in Transit * Implementing Single Sign On * Implementing Two-Factor Authentication * Application Identification and Authorization * Enhancing Our Security * Administration of This Security System

Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you're pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won't have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a book on theory. What you need in that situation is a book of solutions, and solutions are precisely whatOracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes delivers. Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes is a ready reference for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database. The book takes an example-based approach, whereineach chapter covers a specific problem domain. Within each chapter are "recipes," showing by example how to perform common tasks in that chapter's domain. Solutions in the recipes are backed by clear explanations of background and theory from the author team. Whatever the task, if it's performance-related, you'll probably find a recipe and a solution in this book. Provides proven solutions to real-life Oracle performance problems Offers relevant background and theory to support each solution Written by a team of experienced database administrators successful in their careers What you'll learn Optimize the use of memory and storage Monitor performance and troubleshoot problems Identify and improve poorly-performing SQL statements Adjust the most important optimizer parameters to your advantage Create indexes that get used and make a positive impact upon performance Automate and stabilize using key features such as SQL Tuning Advisor and SQL Plan Baselines Who this book is for

Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes is aimed squarely at Oracle Database administrators. The book especially appeals to those administrators desiring to have at their side a ready-to-go set of solutions to common database performance problems. Table of Contents Optimizing Table Performance Choosing and Optimizing Indexes Optimizing Instance Memory Monitoring System Performance Minimizing System Contention Analyzing Operating System Performance Troubleshooting the Database Creating Efficient SQL Manually Tuning SQL Tracing SQL Execution Automated SQL Tuning Execution Plan Optimization and Consistency Configuring the Optimizer Implementing Query Hints ExecutingSQL in Parallel

This first-to-market tutorial covers everything beginners need to succeed with MariaDB, the open, community-based branch of MySQL. Master trainer Ben Forta introduces all the essentials through a series of quick, easy-to-follow, hands-on lessons. Instead of belaboring database theory and relational design, Forta focuses on teaching solutions for the majority of SQL users who simply want to interact with data. Forta covers all this, and more: * Using the MariaDB toolset * Retrieving and sorting data * Filtering data using comparisons, wildcards, and full text searching * Analyzing data with aggregate functions * Performing insert, update, and delete operations * Joining relational tables using inner, outer, and self joins * Combining queries using unions * Using views * Creating and modifying tables, and accessing table schemas * Working with stored procedures, cursors, and other advanced database features * Managing databases, users, and security privileges This book was reviewed and is supported by MariaDB's developers, Monty Program AB. It contains a foreword by project founder Monty Widenius, primary developer of the original version of MySQL.

Throughout history, advances in technology have come in spurts. A single great idea can often spur rapid change as the idea takes hold and is propagated, often in totally unexpected directions. Exadata embodies such a change in how we think about and manage relational databases. The key change lies in the concept of offloading SQL processing to the storage layer. That concept is a huge win, and its implementation in the form of Exadata is truly a game changer. Expert Oracle Exadata will give you a look under the covers at how the combination of hardware and software that comprise Exadata actually work. Authors Kerry Osborne, Randy Johnson, and Tanel Poder share their real-world experience, gained through multiple Exadata implementations with the goal of opening up the internals of the Exadata platform. This book is intended for readers who want to understand what makes the platform tick and for whom"how" it does what it is does is as important as what it does. By being exposed to the features that are unique to Exadata, you will gain an understanding of the mechanics that will allow you to fully benefitfrom the advantages that the platform provides. Changes the wayyou think about managing SQL performance and processing Provides a roadmap to laying out the Exadata platform to best support your existing systems Dives deeply into the internals, removing the black box mystique and showing how Exadata actually works What you'll learn Configure Exadata from the ground up Optimize for mixed OLTP/DW workloads Migrate large data sets from existing systems Connect Exadata to external systems Support consolidation strategies using the Resource Manager Configure high-availability features of Exadata, including Real Application Clusters (RAC) and automatic storage management (ASM) Apply tuning strategies utilizing the unique features of Exadata Who this book is for

Expert Oracle Exadata is for database administrators and developers who want to understand what makes Exadata unique so that they can take advantage of all the platform has to offer. It is also for anyone who needs to plan and execute migrations of systems to the Exadata platform. Finally, the book will be invaluable to those who support and maintain such systems. Table of Contents What Is Exadata? Offloading / Smart Scan Hybrid Columnar Compression Storage Indexes Exadata Smart Flash Cache Exadata Parallel Operations Resource Management Configuring Exadata Recovering Exadata Exadata Wait Events Understanding Exadata Performance Metrics Monitoring Exadata Performance Migrating to Exadata Storage Layout Compute Node Layout Unlearning Some Things We Thought We Knew

