Re: Update - Washington Area Informix User Group - Training Day

Hi, Our user group is based in the Washington DC, Area but we have members and participants in our events from all over the country. You would be most welcome to attend. You need to check with the International Informix User Group web site for user groups in the Dallas Area and see what they are doing. ( http://www.iiug.org ) Regards - Lester Marichamy, Udaykumar wrote: > > Any such training in the Dallas, TX area? > > Uday > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lester Knutsen [mailto:lester@advancedatatools.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 2:12 PM > To: Washington Area Informix Users Group Mailing List; Informix-List > Subject: Update - Washington Area Informix User Group - Training Day > > Washington Area Informix User Group - Training Day > Wednesday, March 24, 1999, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm > University of MD, College Park, AV Williams Engineering Bldg. > > Training Day is a one day technical training event for WAIUG > members at the University of Maryland during the March spring > break. Six half-day sessions are currently planned. These are > very practical technical how-to sessions. The cost will be $10 > for members and $30 for non-members. This includes a box lunch. > Advance registration is required. > > The six half-day Training Day Sessions are: > > Informix IDS Server Monitoring and Tuning > by Lester Knutsen <lester@advancedatatools.com> > > This session will focus on how to get the best performance > out of your Informix Database Server. It will explore ways > to monitor your server using the Informix command line > utilities and the sysmaster database. It will exam how to > optimize the performance of your database engine. Lester > will also present some web scripts for monitoring your > Informix server over the web. > > SQL Query Optimization > by Kevin Fennimore <kfenn@uci-consulting.com> > > This discussion will cover the following topics: indexing > strategies, steps used in optimizing queries, output from > the Set Explain command, and query optimization techniques > and examples. There will also be time to discuss queries > provided by the group. If you have a specific query you > would like to discuss please e-mail it to me in advance at > <kfenn@uci-consulting.com>. Please include relevant > information (schema, counts, indexes, etc.), your name, and > telephone in case I have any questions. > > Using Java to Access UDO Features > by Shawn Swart <sswart@fugen.com> > > This session is for Java programmers who will use the JDBC > 2.0 API to connect to Informix IDS/UDO databases. The first > half of this session will cover the features of the API that > continue from prior versions. The second half of this > session will cover the features of the API that are new in > the 2.0 release focusing on their use with UDO. > Specifically, topic covered will include accessing named row > types, distinct types, opaque types, and SQLJ via JDBC. > Shawn is the Manager of Product Development at FuGEN Inc. > His focus for the past two years has been designing products > against IDS/UDO with Java. > > Beginners Guide to Web Enabling your Informix Database (using > Perl on NT) > by Peter Schmidt <pschmidt@advancedatatools.com> > > Here is the problem...I had a nice fast NT workstation at > home, with the new Informix IDS 7.30 loaded and running. I > loaded my personal videotape database with over 600 entries. > But here I am - an old Informix-4gl programmer on a system > with no 4GL language available. I knew I wanted to use my > web browser to manage the database, but I couldn't justify > purchasing the web-datablade with my budget (of zero). This > session is about how I solved that problem easily and very > inexpensively (*free*) using Perl, Netscape and Informix on > NT. The session is also a primer on Perl from an > Informix-4GL programmers point-of-view. > > Data Warehouse > by Jack Parker <jparker@epsilon.com> > > Jack will be building a warehouse in the seminar itself, > with slides. This will include: Lay out a simple business > situation which calls for a warehouse; discuss why it needs > a warehouse; step through the key decisions that need to be > made as though we were developing a proposal; model it; > discuss structures needed to make it all successful; > transformations; load it; QC it. Each portion has its own > breakout - for example loading will go into High Performance > Loader and how to make it work well. If there is time I'll > also go into tuning for Loading/DSS/Index/Statistics. The > proposal step will cover sizing, staffing, timelines, things > to tell the client. Jack's session will provide a roadmap > for building a data warehouse. > > Developing Data Blades > by Steve Kelley <skelley@umiacs.umd.edu> > > Building datablades: What are blades? How to create new > datatypes, quickly. How to build more complex datatypes. > Steve will start with an overview of the IUS, covering > topics such as complex data types, inheritance and > user-defined processing. Next he will go over datablade > concepts/strategies. This will include opaque types, > indexes on opaque types, VTI concepts and various tools > needed to construct datablades. Finally, he will present > one or two examples of datablades he has written or worked > on in some detail. Steve Kelley is a 2ed year graduate > student at UMD working under the direction of Nick > Rossopoulos. > > Directions: > >From the Capital Beltway/Interstate 495 north of DC, take exit > Route 1 south. Continue south on Route 1 about 2.5 miles and > turn right onto Campus Drive, then immediate right onto Paint > Branch Drive, proceed 1.5 blocks to A.V. Williams Bldg. on right > after intersection with > Stadium Drive. Park on the left in Lot G. > > REGISTRATION FORM > > Name: ___________________________________________ > > Company: ___________________________________________ > > Address: ___________________________________________ > > City, ST, Zip: ___________________________________________ > > Phone: ___________________________________________ > > Email Address: ___________________________________________ > > Check the 2 sessions you plan to attend: > > - Informix IDS Server Monitoring and Tuning by Lester Knutsen > - SQL Query Optimization by Kevin Fennimore > - Using Java to Access UDO Features by Shawn Swart > - Beginners Guide to Web Enabling your Informix Database > using Perl by Peter Schmidt > - Data Warehouse by Jack Parker > - Developing Data Blades by Steve Kelley > > Please Fax this form to: (703) 356-2660 > or use our online registration form at: > > http://www.iiug.org/~waiug/trainingday99.html > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Lester Knutsen