Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications is an action driven book, taking you by the hand through all required steps in building your very own web application that will run on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Because you've built every piece of it yourself, you will know exactly how every tiny part is used and how you can tweak it to your own -- or your customer's -- taste. Oracle Application Express is widely known in the Oracle community as a great tool for creating web applications suitable for desktop browsers. Features have now been added to open up the world of mobile browsing, bringing the simplicity and expressiveness of Appliction Express to bear in developing applications to run with an almost-native look and feel on platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications helps you translate your knowledge of Oracle Application Express into developing for mobile devices. The book and its running example provide all the knowledge you need to create professional looking mobile web applications. * Takes you through building a mobile web application from start to finish.* Gives insight into the components necessary for a professional looking mobile application. * Helps you become an even better and more all-round Oracle Application Express developer. What you'll learn * Build mobile applications to run from iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and Windows-based phones and tablets. * Make enterprise reporting and business functions accessible to mobile devices. * Customize the look-and-feel of your mobile applications. * Respond to gestures such as swiping and pointing, and to changes in device orientation. * Enhance mobile applications through the use of plugins. * Deploy applications into the Apple and Android stores. Who this book is for Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications is aimed at Oracle Application Express developers wanting to develop and deploy applications for use on mobile devices. The book is also useful to any developer in an Oracle Database environment who is looking for a cheap and cheerful way to extent business functions and reporting to mobile devices.

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If you want to learn Microsoft Access inside and out, the nine minibooks in this easy-access reference are exactly what you need. Read the book cover to cover, or jump into any of the minibooks for the instruction and topics you need most. Learn how to connect Access to SQL Server, manipulate your data locally, use nifty new features from Office 2010 such as the enhanced Ribbon, create queries and macros like a champ, and much more. From the basics to advanced functions, it's what you need to make Access more accesssible.Shows you how to store, organize, view, analyze, and share data using Microsoft Access 2010, the database application included with Microsoft Office 2010Includes nine minibooks that cover such topics as database design, tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, database administration, securing data, programming with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and using Access with the WebHelps you build database solutions that integrate with the Web and other enterprise data sourcesOffers plenty of techniques, tips, and tricks to help you get the most out of Access

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Oracle Exadata Recipes takes an example-based, problem/solution approach in showing how to size, install, configure, manage, monitor, optimize, and migrate Oracle database workloads on and to the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Whether you're an Oracle Database administrator, Unix/Linux administrator, storage administrator, network administrator, or Oracle developer, Oracle Exadata Recipes provides effective and proven solutions to accomplish a wide variety of tasks on the Exadata Database Machine. You can feel confident using the reliable solutions that are demonstrated in this book in your enterprise Exadata environment. Managing Oracle Exadata is unlike managing a traditional Oracle database. Oracle's Exadata Database Machine is a pre-configured engineered system comprised of hardware and software, built to deliver extreme performance for Oracle Database workloads. Exadata delivers extreme performance by offering an optimally balanced hardware infrastructure with fast components at each layer of the engineered technology stack, as well as a unique set of Oracle software features designed to leverage the high-performing hardware infrastructure by reducing I/O demands.Let Oracle Exadata Recipes help you translate your existing Oracle Database knowledge into the exciting new growth area that is Oracle Exadata. * Helps extend your Oracle Database skillset to the fast-growing, Exadata platform * Presents information on managing Exadata in a helpful, example-based format * Clearly explains unique Exadata software and hardware features What you'll learn * Install and configure Exadata * Manage your Exadata hardware infrastructure * Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues * Manage smart scan and cell offload processing * Take advantage of Hybrid Columnar Compression * Deploy Smart Flash Cache and Smart Flash Logging * Ensure the health of your Exadata environment Who this book is for Oracle Exadata Recipes is for Oracle Database administrators, Unix/Linux administrators, storage administrators, backup administrators, network administrators, and Oracle developers who want to quickly learn to develop effective and proven solutions without reading through a lengthy manual scrubbing for techniques. Readers in a hurry will appreciate the recipe format that sets up solutions to common tasks as the centerpiece of the book.Table of Contents * Exadata Hardware * Exadata Software * How Oracle Works on Exadata * Workload Qualification * Sizing Exadata * Preparing for Exadata * Administration and Diagnostics Utilities * Backup and Recovery * Storage Administration * Network Administration * Patching and Upgrades * Security * Monitoring Exadata Storage Cells * Host and Database Performance Monitoring * Smart Scan and Cell Offload * Hybrid Columnar Compression * I/O Resource Management and Instance Caging * Smart Flash Cache and Smart Flash Logging * Storage Indexes * Post-Installation Monitoring Tasks * Post-Install Database Tasks

Oracle Exadata Survival Guide is a hands-on guide for busy Oracle database administrators who are migrating their skill sets to Oracle's Exadata database appliance. The book covers the concepts behind Exadata, and the available configurations for features such as smart scans, storage indexes, Smart Flash Cache, hybrid columnar compression, and more. You'll learn about performance metrics and execution plans, and how to optimize SQL running in Oracle's powerful, new environment. The authors also cover migration from other servers. Oracle Exadata is fast becoming the standard for large installations such as those running data warehouse, business intelligence, and large-scale OLTP systems. Exadata is like no other platform, and is new ground even for experienced Oracle database administrators. The Oracle Exadata Survival Guide helps you navigate the ins and outs of this new platform, de-mystifying this amazing appliance and its exceptional performance. The book takes a highly practical approach, not diving too deeply into the details, but giving you just the right depth of information to quickly transfer your skills to Oracle's important new platform.* Helps transfer your skills to the platform of the future * Covers the important ground without going too deep * Takes a practical and hands-on approach to everyday tasks What you'll learn * Learn the components and basic architecture of an Exadata machine * Reduce data transfer overhead by processing queries in the storage layer * Examine and take action on Exadata-specific performance metrics * Deploy Hybrid Columnar Compression to reduce storage and I/O needs * Create worry-free migrations from existing databases into Exadata * Understand and address issues specific to ERP migrations Who this book is for Oracle Exadata Survival Guide is for the busy enterprise Oracle DBA who has suddenly been thrust into the Exadata arena. Readers should have a sound grasp of traditional Oracle database administration, and be prepared to learn new aspects that are specific to the Exadata appliance.

Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition shows how to create enterprise-level database deployments without the usual investment in datacenter and other infrastructure. Take advantage instead of Microsoft's worldwide backbone for cloud computing that delivers all the power of SQL Server in the form of the cloud-based SQL Database for Windows Azure. You can create and deploy a database in mere minutes that is accessible worldwide and takes advantage of SQL Database's high-availability features to protect your data while ensuring 99.9% uptime. SQL Azure is ideally suited for startups, who can benefit from instant access to a robust and secure web-accessible database platform for use in rapidly deploying new products to market. SQL Azure is also ideal for small and mid-sized businesses, giving them the same ability to deploy SQL Server as any large enterprise, but without the management overhead. Even large enterprises find SQL Azure useful in creating failover environments, development environments, extra capacity to handle surges in demand, and more.Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure covers the very latest in Microsoft's fast-moving, cloud platform, showing how to program and administer it in a variety of cloud computing scenarios. You'll learn to program SQL Azure from ASP.NET, from WinForms, and from SQL Reporting Services. You'll learn to manage the platform by planning for scalability, troubleshooting performance issues, and implementing strong security. You'll learn the unique aspects of SQL Azure such as sharding and federation support that combine to place SQL Azure a step above and ahead of the competiton. * Shows how to use SQL Azure from classic Windows applications, ASP.NET and Windows Communication Foundation * Covers management, performance, scalability, and troubleshooting * Addresses the all-important issue of securing your data * Helps you properly design for high-performance in a cloud environment * Helps you adopt the new Federations feature in SQL Azure What you'll learn * Create and manage SQL Database for Windows Azure databases * Access SQL Azure from WinForms, ASP.NET, Reporting Services, and more * Optimize database design for Azure's distributed cloud platform * Share data between databases using SQL Database's Data Synch Service * Secure data from intrusion and unauthorized access * Learn strategies for data migration and backup Who this book is for Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition is aimed at developers and database administrators desiring instant access to a fully-capable SQL Server database environment without the pain of sorting out and managing the physical infrastructure. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Getting Started with SQL Database Chapter 2: Design Considerations Chapter 3: Security Chapter 4: Data Migration and Backup Strategies Chapter 5: Programming with SQL Database Chapter 6: SQL Reporting Chapter 7: SQL Data Sync Chapter 8: Windows Azure and ASP.NET Chapter 9: Designing for High Performance Chapter 10: Federations Chapter 11: Performance Tuning Chapter 12: Windows Azure Mobile Services Appendix A: SQL Database Management Portal Appendix B: SQL Database Quick Reference