Expert PL/SQL Practices is a book of collected wisdom on PL/SQL programming from some of the best and the brightest in the field. Each chapter is a deep-dive into a specific problem, technology, or feature set that you'll face as a PL/SQL programmer. Each author has chosen their topic out of the strong belief that what they share can make a positive difference in the quality and scalability of code that you write. The path to mastery begins with syntax and the mechanics of writing statements to make things happen. If you've reached that point with PL/SQL, then let the authors of Expert PL/SQL Practices show you how to combine syntax and mechanics with features and techniques to really make the language sing. You'll learn to do more with less effort, to write code that scales and performs well, and to eliminate and avoid defects. These authors are passionate about PL/SQL and the power it places at your disposal. They want you to succeed, to know all that PL/SQL can offer. Let Expert PL/SQL Practices open your eyes to the full power of Oracle's world-class language for the database engine. Goes beyond the manual to cover good techniques and best practices Delivers knowledge usually gained only by hard experience Covers the functionality that distinguishes PL/SQLas apowerful andscalable programming language for deploying logic inside the database engine What you'll learn Learn when PL/SQL is best used, and when to avoid it Move data efficiently using bulk SQL operations Write code that scalesthrough pipelining, parallelism, and profiling Choose the right PL/SQL cursor type for any given application Reduce coding errors through sound development practices such as unit-testing Create and execute SQL and PL/SQL dynamically at runtime Who this book is for

Expert PL/SQL Practices is for PL/SQL developers who want to develop deep expertise in key aspects of the language and its use in database programming. Any developer writing code against Oracle's class-leading database engine will find value from the collected wisdom in this book. Some knowledge of PL/SQL is assumed. Readers should at least be past the beginning stage with the language. Table of Contents Do Not Use Dynamic SQL: Handling the Unknown PL/SQL and Parallel Processing Warnings and Conditional Compilation PL/SQL Unit Testing Bulk SQL Operations Know Your Code Contract-Oriented Programming PL/SQL from SQL Choosing the Right Cursor PL/SQL Programming in the Large Evolutionary Data Modeling Profiling for Performance Coding Conventions and Error Handling Dependencies and Invalidations

Expert Oracle GoldenGate is a hands-on guide to creating and managing complex data replication environments using the latest in database replication technology from Oracle. GoldenGate is the future in replication technology from Oracle, and aims to be best-of-breed. GoldenGate supports homogeneous replication between Oracle databases. It supports heterogeneous replication involving other brands such as Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2 Universal Server. GoldenGate is high-speed, bidirectional, highly-parallelized, and makes only a light impact on the performance of databases involved in replication. The authors share their experience in the form of tutorials on designing and implementing all types of Oracle GoldenGate environments. You'll learn methods for tuning Oracle GoldenGate performance. You'll discover GoldenGate's utility as a migration and extract, transform, load (ETL) tool. You'll learn to configure highly-available environments involving GoldenGate, Real Application Clusters, and Data Guard. From installation to design to implementation and troubleshooting, Expert Oracle GoldenGate helps you master all aspects of using and applying Oracle GoldenGate as the replication tool of choice in your environment. Explains all aspects of using GoldenGate for replication Covers homogeneous, heterogeneous, and bidirectional replication Shows the use of GoldenGate for data migration and extract, transform, load (ETL) What you'll learn Install Oracle GoldenGate quickly and painlessly Design single- and bi-directional replication solutions Apply GoldenGate to high-availability solutions Troubleshoot and tune GoldenGate for performance Verify data synchronization using GoldenGate Veridata Manage and monitor GoldenGate environments using GoldenGate Director Who this book is for

Expert Oracle GoldenGate is for database professionals who need to master the latest in replication technology from Oracle. It is for the Oracle Database administrator, technical manager, or Oracle developer requiring a solid base of expertise on to implement or manage replication environments with GoldenGate technology. Expert Oracle GoldenGate is an appropriate and timely reference for all users of the GoldenGate software. Table of Contents Introduction Installation Architecture Basic Replication Bi-Directional Replication Heterogeneous Replication Tuning Oracle GoldenGate Monitoring Oracle GoldenGate Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Oracle GoldenGate Director Troubleshooting High Availability & Disaster Recovery Zero Downtime Migrations and Upgrades Best Practices

Pro Oracle Application Express 4 is your key to mastering one of the most innovative products to come out of Oracle in years. Application Express, termed "APEX" for short, is fast becoming one of the easiest and most widely-used of tools for creating enterprise-level applications that run against an Oracle database. APEX is easy enough for power users to create ad-hoc applications atop something more reliable than a spreadsheet. Yet APEX is powerful and extensible enough to enable fully-scalable, enterprise-level applications that are accessed by thousands of users. Authors Tim Fox, John Scott, and Scott Spendolini take you to the professional level in developing for Application Express. They show how to handle user authentication in enterprise environments and how to extend APEX by writing components based upon Oracle's new plug-in architecture. You'll learn to deal with localization issues such as time zones and translations, and to customize the look and feel of an APEX website to blend in with your corporate branding strategy. The authors also cover web service development, performance and scalability, and the production issues that you encounter in enterprise-level deployments. Many years of experience in solving the hard problems are coalesced in this book to help you, the reader, take advantage of all that APEX has to offer. Focuses on high-end, enterprise-level development Covers new features such as plug-ins and Websheets Introduces the new interface released with APEX 4.0 What you'll learn Design APEX solutions that conform to your corporate look and feel Create compelling reports, charts, navigation, and layout Create your own components based upon APEX's new plug-in architecture Authenticate users and manage their access to your applications Develop and deploy web services using APEX Scale APEX applications to thousands of users Secure your applications and data from intrusion Who this book is for

Pro Oracle Application Express 4 is aimed at application developers looking for a rapid application development environment harnessing the full power of the Oracle Database, including SQL and PL/SQL. The book meets the needs of developers working at both the departmental and the enterprise level, with an emphasis on high-end, enterprise deployment. Table of Contents Development Best Practices Authentication and User Management Conditions and Authorization Schemes Data Security Navigation and Layout Reports and Charts Dynamic Actions: Ajax and JavaScript WebSheets Reporting and Printing Themes and Templates Localization Issues Plugins Web Service Development Performance and Scalability Production Issues APEX Dictionary

Expert Oracle Application Express brings you groundbreaking insights into developing with Oracle's enterprise-level, rapid-development tool from some of the best practitioners in the field today. Oracle Application Express (APEX) is an entirely web-based development framework that is built into every edition of Oracle Database. The framework rests upon Oracle's powerful PL/SQL language, enabling power users and developers to rapidly develop applications that easily scale to hundreds, even thousands of concurrent users. The 13 authors of Expert Oracle Application Express build their careers around APEX. They know what it takes to make the product singdeveloping secure applications that can be deployed globally to users inside and outside a large enterprise. The authors come together in this book to share some of their deepest and most powerful insights into solving the difficult problems surrounding scalability, globalization, configuration and lifecycle management, and more. You'll learn about debugging and performance, deep secrets to customizing your application user interface, how to secure applications from intrusion, and about deploying globally in multiple languages. Expert Oracle Application Express is truly a book that will move you and your skillset a big step towards the apex of Application Express development. Presents best-practices and development insights from leading experts in the field Addresses globalization, scalability, security, and other concerns of enterprise-level development Shows how to customize APEX for your own application needs What you'll learn Solve tough problems in scalability in order to serve thousands of users Design applications to sidestep performance problems and easily scale upwards Deploy applications globally while respecting linguistic and cultural differences Customize applications by exploiting APEX's roots in PL/SQL Reduce the stress of managing application lifecycle and configuration Secure outwardly-facing applications and their data from intrusion Who this book is for

Expert Oracle Application Express is aimed at APEX developers who seek the deepest possible knowledge of Oracle Application Express and how to develop with it. Readers should know and be proficient with APEX, and be prepared to expend some mental energy in absorbing the high-end material in this book. Table of Contents OHS, EPG, and APEX Listener Compared Oracle APEX 4.0 Charts Inside Out Tabular Forms Team Development Globalization Debugging Dynamic Actions Security Lifecycle Management Working with APEX Collections Plug-Ins Architecture Advanced Interactive Reporting

This training guide has been written specifically for the OCR Level 2 ITQ unit Database Software, which requires you to iuse a software application to create and edit a single table database. Each exercise in this guide has been designed to gradually build up your knowledge of Microsoft Access using a simple, user friendly, step-by-step approach. This optional level 2 unit has a credit value of 4, and requires you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed to use a range of intermediate database software tools and techniques which may be non-routine or unfamiliar. This guide provides you with the knowledge and techniques necessary to meet these learning outcomes. Data files to accompany this title are available to download from our website, which allow you to practise the many different software features covered.

