SQLiteman Ubuntu i386 package!
I downloaded the excellent SQLite administration tool, SQLiteman, today. Take a look at the screenshots. I’m very impressed with it but was disappointed that they don’t provide an Ubuntu binary...
View ArticleReplacing Sybase ASE’s Historical Server: Using OpenSource
I’m working on a Historical Server replacement. I need to check with my employer as to whether I can open source it or not but the guts of it consist of: Perl POE/DBD::Sybase for the daemon/ASE db...
View ArticleIs Sybase’s ASE SQL92 (ANSI SQL2) or SQL99 (ANSI SQL3) compliant?
ASE implements a subset of SQL 92 and isn’t 100% compliant with the SQL 92 standard (no DBMS on the planet is btw). SQL99 compliance isn’t seriously being looked at by the major commercial DBMS...
View ArticleGoogle Video: Introduction to SQLite
We are currently using SQLite in production for some smaller projects.
View ArticleThe first issue of “My Databases” coming next week!
As many of you know, I’ve been working on a free magazine regarding various database systems (dbms) called My Databases. I hope to have multiple authors in future issues covering all sorts of open...
View ArticleMulticore processors and Sybase ASE: Jeff Tallman
When T V S Murty asked on the sybase-l mailing list about Sybase ASE, multicores and Sybase licensing, the discussion quickly drilled down to whether or not multicores were beneficial to Sybase ASE and...
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Native support of SQLite in Sybase PowerBuilder and PowerDesigner?
What I would love to see is native support for SQLite. http://www.sqlite.org It is the most installed embedded database on the planet hands down. Don’t believe me? You know that Firefox web browser,...
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It’s here! The very first issue of MyDatabases!
MyDatabases Volume 1 Issue 1 (July 2008) MyDatabases Volume 1 Issue 1 Geek Spotlight: Michael Peppler Sybase ASE on Ubuntu 8.04 Multicore Processors VMware Virtualization Logical Process Manager
View ArticleBorderline Scamming being done by software companies
The latest craze from software vendors to companies is to charge for each and every core a machine has regardless of whether or not you’re going to use it. Get this, if you want to buy a production...
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FW: Migration Migraines
Adrian Bridgwater Migration migraines: the top seven DBA data headaches Posted by Adrian Bridgwater Once or twice a year I get to work with an excellent DBA pal from Illinois called Jason Froebe who...
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Andrew E. Bruno: Database Design with Dia
Back in December of 2007, Andrew E. Bruno wrote an excellent article on how to use the open source program Dia to design databases. He used the resultant design to create a MySQL database but the same...
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Optimizing the Firefox (SQLite databases)
Most people that want to speed up Firefox know about the various settings in about:config but many forget that Firefox uses SQLite databases that can become cluttered. In your home directory ($HOME on...
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ERROR: SQLite database is malformed – SOLVED
Every once in a while if you’re making heavy use of a SQLite database, as with any other DBMS, it will become corrupted. Usually this is due to bugs within the DBMS itself and sometimes hardware...
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FW: Scanning your iPhone Backup Files
Erica Sadun wrote an application, written in Perl, to convert your iPhone backup files into a SQLite3 database: Here’s a nice way to recover notes from your iPhone without having to mail them to...
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