HANA DB

SAP HANA has several functions to help query JSON data and in this article, we'll take a look at how to use the JSON_TABLE function to query JSON data stored in a regular column. Read more.

The hdbconnect package makes it easy to connect to a HANA database using Rust and in this article, we'll take a look at how to establish a connection and perform some queries. Read more.

Some database systems such as MSSQL and MySQL provide a way to determine if a table exists using a statement like IF EXISTS. Most commonly it's used along side the DROP statement to drop a table if it exists because dropping a table that doesn't exist results in an error. That's not so much of a problem if you simply want to "fire and forget" but if your writing an installation script that installs/updates your product, the last thing you want is an error. Unfortunately as of writing, HANA doesn't have an equivalent IF EXISTS statement or function. Fortunately, a workaround is to create a custom function. Read more.

SAP provides a NodeJs client library to connect to a HANA system. The client library is available as part of the SAP HANA HDB client software, which can be downloaded when installing HANA Express or by installing from the SAP npm repository. Read more.

This article explains how to connect to a SAP HANA system using the Python hdbcli package. The package is available as part of the SAP HANA HDB client software. The client software can be downloaded when installing HANA Express. Read more.

As of SPS8, SAP introduced the ability to create auto generated columns that increment by using IDENTITY. Auto generated columns only apply to Column table types. To create an auto generated column, simply add GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY to the column as shown in Listing 1 below. Read more.

As of writing, there is no native PHP client library to connect directly to HANA DB. For those wanting to develop PHP applications, you will need to use ODBC. Installing and configuring the PHP ODBC library and the HANA ODBC client library on Ubuntu is very simple. This article assumes, you are installing on Ubuntu 16 using PHP 7. Read more.

Connecting to a HANA system using Java requires the JDCB ngdbc.jar driver. This driver comes as part of the HANA Studio installation. You can also download it when installing HANA Express using the download manager. Read more.

SAP HANA automatically manages loading and unloading column table into and from memory but there are times you might want to manually do this process. This can be done quickly using the query below. You will need to have the TABLE ADMIN System privilege. Read more.

M_SERVICE_MEMORY is a System View, that is used to provide detailed information about memory usage for HANA services. The service that consumes the most amount of memory is the indexserver. The indexserver provides numerous functionalities such as processing incoming SQL and MDX statements. It also contains the actual data and data logs. As a result, the memory consumption of this service may increase over time. Read more.

This article describes how to create a tenant database in HANA DB. To create a tenant database, first login to SystemDB using the SYSTEM user either by using hdbsql or HANA Studio. Execute the following SQL statement to create the database DB1. Read more.

The new releases of HANA DB including HANA Express support Multitenant Database Containers (MDC). The concept of Multitenant Database Containers can be confusing for those coming from a background where a database server can host many databases such as MySQL. Why? Because you naturally expect a database server to be capable of hosting more than one database irrespective of database vendor. The idea that a database server could only host one database would raise an eyebrow for many developers. Read more.

hdbuserstore is a program that is installed as part of the HANA client package, which allows client machines to store connection details securely. This article explains how to use the hdbuserstore program to manage connections. Read more.

You can uninstall HANA Express by using the SAP HANA database lifecycle manager (HDBLCM) command-line interface. To do this change directory to /hana/shared/HXE/hdblcm in a terminal. Change HXE to your SID. Once in the directory, execute the following command. Read more.

This article is a continuation of Install HANA Express 2.0 On Ubuntu 16 Xenial. Please read the previous article if you don't have a HANA Express system installed.

hdbsql is a command line tool that allows you to connect to a HANA database and execute queries. To use this tool, you first need to login as the hxeadm user. You can do this by simply changing users in a terminal. Read more.

This articles explains how to install HANA Express 2.0 on Ubuntu 16 Xenial. SAP HANA, express edition is officially supported on SLES, however it has been installed on Ubuntu, OpenSuse and Fedora by SAP community members. In this article I will explain how to install HANA Express on Ubuntu 16 Xenial. Read more.

This overview is a basic introduction to SAP HANA for developers who want to start developing applications using HANA DB.

SAP HANA is an in-memory relational database management system (RDMS) developed and marketed by SAP. HANA stores large amounts of data in memory and uses hard disk to store backups of the data. This makes analyzing large volumes of data at real time more efficient. HANA is a combination of software and hardware working together to maximize performance. SAP has partnered with IT hardware vendors like IBM, Cisco and many others to sell the SAP HANA platform. Below is a few features HANA provides. Read more.