August 1996
Table of Contents

Features

SQL Matrix Processing
by Stevan Mrdalj, Branislav Vujovic, and Vladan Jovanovic
Builders of high-performance DSS applications know that ad hoc analysis is the name of the game. But to keep database users out of jeopardy, you'll need to appy solid matrix processing techniques.

Getting a Lock on Integrity and Concurrency
by Charles J. Bontempo and C. M. Saracco
Database vendors offer overlapping locking architectures, using capabilities that can make your system crawl, soar, or lose integrity. Here are the factors to consider.

Seeking the Balance: Very Large SMP Warehouses
by Brad Carlile
Decision-support systems must handle complex, unpredictable queries--which makes it difficult to set performance goals. Based on real-world tests, an analyst offers recommendations for accurate metrics.

Columns

Editor's Buffer by David Stodder
At IDUG, the mainframe shines bright.

Data Architect by Barbara von Halle
Survival depends on our ability to learn.

According to Date by C.J. Date
Refining quote query requirements.

VLDB Vision by Richard Winter
The challenge of spatial data representation.

SQL Update by Jim Melton
SQL3 and objects: A new direction?

Enterprise View by Terry Moriarty
Two IRM strategies for securing quality data.

Corporate Developer by Doug Thomson
New tools that combine HTML and DBML.

Data-Driven World by Ian Shoales
Does the Information Highway lead anywhere?

Departments

Access Path
VLDB surveys always forget Teradata.

Product News
Informatica's PowerMart leads the way.