DBPD Table of Contents July 1998

July Volume 11 Number 7

FEATURES		S P E C I A L E D I T I O N Windows NT D A T A B A S E V I E W NT in the enterprise: far-fetched, or foregone conclusion? This edition of NT Database View explores how close Microsoft really is to making Bill Gates's aspirations a reality. Safety in Numbers STEPHEN BROBST and ANDY HOLMAN IBM, NCR, Oracle, and Tandem claim that NT is ready for the high-end server market. But can RDBMSs deployed on SMPs and clusters really meet enterprise requirements? SQL Server 7.0 on deck DIVYA CHATURVEDI and VIPUL MINOCHA Thanks to prerelease hype, the expectations for SQL Server 7.0 are high. This feature-level analysis describes improvements over 6.5--as well as what could have been better.
Object/Relational Reality Check SETH GRIMESORDBMS proponents are adjusting their implementations in light of the trend toward distributed computing. But a lack of tools and applications is still holding the O/R model back.
Is Data Warehousing Only First Aid? JOHN GILES Building a physical data warehouse isn't a cure-all for problems at the operational level. Sound data management with a dash of object-oriented techniques may do the job even better.
Three Tiers for Web OLAP ART TAYLOR A middle tier is bringing persistent database connectivity to Web-enabled OLAP. But middleware in the form of software components is having an even bigger impact.
Special Series on Temporal Database (Part 2): Querying Valid-Time State Tables RICK SNODGRASS This installment of our special series explains how, why, and when to use current, sequenced, and nonsequenced variants of conventional, nontemporal queries.
COLUMNS		DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR'S BUFFER Justin KestelynInternet in the sky. DATA ARCHITECT Terry Moriarty Scenario-based analysis, continued. VLDB VISION Richard Winter How to raise a data mart family. WORKING WAREHOUSE Alan Simon The data warehouse scoping phase.	ACCORDING TO DATE Hugh Darwen An open letter about logic and databases. E-DATABASE Pratik Patel The significance of XML. ODMG UPDATE Doug Barry ODMG or SQL3? It depends. DECISION SUPPORT Erik Thomsen In vendor captivity. DATA-DRIVEN WORLD Ian Shoales Aliens among us.	AT THE SUMMIT Is NT ready to handle your enterprise? ACCESS PATH Praise from statisticians. NEWS BROWSER Borland's name game. ADVERTISER INDEX How to contact this month's advertisers. PRODUCT NEWS New Logic Works releases, plus more.
Online Extra Fifty Ways to Quote Your Query By Chris Date (July 1998)
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