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Schema 101 Webinar Follow-up

May 17, 2011 Big Thanks! to all those that attended today’s webinar on Schema 101. Slides The slides from today’s presentation are available on Slideshare.   Recording The webinar recording is available for playback. Links More Info on Dovetail SchemaEditor: http://dovetal.es/dtSchema   More Info (and free download) for Dovetail BOLT:  http://dovetal.es/dtBolt Schema 201   Interested in a more advanced session? I’m considering doing a Schema 201 session, including items such as SQL Views, Database Flags, Change Fields, Pseudo Relations, MTM tables, ADP in more detail, etc.   If this is something you’re interested in – please let me know! I’ll probably only do this if there’s enough interest up front.   You can leave a comment here, or drop me an email at gary@dovetailsoftware.com

Reminder: Schema 101 webinar this week

May 16, 2011 Just a little reminder that I will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday of this week covering the basics of your Clarify/Dovetail schema. This will be a good overview for those who are new to a Clarify/Dovetail system, and a good refresher for those who have been around for a while. Topics Schema and database concepts Viewing your schema Editing your schema Schema tools A walkthrough of customizing your schema using SchemaScript Assorted tips and tricks for working with your schema When Thursday, May 17, 2011 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time) Register Register at:  https://dovetailsoftwareevents.webex.com/dovetailsoftwareevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=669385476

Dovetail SchemaEditor vs. ddcomp – or – why is ddcomp so slow?

May 2, 2011 While doing some prep for my upcoming webinar on Clarify/Dovetail Schema 101, I started doing some closer looking into what SchemaEditor and ddcomp actually do under the hood.   We’ve had some good reports from customers on how much faster schema changes get applied when using Dovetail SchemaEditor. I knew it as well, but I didn’t really know why. So I put on my Encyclopedia Brown hat and started my investigation. The scenario   My test case was pretty simple: add a new column to the case table. A pretty common scenario. Dovetail SchemaEditor   I ran SchemaEditor, adding a new x_test_integer column. I examined the logs emitted by SchemaEditor, as well as the SQL Profiler trace.   Here are the changes SchemaEditor made to the database:   1. Add the new column to the metadata (adp_sch_info table) INSERT INTO adp_sch_info (…)     VALUES…

Webinar: Clarify / Dovetail Schema 101

April 27, 2011 In this complimentary webinar, I’ll be covering the basics of your Clarify/Dovetail schema. This will be a good overview for those who are new to a Clarify/Dovetail system, and a good refresher for those who have been around for a while. Topics Schema and database concepts Viewing your schema Editing your schema Schema tools A walkthrough of customizing your schema using SchemaScript Assorted tips and tricks for working with your schema When Thursday, May 17, 2011 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time) Register Register at:  https://dovetailsoftwareevents.webex.com/dovetailsoftwareevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=669385476  Schema 201 Interested in a more advanced session? I’m considering doing a Schema 201 session, including items such as SQL Views, Database Flags, Change Fields, Pseudo Relations, MTM tables, ADP in more detail, etc. If this is something you’re interested in – please let me know! I’ll probably only do this if there’s…