This book takes the reader through job responsibilities and planning to implementation and performance monitoring. Checklists are included to guide the reader through various tasks. The authors provide a hands-on guide to setting up and administrating a network as well as a reference guide that administrators can refer to for troubleshooting tips and techniques.

Going beyond basic database knowledge to understanding the whys and hows behind the administration process, this book takes the reader through job responsibilities and planning to implementation and performance monitoring. Checklists are included to guide the reader through various tasks.

The Sybase IQ Survival Guide is a clear and concise roadmap through the wealth of information out there, presented in logical steps and enhanced with the authors considerable hands on experience. All you need to get going with this book is a basic knowledge of SQL and databases. This guide has hundreds of tested methods for executing day to day tasks as well as hints, tips and guidance derived from the authors 10 years experience with the product. The following chapters are included: - - Introduction to IQ - Creating, Running and Stopping a Database/Server - Security - SQL - Loading, Extracting and Moving Data - Tables, Data Types and Views - Indexes - Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers - Transaction Management - Backups, Restores & DR - Multiplex - Java in the IQ - Remote Objects & Application/Language Connectivity - Tips and Tricks - System Tables and Views - System Procedures - Options - Migration from Other Databases

SYBASE Developer (ASE 15) Survival Guide is an all - embracing guide which though aiming to help both beginners and advanced level professionals gain a thorough understanding of Sybase, will also be useful for aspirants of Sybase ASE SQL Developer Professional certification exam. Topics for beginners include Logical and Physical design, normalization, primary key, constraints, DDL and DML; whereas for intermediate and advanced level professionals, key areas covered are Stored procedure, Triggers, Performance and Tuning Basics, Query optimization process, Index, Query optimization engine, Partition, locking, and many more. Whats new in ASE 15: In addition to the topics covered in previous version of Sybase ASE, this book includes details on new features of the ASE 15 version, including: -Local and global index -Scrollable cursor -New join types -ASE 15 optimization goals and -New commands for getting optimizer information.

Learn the do's and don'ts of installing Sybase SQL system from two well-known consultants. With their tip-filled guidebook users can avoid the usual stumbling blocks that developers run across. this book focuses on the day-to-day troubles that SQL Server presents to programmers and developers.

Text written in 7 parts: Introduction (including the role of the Database Administator); 2) World of Microsoft's SQL Server; 3) Planning and Installing / Upgrading the SQL server; 4) Database operation; 5) Performance and tuning; 6) Maintaining the Shop; 7) Appendixes.

The Oracle DBA Survival Guide will turn a mediocre administrator into an effective, skilled administrator in charge of a well-tuned RDBMS. With its comprehensive coverage of the physical components of the environment, as well as the administration, tuning, optimization, and maintenance of the systems, this is the only book an Oracle DBA will ever need.