I wrote last month about some issues with my website as a result of an issue with my hosting provider. It’s been a very long and arduous process, but I think I’ve finally finished the last of the cleanup. It’s certainly not something I would like to repeat again. Having said that, there are lots [...]
I went to watch the 3D version of Underworld: Awakening yesterday. I’ve made my feeling know about 3D several times and this film changes nothing. The 3D element is an expensive gimmick I can live without. What’s more, the 3D in this film is pretty crappy. It looks like a post-production thing, rather than being [...]
I mentioned this when I blogged about my 11gR2 Virtual RAC install on Windows 2008. It came up in a conversation with Niall Litchfield at UKOUG 2011 and I’m reminded of it again today, after doing an 11gR2 install on Windows XP to double-check my answer to a question. Oracle database installs on Windows are [...]
Just a quick heads-up for anyone who is interested in getting hold of a free copy of OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I: A Real World Certification Guide. There are two free e-books to be won. The two people that contact Sunil Chakravarthy (sunilc@packtpub.com) giving the best reason why they want a free copy of this [...]
Several years ago I met Arjen Visser and Bertie Plaatsman from Dbvisit and they told me about their standby database product, which is a replacement for Data Guard. Now I don’t spend much time on non-Oracle products, but this one was interesting to me as it works on Standard Edition, unlike Data Guard which is [...]
How many times have you heard someone say, “The rows always came back in the correct order, but since the *event* it’s now wrong. The *event* may be an upgrade or some maintenance task on the table etc. Oracle clearly say, “Use the ORDER BY clause to order rows returned by the statement. Without an ORDER BY clause, [...]