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Let me search the Oracle documentation for you!

You sometimes get questions that are easily answered by a Google search, so you give people a link to lmgtfy.com, like this.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Oracle+11gR2

As a homage to lmgtfy.com I’ve created a documentation search.

http://www.oracle-base.com/search/

If you specify your search it gives you a URL you can pass to others. When they use the URL it shows them what they could have done rather than bug you. :)

http://www.oracle-base.com/search/?txt=automatic+storage+manager

Update: It now uses TinyURL, like this http://tinyurl.com/yamsmc2

It’s a little basic to look at, but it made me laugh. :)

Cheers

Tim…

Comments 8

  1. Tony wrote:

    That is awesome – I can image someone like Tom Kyte would love this.

    Posted 28 Jan 2010 at 8:12 pm
  2. Rob van Wijk wrote:

    Great :-)
    I’m sure I’ll use it more than once!

    Posted 28 Jan 2010 at 8:40 pm
  3. joel garry wrote:

    Thank you, care to share the secrets of how to do this?

    Posted 29 Jan 2010 at 2:40 am
  4. Tim... wrote:

    Joel:

    I’m just using the jQuery animate() function to change the “left” and “top” settings of an image. Nothing magical. jQuery is very easy. :)

    If you download the search.js file you will see my code. It’s my first jQuery code, so sorry if it’s a mess. :)

    The other two Javascript libraries are the jQuery library and a plugin to handle the querystring. Pretty simple stuff.

    Cheers

    Tim…

    Posted 29 Jan 2010 at 12:41 pm
  5. Boneist wrote:

    Nice; it’d be even more better if there was a link to tinyurl (or some other url shortener), and perhaps a handy little url (like letmegooglethatforyou.com has…) to remember the link more easily.

    But I shall *definitely* be using this, especially on the OTN forums!

    (PS. the link to your Oracle AceD page on the “About Me” page is pointing to Steven Feuerstein – deliberate error or not?! (the 43 at the end should be 41, I think)

    Posted 29 Jan 2010 at 1:28 pm
  6. Tim... wrote:

    Hi.

    I’ve changed it to use a tinyurl.

    Not sure what is going on with the profile. I’ve changed the link. :)

    Cheers

    Tim…

    Posted 29 Jan 2010 at 2:24 pm
  7. Boneist wrote:

    Ooh, super! *{:-D

    Posted 29 Jan 2010 at 2:50 pm
  8. Don Burleson wrote:

    Nice coding!

    You should name the page RTFM.htm

    Posted 30 Jan 2010 at 1:39 am

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