Oracle Magazine July - August 2007 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

FEATURES

Oracle Celebrates Thirty Years of Innovation By David A. Kelly Thirty years ago Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates had a big idea: they built a relational database. See how Oracle's commitment to compatibility, portability, and connectability and its drive to achieve the impossible have led to big success for the company and its customers. Hands-Free Management By David Baum As the size and complexity of IT departments grows, traditional systems management solutions may not keep pace. Discover how the top-down administration and automation of Oracle Enterprise Manager can manage all your applications, middleware, and databases. World Class <IT> By Alan Joch The Linux operating system supports mission-critical operations at many companies, but administering it can mean frustrating calls to multiple vendors. Find out how Oracle supports the Linux enterprise with world-class products, technology, and Oracle Unbreakable Linux.

DEPARTMENTS

What Numbers Mean By Tom Haunert AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. Oracle Resources Your guide to Oracle's broadband, education, online offerings, and more OTN Community Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Oracle News Briefs Oracle News With its Hyperion acquisition, Oracle creates end-to-end enterprise performance management. Commitment Oracle joins Dana-Farber's fight against cancer. CHANNELS Partner News ALCiE, Farallon Geographics, System Dynamics Corporation, GridApp Systems, EMC, Embarcadero Technologies plus Book Beat Peer-to-Peer

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE Reporting with the Familiar By Mark Rittman Create reports with familiar desktop tools and Oracle enterprise datasources. SQL DEVELOPER Extending Oracle SQL Developer By Sue Harper Build extensions for Oracle SQL Developer with SQL and XML. ASK TOM On Ignoring, Locking, and Parsing By Tom Kyte Our technologist looks out for WHEN OTHERS, locks, cascades, and parses.

ORACLE DEVELOPER INDUSTRY STANDARD Working Around Silos By Marta Bright The Java Content Repository provides access to content silos. OPEN SOURCE Committed to Code By Rich Schwerin Oracle's kernel contributions benefit anyone using Linux. FRAMEWORKS Producing Parameterized Pages By Steve Muench Use HTTP request parameters to retrieve rows to view and edit. PL/SQL PRACTICES On Invokers and Outs By Steven Feuerstein Best practices for invoker rights and functions

COMMENT IN THE FIELD An Oracle User Looks at 30 By Ari Kaplan A tradition of technology and user groups marks Oracle's 30th year. ANALYST'S CORNER Clustering Gains New Momentum By David Baum Jean Bozman of IDC discusses why companies of all sizes are turning to clusters.