Developer Guide: The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual, Release 1.5
This popular e-book—now available in a new release in PDF format—bridges
the gap between the many PHP and the many Oracle texts available. It
explains how to use the PHP scripting language with the Oracle
Database, from installation through optimization and management.
Presentations: PHP Conference Brasil, Forum PHP Paris
Oracle's
Chris Jones and Kuassi Mensah have been traveling the globe to get
helpful info about building scalable PHP apps into the hands of
developers. Download copies of their presentations from PHP Conference Brasil 2008 and Forum PHP Paris 2008, respectively.
Video: Oracle Database 11g Basics for PHP Developers
In this video
captured from a recent Singapore PHP Meetup, Oracle's Blair Layton
explains how developers can take advantage of specific PHP-friendly
features in Oracle Database 11g such as Database Resident Connection
Pooling. Includes demos as well as sample code.
Download: PHP OCI8 RPM
A "php-oci8-11gR1" RPM is now available on the Unbreakable Linux Network
in the Oracle channel. If you have the appropriate ULN subscription,
you can use 'up2date' or 'yum' to install it and its dependencies (e.g.
the Oracle Instant Client 11g RPM).
Download: Oracle Enterprise Linux JeOS
With Oracle Enterprise Linux JeOS ("Just Enough OS"),
a secure, minimized OS that is freely re-distributable and backed by
enterprise-class support, developers and ISVs can now easily build
Oracle VM Templates.
Presentation: Oracle in the Cloud
In
December Amazon Web Services hosted a Web seminar, with involvement by
Oracle, about best practices for using Oracle software in the EC2
cloud. It was a great source of info for customers who are interested
in cloud-based deployments and the presentation is now available for viewing via Slideshare.
Technical White Paper: Writing SQL Injection-proof PL/SQL
The topic of SQL injection gets excites interest and superstitious fear. This new white paper
demystifies the topic and explains a straightforward approach to
writing database PL/SQL programs that provably guarantees their
immunity to SQL injection.
Technical White Paper: Converting Linux and Windows Physical and Virtual Machines to Oracle VM Virtual Machines
This new white paper
describes the virtual machine conversion functions built into Oracle VM
in Release 2.1.2, and how you can plan and execute the virtual machine
conversions using Oracle VM.
Live Web Seminar: Comprehensive Controls to Prevent and Detect Database Breaches
Thurs., Jan. 15 | 11:00am PT
Learn how Oracle Database Vault and Oracle Audit Vault can be used together to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data, enforce least privilege and separation of duties policies, as well as monitor all your databases, and detect any unauthorized activities. Click here to register.
Oracle University: New Courses for 2009
Oracle University offers more than a dozen new courses on the latest components and features of Oracle Database 11g.
Learn about Application Express, performance tuning, Database Vault,
Oracle Streams, XML DB, Oracle Data Guard, information lifecycle
management, Oracle Spatial, and other critical topics. Find new courses and enroll now.
Oracle Magazine: Jan.-Feb. 2009 Issue Online
The newest edition of Oracle Magazine includes technical articles about encrypting tablespaces (from Oracle ACE Director Arup Nanda), dynamic sampling with the Oracle optimizer (from Tom Kyte), emulating PL/SQL's FINALLY clause (from Oracle ACE Director Steven Feuerstein), and BLOB support in Oracle Apex (from David Peake). (See All)
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