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Daily Archives Monday, May 2008

Hash Clusters - 1

Someone posted a question on the Oracle Forum yesterday about single table hash clusters, and I’ve given some initial commentary on the topic. Since this might be generally useful - and since there’s quite a lot more that could (and probably will) be said on the topic I thought I’d put a link to my [...]

Posted 05 May 2008 † Jonathan Lewis § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

My First BarCamp

I spent portions of this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday attending my very first BarCamp, held here in Portland at CubeSpace.
The origins of BarCamp are interesting; back in 2005, O’Reilly held a user-generated conference called Foo Camp that was invite only. Lots of people wanted an invite (kind of like Web 2.0 Summit, ahem), but [...]

Posted 05 May 2008 † Jake § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

A New EnterpriseDB Community

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide To Oracle Technology

ITToolbox.com has introduced a new community for EnterpriseDB users. It’s an email group for asking questions and posting comments. I’ve joined the group and will be keeping an eye for messages. It wouldn’t surprise me if others at EnterpriseDB also keep an eye on the forum.

You can get there by going to <a href=”http://database.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/enterp

Posted 05 May 2008 † An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

10 More Tips For Complete Database Newbies

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide To Oracle Technology

My previous list of tips seems to be popular so I thought I would add a few more database specific tips. I’m keeping this list database agnostic. These 10 should apply to any database you might want to learn.

  1. Start with SQL - SQL is the backbone of any relational d

Posted 05 May 2008 † An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Iron Man…

Iron Man is the best superhero film I’ve seen in ages. It’s got some iconic scenes, some funny bits and some real actors. I can’t wait for the sequel (or is that SQL?).
Cheers
Tim…

Posted 05 May 2008 † Tim... § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °