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From Our Readers
Your corrections, your opinions, and your requests: Here's your forum for telling us what's right and wrong in each issue of Oracle Magazine and for letting us know what you want to read.
It Doesn't Count
In the January/February 2006 Oracle Magazine article "SQL Tools Make Fast Work," note that the following bash script does not return the correct count if there are more than 255 objects (or 127 in some cases):
#!/bin/bash
sqlplus -s / << EOF
COLUMN obj_count
NEW_VALUE object_count
SELECT COUNT(*) obj_count
FROM user_objects;
EXIT object_count
EOF
let "objcount = $?"
echo The user owns $objcount objects.
Also, the lines
COLUMN obj_count
NEW_VALUE object_count
need to be combined on one line for the script to run properly.
—The Editors
Grassroots Oracle
I am new to Oracle Magazine; my subscription started with the September/October 2005 issue. I really appreciate your magazine.
Is there any way to learn about Oracle from the grassroots level? I don't know much about Oracle yet, and I'm sure there are other people out there like me.
James Akinjobi
synergiaayodele@yahoo.com
This issue's Ask Tom column ("On Deduping and Ordering") features suggestions for how to tackle Oracle documentation for the purpose of teaching yourself about Oracle technology. In addition, Tom offers a helpful list—complete with URLs and descriptions—of Oracle forums.
Looking for Laughs
I have been reading Oracle Magazine for quite some time. It is a very good source of information about the latest Oracle products, events, and technical information. I would appreciate it, however, if you would consider adding some humor—cartoons, satire, and so on. After all, Oracle experts are not just machines—they are humans also. Aren't they?
Anuj Kumar Gupta
anuj@bhelhwr.co.in
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Looking Back
Is there a way to peruse older issues of Oracle Magazine online?
Jeff G. Canclini
jeff.g.canclini@lmco.com
We encourage our readers to look at back issues, posted online, of both Oracle Magazine and Profit: The Business of Technology, our sister publication. Please visit oracle.com/oramag to read current issues and peruse the archives.
Correcting the Certified
On the Certified Advantage Partner Index in Oracle Magazine, under the Latin America section, please change the listing for Asistir Ltda. to Asistir S.A.
Sammy Lorza
slorza@asistir.com
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