Q&A and Opinion
Q&A with Thomas Kurian: Oracle Fusion Middleware for Developers [18-January-2006]
Oracle's SVP for Oracle Fusion Middleware explains his developer community focus in 2006.
The Unicode Imperative [06-March-2005] by Barry Trute
Barry explains why a successful new database deployment starts with Unicode.
Speed and Simplify Data Movement [1-March-2005] by Kimberly Floss
Use Oracle Database 10g Data Pump for fast, flexible export and import.
Tracing Lines [1-March-2005] by Steven Feuerstein
Find and report your errorsby line numberin Oracle Database 10g.
Room with a Better View [1-March-2005] by Arup Nanda
Get a good, fast look at your data with materialized views.
On Rollups, Merges, and Moves [1-March-2005] by Tom Kyte
Our technologist materializes, merges, and moves.
Guarantee SOAP Message Integrity [1-March-2005] by Mike Lehmann
Use digital signatures to check sender identity and ensure that messages remain unaltered.
Introducing Oracle's Quarterly Critical Patch Updates [15-Jan-2005] with Mary Ann Davidson
What's in them for you? Oracle CSO Davidson has the answer.
PHP vs. ASP.NET Redux [15-Jan-2005] by Sean Hull
With the introduction of Version 5, PHP deserves an even closer look.
Talking Tuning: Understanding Optimization [21-Dec-2004] by Kimberley Floss
Improvements in the Oracle Database 10g Optimizer make it even more valuable for tuning.
Encrypt Your Data Assets [21-Dec-2004] by Arup Nanda
Oracle ACE Arup Nanda explains how to build a flexible infrastructure to protect your sensitive data.
Managing the Ant Factory [10-Dec-2004] by Sudhakar Ramakrishnan
Sudhakar discusses best practices for automating your builds with Ant.
More Good News for Windows DBAs and .NET Developers [3-Dec-2004] with Santanu Datta
Get an update on Oracle's ongoing commitment to Windows.
Lessons from Going Global at Oracle [3-Dec-2004] by Bret Fuller
Oracle SVP Applications IT Bret Fuller explains how Oracle consolidated its worldwide e-business systems into a Global Single Instance.
To Annotate or Not? [25-Nov-2004] by Mike Keith
Will annotations ever replace XML as a metadata language? And should they?
Ask Tom: On Fetching, Storing, and Indexing [15-Oct-2004] by Tom Kyte
Our technologist fetches sequentially, stores inline, and indexes globally.
Faster Backup, Faster Recovery [08-Oct-2004] by Arup Nanda
Speed your backup and recovery with new features in Oracle Database 10g.
Talking Tuning: Tracing SQL in Oracle Database 10g [01-Oct-2004] by Kimberly Floss
New tools help you better understand the performance of your applications.
Ask Tom: On Fetching, Storing, and Indexing [01-Oct-2004] by Tom Kyte
Tom fetches sequentially, stores inline, and indexes globally.
Controlling Mythological Code [01-Oct-2004] by Steven Feuerstein
Steven explodes a variety of pernicious PL/SQL myths.
Data Warehousing: Moving Data Faster [08-Sept-2004] by Arup Nanda
Find the fastest way to move data from warehouse to mart.
Installfest Confidential [24-Aug-2004] by Todd Trichler
A look behind the scenes at Oracle-on-Linux Installfests the world over.
HTML DB: A New Kind of Web Application Development [04-Aug-2004] with Scott Spendolini
Product manager Scott Spendolini explains why HTML DB is one of Oracle Database 10g's hidden gems.
Getting Good Advice About Access [09-July-2004] by Kimberly Floss
New SQL Access Advisor in Oracle 10g guides you in choosing indexes and materialized views.
Weaving Web Services Together [23-June-2004] by Mike Lehmann
BPEL streamlines connecting and coordinating Web services.
On Numbers and Analytics [23-June-2004] by Tom Kyte
Tom searches, numbers, analyzes, and orders.
Keep Your Connections [23-June-2004] by Kuassi Mensah
Use Implicit Connection Cache in Oracle 10g JDBC for transparent cache access.
Mass Software Deployment with Oracle 10g [26-May-2004] with Sudip Datta
Learn about new mass software deployment strategies enabled by Oracle 10g.
A Closer Look at ADDM [12-May-2004] by Kimberly Floss
How the new diagnostics engine in Oracle 10g helps detect and diagnose performance problems.
Managing Web Services [06-May-2004] by Mike Lehmann
If you think the term "Web services" is loosely defined, try finding a clear definition of "Web services management."
Manageability: What's In It for DBAs? [21-Apr-2004] with Sushil Kumar
Oracle's director of product management for database manageability offers some answers.
On Sorts, Selecting, and Selectivity [21-Apr-2004] by Tom Kyte
Tom looks at sorting, cursors, architecting, selecting, and extracting.
Monitor, Control, and Extend with JMX [21-Apr-2004] by Cameron O'Rourke
Improve your applications with Java Management Extensions.
From C++ to PHP [26-Mar-2004] by Philippe Lachaise
A C++ developer shares his experiences from learning PHP scripting.
Creating Web Services [19-Mar-2004] by Mike Lehmann
Learn how to manage your SOAP messages with JAX-RPC handlers.
Cleaning Up PL/SQL Best Practices [09-Mar-2004] by Steven Feuerstein
Prioritize and apply PL/SQL best practices to polish applications both new and old.
Welcome to the "2 Day DBA" [02-Mar-2004] by Justin Kestelyn
Oracle Database 10g's focus on every aspect of database manageability pays off for DBAs.
Do You Queue? [12-Feb-2004] by Cameron O'Rourke
Learn how to use Oracle Advanced Queuing, Java Message Service, and message-driven beans to improve application response time.
On Format, Negation, and Sliding [12-Feb-2004] by Tom Kyte
Our technologist modifies formats, makes zeros zeros, and avoids slides.
Agile Development and the Developer/DBA Connection [12-Feb-2004] by Scott Ambler
In the opinion of "agile" programming evangelist Scott Ambler, it's time for DBAs to change their working habits.
Update on OCFS [05-Feb-2004] by Wim Coekaerts
Why move to OCFS version 1.0.9.12? And when will support for async I/O be available? Wim has the answers.
Oracle Database 10g Adds More to FORALL [16-Jan-2004] by Steven Feuerstein
Steven explores new Oracle Database 10g support for using the FORALL statement with nonconsecutive driving indexes.
Creating Web Services with J2EE 1.4 [09-Jan-2004] by Mike Lehmann
With JAX-RPC, we finally have a common API for developing Web services on the Java platform.
On Uniqueness, Space, and Numbers [02-Jan-2004] by Tom Kyte
Tom answers your questions about determining space required, randomizing, and partition outer joins.
Designing Schemas [02-Jan-2004] by Cameron O'Rourke
In J2EE application development, the difference between generating and modeling your database schema can be a big one.
XQuery Tricks and Traps [02-Jan-2004] by Jason Hunter
Jason focuses on tricky and commonly misunderstood aspects of the XQuery language.
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