Daily Archives Monday, October 2008

Austrian Oracle User Group event on 15th Oct in Vienna

I will be speaking at Austrian Oracle User Group event in Vienna this Wednesday (15. Oct) with Christian Antognini
I will deliver an 1 hour version of my Advanced Oracle Troubleshooting presentation there, so if you’re in Austria and want to see what’s coming in my full length seminar I deliver on 3.-4. Nov also in [...]

Upcoming Speaking, Training and Conference Engagements

I’m traveling over to Philadelphia later this week to speak at the Philadelphia Oracle Users Group evening on October 16th, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. My presentation is entitled “A Future Oracle BI&DW Architecture” and it takes a look at what’s now possible with Oracle Database 11g, OBIEE 10.1.3.4, EPM 11.1.1 and the new Exadata / [...]

Alter table Muth add partition Colin…

alter tabe Muth
add partition Colin
weight 4 pounds 13 ounces
length 18 inches
/

begin
  for i in 1..infinity
  loop
    delete from Muth partition Colin where garment = 'Diaper';
    insert into Muth partition Colin ('Milk');
    dbms_lock.sleep(10800);
  end loop;
end;

More pics here if you’re interested.
      

What Would You Tell a Potential Blogger?

I have a great opportunity to speak to a group of University students about blogging.  I have a lot of advice based on my experiences, but I discovered early on that one of the most valuable aspects of blogging is that you can learn more from your community than they can learn from you (if [...]