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

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-765-and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of provisioning SQL Server databases both on premise and in SQL Azure. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: * Implement SQL in Azure * Manage databases and instances * Manage storage This Microsoft Exam Ref: * Organizes its coverage by exam objectives * Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you * Assumes you have working knowledge of SQL Server administration and maintenance, as well as Azure skills Provisioning SQL Databases About the Exam Exam 70-765 focuses on skills and knowledge for provisioning, upgrading, and configuring SQL Server; managing databases and files; and provisioning, migrating, and managing databases in the Microsoft Azure cloud. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam as well as Exam 70-764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure earns you MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration certification, qualifying you for a position as a database administrator or infrastructure specialist. See full details at: microsoft.com/learning

SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes is an example-based guide to the Transact-SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server 2012. It provides ready-to-implement solutions to common programming and database administration tasks. Learn to create databases, insert and update data, generate reports, secure your data, and more. Tasks and their solutions are broken down into a problem/solution format that is quick and easy to read so that you can get the job done fast when the pressure is on. Solutions in this book are divided into chapters by problem domain. Each chapter is a collection of solutions around a single facet of the language such as writing queries, developing triggers, and applying aggregate functions. Each solution is presented code-first, giving you a working code example to copy from and implement immediately in your own environment. Following each example is an in-depth description of how and why the given solution works. Tradeoffs and alternative approaches are also discussed. * Focused on solutions: Look up what you need to do. Learn how to do it. Do it.* Current: Newly updated for SQL Server 2012 * Comprehensive: Covers all common T-SQL problem domains What you'll learn * Create databases, tables, and indexes * Query and manipulate data * Store and manage XML inside the database * Move business logic into the database * Resolve common performance problems. * Build reports that matter to your business. * Perform common backup and recovery tasks. Who this book is for SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes is aimed at technically-oriented users of SQL Server desiring to extract the full power of the platform through it's powerful, built-in programming and scripting language. Target readers include developers who use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 as their back--end database, and the database administrators who create, manage, and secure those databases.

Business intelligence projects do not need to cost multi-millions of dollars or take months or even years to complete Using rapid application development (RAD) techniques along with Microsoft SQL Server 2012, this book guides database administrators, SQL programmers, and report specialists in creating practical, cost-effective business intelligence solutions for their companies and departments. Pro SQL Server 2012 BI Solutions provides practical examples of cost-effective business intelligence projects. Readers will be guided through several complete projects that build a foundation for real-world solutions. Even with limited experience using Microsoft's SQL Server, Integration Server, Analysis Server, and Reporting Server, you can leverage your existing knowledge of SQL programming and database design to provide users with the business intelligence reports they need.* Provides recipes for multiple business intelligence scenarios * Progresses from simple to advanced projects using several examples * Shows Microsoft SQL Server technology used to complete real-world business intelligence projects What you'll learn * How to plan and implement cost-effective business intelligence projects * How to create practical data warehouse databases * How to extract, transform, and load data with Integration Services * How to develop OLAP cubes and dimensions on Analysis Server * How to create Reporting Server reports using both SQL and MDX * How to apply performance-tuning techniques to get the most from your solutions Who this book is for Pro SQL Server 2012 BI Solutions is aimed at database administrators, SQL programmers, and report developers who create business intelligence solutions for midsized businesses and departments.Table of Contents * Business Intelligence Solutions * A Big Picture Overview * Planning Solutions * Designing a Data Warehouse * Creating a Data Warehouse * ETL Processing with SQL * Beginning the ETL Process with SSIS * Concluding the ETL Process with SSIS * Beginning the SSAS Project * Configuring Dimensions with SSAS * Creating and Configuring SSAS Cubes * Additional Cube and Dimension Configurations * Creating Reports with SQL Queries * Reporting with MDX Queries * Reporting with Microsoft Excel * Creating Reports with SSRS * Configuring Reports with SSRS * Testing and Tuning BI Solutions * Approve, Release, and Prepare

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

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

Pro T--SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is every developer's key to making full use of SQL Server 2012's powerful, built--in Transact--SQL language. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact--SQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging treatment of Transact--SQL into your own hands. Step--by--step explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best--practices will steer you down the road to success. Transact--SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It's used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. New features in T-SQL 2012 include full support for window functions, stored sequences, the ability to throw errors, data paging, and more. All these important new features are covered in this book. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of Transact-SQL, and Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide provides the gateway to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks.What you'll learn * Take full advantage of window functions and other new features in T-SQL 2012 * Move business logic into the database via procedures and functions * Develop using advanced features such as encryption and full-text search * Store and retrieve XML data using XQuery and XPath * Debug and Optimize T-SQL Execution * Build ADO.NET Client Applications Who this book is for Pro T--SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is written for SQL Server and Transact--SQL developers who want to implement best--practices and take full advantage of all that SQL Server has to offer. NET programmers will find the book helpful in showing how to run .NET code within SQL Server. Database administrators who need to write triggers and the occasional stored procedure will also benefit from the book.

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.

Oracle Core: Essential Internals for DBAs and Developers by Jonathan Lewis provides just the essential information about Oracle Database internals that every database administrator needs for troubleshooting - no more, no less. Oracle Database seems complex on the surface. However, its extensive feature set is really built upon upon a core infrastructure resulting from sound architectural decisions made very early on that have stood the test of time. This core infrastructure manages transactions and the ability to commit and roll back changes, protects the integrity of the database, enables backup and recovery, and allows for scalability to thousands of users all accessing the same data. Most performance, backup, and recovery problems that database administrators face on a daily basis can easily be identified through understanding the essential core of Oracle Database architecture that Lewis describes in this book.* Provides proven content from a world-renowned performance and troubleshooting expert * Emphasizes the significance of internals knowledge to rapid identification of database performance problems * Covers the core essentials and does not waste your time with esoterica What you'll learn * Oracle's core architectural foundations * How much overhead is reasonable * How to recognize when you're doing too much work * How to predict bottlenecks and why they will happen * How to minimise contention and locking * Why concurrency can slow things down significantly Who this book is for Oracle Core: Essential Internals for DBAs and Developers is aimed at database administrators ready to move beyond the beginning stage of doing work by rote towards the mastery stage, in which knowledge of what needs to be done comes not from a set of recipe-style instructions, but rather from the intimate knowledge and understanding of the system to be managed. Experienced database administrators will also find the book useful in solidifying their knowledge and filling in any missing pieces of the Oracle Database puzzle.Table of Contents * Introduction * Redo and Undo * Transactions and Consistency * Latches and Locks * Caches and Copies * Writing and Recovery * RAC and Ruin * Dumping and Debugging * Working and Waiting

SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is a book of recipes for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Design patterns in the book show how to solve common problems encountered when developing data integration solutions. Because you do not have to build the code from scratch each time, using design patterns improves your efficiency as an SSIS developer. In SSIS Design Patterns, we take you through several of these snippets in detail, providing the technical details of the resolution. SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns does not focus on the problems to be solved; instead, the book delves into why particular problems should be solved in certain ways. You'll learn more about SSIS as a result, and you'll learn by practical example. Where appropriate, SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns provides examples of alternative patterns and discusses when and where they should be used. Highlights of the book include sections on ETL Instrumentation, SSIS Frameworks, and Dependency Services.* Takes you through solutions to several common data integration challenges * Demonstrates new features in SQL Server 2012 Integration Services * Teaches SSIS using practical examples What you'll learn * Load data from flat file formats * Explore patterns for executing SSIS packages * Discover a pattern for loading XML data * Migrate SSIS packages through your application lifecycle without editing connections * Take advantage of SSIS 2012 Dependency Services * Build an SSIS Framework to support your application needs Who this book is for SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is for the data integration developer who is ready to take their SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) skills to a more efficient level. It's for the developer interested in locating a previously-tested solution quickly. SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is a great book for ETL (extract, transform, and load) specialists and those seeking practical uses for new features in SQL Server 2012 Integration Services. It's an excellent choice for business intelligence and data warehouse developers.Table of Contents * Metadata Collection * Execution Operations * Scripting * SQL Server Source Patterns * Data Cleansing * DB2 Source * Flat File Source Patterns * Parallel Data Warehouse * XML * Expression Language Patterns * Data Warehouse * Logging * Slowly Changing Dimensions * Loading the Cloud * Reporting * Parent-Child Patterns * BIML * Configuration * Deployment * Estimating ETL Projects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Foundations of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence introduces the entire exciting gamut of business intelligence tools included with SQL Server 2008. Microsoft has designed SQL Server 2008 to be more than just a database. It's a complete business intelligence (BI) platform. The database is at its core, and surrounding the core are tools for data mining, modeling, reporting, analyzing, charting, and integration with other enterprise-level software packages. SQL Server 2008 puts an incredible amount of BI functionality at your disposal. But how do you take advantage of it? That's what this book is all about. Authors Guy Fouche and Lynn Langit show how to implement end-to-end BI solutions using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and other tools in the Microsoftbusiness intelligencetoolkit. You'll learn about all-features such as PowerPivot and Report Builder 3.0. Also provided are clear examples of predictive analysis made possible through powerful data mining features in SQL Server. If you're an analyst or developer working with SQL Server 2008 who is charged with delivering results that drive business success, you can't afford to be without this book; you can't afford to ignore the powerfulbusiness intelligencesuite that Microsoft has placed at your disposal. Provides the big picture of Microsoft's BI tool suite Covers PowerPivot and other game-changing technologies introduced alongside SQL Server 2008 Release 2 Gives a practical analysis of features based on real-world practices What you'll learn Apply dimensional- and fact-based modeling to create OLAP schemas Optimize data extraction and transformation with SQL Server Integration Services Develop OLAP and data-mining solutions using SQL Server Analysis Services Create compelling reports using the new Report Builder 3.0 in SQL Server Reporting Services Deliver self-service business-intelligence via Microsoft PowerPivot Manage and maintain control over your business intelligence environment Who this book is for

Foundations of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence is for business intelligence analysts and developers wanting to employ the full stack of business intelligence tools that are part of SQL Server. The book also appeals to database administrators managing databases in support of business intelligence efforts. Table of Contents What Is Business Intelligence? OLAP Modeling Concepts Introducing OLAP Modeling with SSAS Intermediate OLAP Modeling with SSAS Advanced OLAP Modeling with SSAS Cube Storage and Aggregation Introducing SSIS Intermediate SSIS Advanced SSIS Reporting Tools Data Mining with Excel Introducing PowerPivot Introduction to MDX Introduction to Data Mining

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 this book is 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 features of SQL Server 2008 provide a powerful set of tools to secure your most sensitive data, helping protect it from theft. Table of Contents Introduction to Encryption Encryption Key Management Symmetric Encryption Asymmetric Encryption Extensible Key Management Transparent Data Encryption Hashing SQL CLR Cryptography Indexing Encrypted Data Encrypting Connections to SQL Server 2008 Regulatory Requirements