Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein In part 1 we looked at the result cache for PL/SQL Code We can also use this same technique when our function depends on tables (or views). Let’s create a simple table, add some data and a simple, slow function: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION… Read more
Charts are one of the commonest ways of visualizing reports from data. Report Builder provides a way of generating charts and reports that will be intuitive to anyone who has done the same in Excel. Robert provides a simple explanation of how to get the best from charts using Report Builder.… Read more
There is a lot that can be done to make basic tabular reports more readable, using Microsoft's free Report Builder. Rob Sheldon continues his exploration of the power of this tool by showing how to format various elements within reports.… Read more
Table functions are functions that produce a collection or rows (either a nested table or a varray) that can be queried like a physical database table. You use a table function like the name of a database table, in the FROM clause of a query. The difference with a physical database table in the FROM clause of the query is… Read more
