Randolf Geist Parallel Execution Skew – Addressing Skew Using Manual Rewrites In this part of the series we will have a look at different approaches to how Parallel Execution Skew can... 23 June 2014 13 min read
David Njoku Oracle for Absolute Beginners: Part 7 – Creating Tables, Constraints and Triggers A wise man once said: start at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.... 10 June 2014 9 min read
David Njoku Oracle for Absolute Beginners: Part 6 – Procedures and Functions A wise man once said, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. If... 07 May 2014 13 min read
Kirill Loifman High Availability and SLA requirements for Oracle database Designing a highly available database system involves taking various elements and combining them to suit your business needs and requirements.... 24 November 2013 1 min read
Michael Sorens TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 11: Subversion and Oracle It is only recently that the tools have existed to make source-control easy for database developers. Although entire build-scripts for... 03 April 2013 17 min read
Richard Morris Kohsuke Kawaguchi: Geek of the Week Jenkins, formerly called Hudson, is an open-source server-based Continuous Integration tool that works with all the major Source Control Management... 17 July 2012 11 min read
Patrick Barel Working with Table Functions in PL/SQL Table functions are functions that produce a collection or rows (either a nested table or a varray) that can be... 20 July 2011 2 min read
David Njoku Readying your Oracle Database for Your First Apex Application APEX can be a great way to create an application rapidly on an Oracle Database. Although it is generally straightforward,... 14 June 2011 9 min read
Bruce Armstrong Product Review: Schema Compare for Oracle One of the more important tasks in the process of rolling out incremental developments to a multi-server production system is... 23 July 2010 11 min read
Richard Morris Tom Kyte: Geek of the Week Tom Kyte's contribution to the AskTom column and site over ten years has been outstanding. Much of what he says... 24 June 2010 20 min read
Jonathan Lewis Oracle to SQL Server, Crossing the Great Divide, Part 3 We soon learn, in SQL Server, that heaps are a bad thing, without necessarily understanding how or why. Jonathan Lewis... 23 June 2010 15 min read
Tim Gorman Bad CaRMa From hope and euphoria, to desperation, firings and the ultimate demise of a company. Tim Gorman charts the rise and... 16 October 2006 33 min read