Oracle PL/SQL Recipes is your go to book for PL/SQL programming solutions. It takes a task-oriented approach to PL/SQL programming that lets you quickly look up a specific task and see the pattern for a solution. Then it's as simple as modifying the pattern for your specific application and implementing it. And you're done and home for dinner.
Oracle PL/SQL Recipes is another in Apress' ongoing series of recipe books aimed at Oracle practitioners. The recipe format is ideal for the busy professional who just needs to get the job done. Covers the most common PL/SQL programming problems Presents solutions in ready-to-use format Stays short and to-the-point What you'll learn Move business logic into the database Implement robust exception-handling Optimize and debug, taking advantage of Oracle SQL Developer Integrate PL/SQL with web-based applications Interface with Java code and dynamic languages in the database, and running externally Run the UTPLSQL unit-testing framework Who this book is for

Oracle PL/SQL Recipes is database administrators and developers wanting to take advantage of Oracle Database's built-in support for procedural logic. Database administrators can use PL/SQL to automate administrative tasks, audit access to sensitive data, and more. Developers will be able to optimize processing, push business logic into the database layer, and interface with Java and web applications. Table of Contents PL/SQL Fundamentals Essential SQL Looping and Logic Functions, Packages, and Procedures Triggers Type Conversion Numbers, Strings, and Dates Dynamic SQL Exceptions PL/SQL Collections and Records Automating Routine Tasks Oracle SQL Developer Analyzing and Improving Performance Using PL/SQL on the Web Java in the Database Accessing PL/SQL from JDBC, HTTP, Groovy, and Jython Unit Testing With utPLSQL

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Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux provides full-life-cycle guidance on implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters in a Linux environment. Real Application Clusters, commonly abbreviated as RAC, is Oracle's industry-leading architecture for scalable and fault-tolerant databases. RAC allows you to scale up and down by simply adding and subtracting inexpensive Linux servers. Redundancy provided by those multiple, inexpensive servers is the basis for the failover and other fault-tolerance features that RAC provides. Written by authors well-known for their talent with RAC, Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux gives you a rock-solid and technically flawless foundation on which to build your RAC-management skills. Authors Julian Dyke and Steve Shaw share their hard-won experience in building RAC clusters, showing you how to build for success using the very latest Oracle technologies, such as Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Clusterware. You'll learn to troubleshoot performance and other problems. You'll even learn how to correctly deploy RAC in a virtual-machine environment based upon Oracle VM, which is the only virtualization solution supported by Oracle Corporation.RAC is a complex and powerful technology. It demands expertise in its deployment. You can't just wing it in creating a RAC solution. Julian and Steve have earned the right to term themselves expert-in Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux, they offer a rigorous and technically-correct treatment of RAC that helps you build a solid foundation of expertise and achieve success. * Rigorous and technically accurate content* Complete coverage of RAC, from planning to implementation to rollout to ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting* Up-to-date with the very latest RAC featuresWhat you'll learn* Plan the architecture for a successful RAC installation* Implement failover and other fault-tolerant features* Scale RAC clusters up and down as needed to achieve performance targets* Consolidate RAC clusters using Oraclea s virtualization solution* Manage RAC proactively so as to sleep well at night* Troubleshoot and solve performance and availability problemsWho this book is for Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux is written for Oracle Database Administrators who want to step up their skills to be equal to the task of managing Real Application Clusters.

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Designed for any Oracle professional who must quickly implement Oracle reporting, this indispensable guide offers new tips and tricks that make Oracle reporting simple. The basics of PL/SQL are introduced using multiple examples that include code snippets and sample code results. The example-driven methodology teaches PL/SQL language structures, anonymous blocks, and stored procedures so well that by the end of the first chapter users will be coding blocks confidently. Exercises are also provided intermittently to test knowledge comprehension. While gradually building on previous concepts and increasing in complexity, this handbook always focuses on manageability.

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