New Writeup for ASE Error Message 4224
Error 4224 Severity10Message text WARNING: The transaction log for database '%.*s' (dbid %d) can no longer be dumped due to user '%.*s' (suid %d) executing %s.ExplanationThis warning is raised when a...
View ArticleUpdated Writeup for ASE Error Message 225
One of my current projects is updating and expanding the ASE Troubleshooting and Error Messages Guide (TSG). As I update existing error writeups and create new ones, I'll be posting the new content to...
View ArticleNew Release: SAP Sybase ASE Boosts Performance & Scalability in Latest Release
SAP announced today that the latest release of SAP Sybase ASE (SP100) delivers faster processing of unstructured data, a new methodology to minimize storage space and advanced tools to increase data...
View ArticleASE 15.7: A Fight between Cheetah and Rhino...
It has been quite a long time since I have been able to write anything in this public space. The reason is that I have been completely absorbed by one of the most exciting projects I have been...
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Sybase SQL Server 11.0.3.3 for Linux - still going strong
Last night I helped a friend at a small company install, configure and tune Sybase SQL Server 11.0.3.3 for Linux using the same method as I used on HOWTO: INSTALLING AND RUNNING SAP / SYBASE SQL SERVER...
View ArticleNew whitepaper about online utilities
A new whitepaper was published describing the new "online" utilities such as "reorg rebuild" and "create index". You can find this here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-44384
View ArticleCalculate hashbytes for table
Sometimes it is necessary to make sure that content of two tables are the same or to monitor changes to the table.For example for MS SQL it is possible to do that with CHECKSUM_AGG function SELECT...
View ArticleA Brief Look at Resources, Products and Tools available from SAP for...
A Brief Look at Resources, Products and Tools available from SAP for Migrating Custom Applications from Oracle to Sybase ASE or IQ Migrating between database products can be a challenging undertaking....
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ASE 15.7 Migration - A Rertospective
Years ago, still running on the old good 12.5 binaries of ASE, I remember coming across the article named "Top 10 Reasons for Developer to Upgrade to 15.0." I recalled it recently why working on yet...
View ArticleLinked Server: ASE DBA Survival Guide for the Dead Protocol
Linked server is a well know protocol available in MSSQL server that allows, inter alia, making remote servers (SAP ASE among them) visible within MSSQL so that the remote objects may be accessed...
View ArticleSAP ASE TCO Survey – Provide us with your feedback for a chance to win 1 of 3...
It’s fairly easy to quantify the cost of database acquisition and staffing, but too often we stop there. To get a true picture of total cost of ownership (TCO), it is imperative to analyze...
View Articlereorg rebuild table versus reorg rebuild table index
Reorg rebuild Tablename Indexname allows the table to still be used while the reorg is running. Reorg rebuild tablename (without the index) causes the table to be blocked.Reorg Compact is a good way...
View ArticleMigration to ASE15 - How to remove the compatibility mode in ASE15? Ideas …
Context: When testing the performance of our most important stored procedures (SP) to migrate from ASE12.5 to ASE15.5, we realized that their performance were worse with the new ASE15.5. Because of a...
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The Countdown Started....
Whew...... My new love has just been unpacked and installed into its lovely Sun (Oracle) rack....... Just love it! This cutie will be running 64 cores with whizzing 3.6 GHz.... It will use some of...
View ArticleCapturing Optimizer Diagnostics (internally), ... almost there
WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISHI've been playing around with the concept of trying to capture some optimizer diagnostics with the tools provided in ASE 15.7. Specifically, the showplan_in_xml() builtin...
View ArticleNew SAP Data Management Technical Conference
Exciting news! Here at SAP we’ve been working feverishly to bring you new capabilities to solve your most demanding data management challenges. We’re thrilled to announce that we have teamed up with...
View Articlehow to check and monitor stack size used in SAP ASE 1252 and above
Since ASE1252 CR52524, SAP ASE instroduced a new dbcc command 'dbcc stackused' to provide an estimate of maximum amount of stack memory used since ASE server last boot. Currently, it is only used to...
View ArticleSAP Sybase Brand Mobiliser 1.3 now on SAP ASE
Today we are happy to announce that, SAP Brand Mobiliser 1.3 is ready to run on SAP ASE. For more details please refer to the following resources: -Product Availability MatrixSupported Hardware and...
View ArticleSee you in Atlanta??
Ahhhhh.....spring time in the South. Azelea's, Rhodendron, .....oh, wait.....that's Charleston. Besides, I never could figure out which is which. Atlanta? Hmmmm....besides being the home of the...
View ArticleThoughts on backups
Introduction Over the years you will see a lot of different configurations for database dumps in SAP Sybase ASE (ASE). Most of the time these configurations are static and in a certain sense not...
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