Daily Archives Monday, August 2008

Tuning 11g Data Warehouse Schemas using the SQL Access Advisor

One of the new features in Oracle Database 11g that I’ve been meaning to try out for a while now is the SQL Access Advisor, part of the 11g Tuning Pack. Given that one of Oracle’s key product directions is to make administering the database as easy as, in the words of Dilbert, “one big [...]

Deploy OpenSocial Locally with a Sample Network

Browsing through Rich’s Google Reader Shared Items, I found we had both shared this post from the OpenSocial API Blog:
Let’s get this Partuza started!
Recently, as people have started to realize the utility of Connect as an OpenSocial container, we’ve been getting more requests for access to our development sandboxes. Developer rockstars inside the company like [...]

يا قاهرة عملة اي؟

A few days ago I arrived in Cairo again.
I will deliver a series of 11g Administration Courses for Oracle again.
One day after I arrived the there was a a big fire which burned down the house of the consultative councel completely. 
I was lucky enough to have my new camera with me to take some exciting shots.
 
It [...]