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Daily Archives Saturday, October 2008

Advert - Chris Date

I’ve just been sent an email about an event in Edinburgh next month, featuring Chris Date in a two-day seminar titled “A Relational Approach to SQL” - plus a half-day forum on the third day.
The event is organised by the e-Science Institute, with assistance from Oracle. Thanks for the assistence from Oracle, the cost to [...]

Posted 04 October 2008 † Jonathan Lewis § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Belgium Seminar Cancelled

Unfortunately, the two day performance course I was due to be teaching in Belgium in a couple of weeks has been cancelled. It also means that I won’t be getting to see the DUDE as soon as I thought -(

Posted 04 October 2008 † Doug Burns § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

C. J. Date in Edinburgh

With the help of Oracle as sponsors, Peter Robson has organised a new seminar with Chris Date in Edinburgh on 10-12th of November. The format of "A Relational Approach to SQL" will be two days of tutorial-like presentation from Date, followed by a Wednesday morning of discussion and debate. It sounds fascinating to me but unfortunately I can’t make those dates. Oh, and the cost for this opportunity? Fifty quid, to cover refreshments! That sounds like an opportunity that’s too good to pass up if you’re interested in the subject so I suspect that places will disappear quickly.

More information here and here.

Posted 04 October 2008 † Doug Burns § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

OOW 2008 Presentations Update

Well, I’m very pleased to see that non-attendees can access the presentations now, using this approach. I had confirmation from someone at Oracle that they wouldn’t be accessible so either their information was wrong or there’s been a change of heart.

For example, here is Juan Loaiza’s Exadata presentation from Thursday.

Posted 04 October 2008 † Doug Burns § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °