Talks on Managing Data and Applications Anywhere
When listening to an online presentation a few days ago, the speaker suggested using one of my favorite, underused query hints: FAST N. This replaces an older table hint called FASTFIRSTROW, which is one of the few deprecated features to actually be removed from SQL Server. The speaker suggested using the FAST 1 hint, because ‘sometimes it improves the query’, but didn’t say any more about how or why it would improve the query, and why you might NOT want […]
After three and a half weeks with DB Best, things are starting to settle in. After attending the SQL Server 2016 Workshop in Bellevue, and delivering one section on In-Memory OLTP and columnstore indexes, I flew to Houston and delivered the entire Workshop on Friday, May 12. I did have local support from Peter DeBetta, also from DB Best, and John Cook, from Microsoft. The Houston Workshop reached capacity by the Monday before the event, but with John Cook’s help, […]
Our customer needed a way to upgrade their unsupported SQL Server databases to newer versions of SQL Server. The major challenge was that they didn’t have visibility into their system. Moreover, Microsoft upgrade tools can’t handle such outdated database versions as SQL Server 2000. With our innovative database discovery and monitoring tools, we were able to perform an inventory of their system. We developed an upgrade factory to get them back within Microsoft compliance. Now our customer has deep insight into […]
A government healthcare organization wanted to move their Oracle Forms to a modern web-based UI. We offered to migrate their source Oracle database to SQL Server while converting the deprecated Oracle Forms to the modern-looking web-interface. We used a previously developed technology to automate the major part of Oracle Forms conversion. To demonstrate the feasibility of this technology, we converted one the most complex forms. Having successfully completed the proof of concept, we convinced the customer to continue our partnership. […]
One of the largest US educational organizations has been running their data handling system in Oracle environment. They wished to reduce maintenance costs due to expensive Oracle licensing model, which includes an additional fee for the partitioning feature. We provided the solution of migrating the customer’s database to SQL Server. Reconstruction of the original partitioning system in SQL Server allowed us to save extra money in addition to significantly lower SQL Server maintenance cost compared to Oracle. Check how we performed the […]
Staying on the cutting edge of modern technologies, DB Best application development team constantly strive to offer the best solutions for our customers. Simply watch the following video to see the examples of some cool features we can add to your business app be it a cinema house, a shopping mall or any other place, crowded with people. Let’s take a look at the impressive list of technologies that made the creation of this mobile application possible.
One of the largest life insurance companies in the United States supported a reporting application. Their system included Java based web app and Informatica data management solution connected to DB2 database. To provide a web interface for reporting needs they employed a WebSphere server for hosting Java application. With this interface, a small circle of users could create reports using data imported from Informatica application. Our customer wanted to reduce the maintenance costs and increase the application functionality. We came up with […]
A global financial software provider contacted us to migrate their billing solution from Oracle to SQL Server using SSIS for one of their strategic clients located at the other end of the world. They also needed to transfer data from Oracle to SQL Server using SSIS. The actual migration had to be performed by the remote team. In order to do so, our customer was looking for an automated solution with detailed step by step instructions. To meet the customer’s […]
We’re excited to bring you the latest release of Database Compare Suite. The new version 4.8 brings support for IBM Netezza versions 7.2.1 and higher along with some other improvements. Covering All Major Database Platforms With the support of IBM Netezza, the total count of available database platforms in the Database Compare Suite reached the amazing total of 11. You can see the full list of supported database dialects on the image below. They include Amazon Redshift, Azure SQL Database, […]
When migrating to Amazon Redshift, you need a way to convert functions and other capabilities that Oracle, Teradata, Greenplum, Netezza support that Redshift does not natively support. The AWS Schema Conversion Tool Extension Pack for Data Warehouses provides Python based libraries to provide the same functionally with Redshift. In this post, we will show how the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) generates the extension packs to help in your migration effort. You will have to upload the extension pack for your source […]