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Daily Archives Wednesday, November 2008

Bonsoir from Lausanne!

Hello everyone! I’m writing from Lausanne, Switzerland where I am teaching a three day RAC course. Geneva and Lausanne are amazing places, highly recommended if you are traveling to Europe…great food, fun sights, and a huge array of international travelers.
This is my second trip to Europe this year (the other was to Florence [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † The Oracle Alchemist § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Lateral LOBs

The following request appeared on the comp.databases.oracle.server newsgroup a few days ago:
Is it possible to create a view that will split single CLOB column into multiple chunks of VARCHAR2 something like this:
TABLE:
—————————
ID INTEGER
DATA [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † Jonathan Lewis § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Found: Cool Stuff in Your Shared Items

So, I now have about five or six people sharing their Google Reader shared items with me, which is good.
These feeds function a lot like Twitter for me, i.e. the items in there are sometimes interesting and tend to tell me a bit about each person. For example, Paul shares a lot of gadget stuff [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † Jake § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

one more OCE certification

I have passed my Oracle 9i Certified Master exam in 2004. Since then the 10g exam has been in preparation.
Well, according to dba10gocm_upgrade the OCM Upgrade exam content has not been finalized.
There is also an OCM Member restricted website. In case you have the password, you can read :
More Great Benefits Coming Soon [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † Laurent Schneider § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Pastures new possibly

It’s looking increasingly likely that I’ll be looking for a new opportunity in December.
Not ideal timing, especially the market being in the state it is, but such are the current times.
However, if you or someone you know needs some Oracle expertise in London or the South East then please take a look at my [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † dombrooks § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

“Looks Good, Works Well”

Last night, I was lucky enough to see Bill Scott (of Yahoo Design Pattern Library, YUI, OpenRico, Netflix fame) present at my local Ruby user group.  He shared his thoughts about the successful design patterns that have defined today’s web.  As someone who enjoys brilliantly designed “things” including web apps and sites, I found his [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † Rich Manalang § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

More iPhone Apps

Here’s some more iPhone goodness, and a teaser to whet your appetite.
Fake Calls
Thanks to Floyd for this tip. I started out to review three fake call apps, but quickly realized there are a lot more than three. Eleven apps matched the keyword search “fake caller” in the App Store, and only one didn’t fit the [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † Jake § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Flashback table data prevented by a constraint

When I was reorganizing some tables I deleted some data which at the end I wanted to reuse.I was pretty confident that with the flashback technology in the Oracle database I could get my data again. So I was surprised when I got the message “ORA-01466:…

Posted 19 November 2008 † Dimitri Gielis § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Oracle 11g RAC On Linux Using VMware Server 2…

I mentioned in a previous post I had taken the plunge and upgraded to VMware Server 2 on my laptop. Now I’ve also upgraded my main machine at home and it seems to be working fine. Probably the most complicated thing I run at home is a virtual RAC, so I wrote a new article [...]

Posted 19 November 2008 † Tim... § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

open letter to Tony Hawks

This is the first in a series of ‘open letters’ when I send emails to people who I admire or have had a major influence on my life.

I will post my ‘open letter’ and subsequently will post the individual’s response (with their permission).

T…

Posted 19 November 2008 † Andy C § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °