Oracle to offer free database

Oracle intends to release a free version of its database [http://news.com.com/Oracle+to+offer+free+database/2100-1012_3-5920796.html?part=rss&tag=5920796&subj=news] , as Oracle 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE)…

Export SQL data to text file

BCP – export data to text file [http://www.sqljunkies.com/WebLog/madhivanan/archive/2005/10/26/17217.aspx], a method of exporting all the data from SQL Server table to a Text File.…

MySQL 5.0 RC

MySQL 5.0 Release Candidate available now [http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_959.html] with support for views, stored procedures, triggers, cursors and lots of other new features.…

XPSMTP

XPSMTP [http://www.sqldev.net/xp/xpsmtp.htm] provides a SMTP based SQL Mail solution.…

.NET LINQ

The .NET LINQ Project [http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/linqprojectovw.asp] (Language Integrated Query) is quite cool as an extension to the .NET Framework to encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations on relational data (DLinq) and XML (XLinq). Much like…

SQLUnit

SQLUnit [http://sqlunit.sourceforge.net/] is a regression and unit testing harness for testing database stored procedures.…