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Easy way to check the biggest tables in SAP
I would like to share just a simple tip to get a list with the biggest tables in SAP. Here it is: Go to tcode DB02OLD, click on "Detailed Analysis", and fill the fields as follows: "Object type:...
View ArticleThe Exodus DBMS Migration Tool - how to get a copy?
When discussing Exodus, SAP's DBMS migration tool for migrating custom (non-SAP) applications, invariably this question is asked: "where can I download Exodus?" The answer may be somewhat...
View ArticleSixty Shades of SQL
Converting SQL code from one SQL dialect to another, like Oracle's PL/SQL to SAP ASE's Transact-SQL probably sounds like a boring, nerdy whaddever to most people. But since you, dear reader, are...
View ArticleSQL conversion by Exodus: examples (1)
In the previous episode, we discussed conversion between SQL dialects from a more philosophical angle.I would now like to look at some more concrete examples of what the Exodus DBMS migration tool can...
View ArticleSQL conversion by Exodus: examples (2)
It's been longer than I wanted before publishing this blog post, but it's been busy getting the new version of Exodus ready (that's Exodus v.2.5, will cover that in a subsequent blog). In the previous...
View ArticleExodus Migration Magic
When you're trying to migrate SQL stored procedures from Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server to SAP ASE, IQ or SQL Anywhere, inevitably you'll be facing the problem that the source DBMS has particular...
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Transforming Business with Big Data Analytics
Big Data Analytics are going mainstream with the growing demand from Business and IT leaders who want to utilize analytics to improve both strategic and operational decisions The old, slow...
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Gartner Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit, ‘Crossing the Analytical...
Technology is rapidly changing and with the world moving from physical bits to digital bytes, there is an ever growing chasm amongst those who take analytics to the next level and those who are...
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Using a SAP HANA XS Job to create data backups at a scheduled interval
SAP HANA XS offers the possibility to schedule applications as jobs. As database backups are triggered by executing SQL commands an application can be built which calls these SQL commands. This blog...
View ArticleBookshelves, Milk Trucks and Databases
I spend quite a considerable amount of my spare time reading. Mostly, I read fiction, science-fiction and fantasy, but sometimes I read crime novels and non-fiction. I have in the past swallowed whole...
View ArticleExodus v.2.6 released
Yes, I've been quiet for a while in this space.But I assure you, dear reader, that was not due to laziness. We were, in fact, working heads-down on a bunch of things. For example: Exodus version 2.6,...
View ArticleQ: How to demonstrate a DBMS migration? (A: with a video)
One of my professional frustrations is that most non-IT people don't seem to care about things that I find interesting.For example, rarely do I meet interesting people at a party who don't walk away...
View ArticleThe unbearable lightness of lowercase
Of all the challenges to overcome when migrating SQL code from, say, Oracle, to, say, SAP ASE, you would probably not think that it's important whether the converted SQL statements are in uppercase or...
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Future Eye On Cloudera Navigator To Proliferate Data Management In Apache Hadoop
Cloudera navigator was released almost two years back with the name Cloudera navigator 1.0 to manage and handle large volume of data for enterprises and organizations. Then after a year, Cloudera...
View Articlegraphdb for business
The world we live in is defined not just by the things that are around us but also how they are connected and influence each other. The same goes to the data. The business value that the data we have...
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