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I’ve uploaded a document outlining the changes between the various online versions of the px article and the one published in Select Journal. It’s available as a PDF or Word document. I’ve also asked the editors if they would include a link to this document in the next edition of Select. Cheers, Doug

I see that Jonathan Lewis has examined one of Don Burleson�s recent articles in more detail When I saw this article via a posting on Radoslav Rusinov�s blog, I figured it wouldn�t be too long before it was questioned and Jonathan�s the very man to do so. Of course, Jonathan also found an absolute howler… Continue reading Jonathan debunks another Don article

Good news from Select (the IOUG magazine). I mentioned a couple of postings go that they�d printed an incorrect version of the PX article. Jonathan Lewis suggested that I should contact them to make sure a correction was printed. Although the next issue is already in layout (only just after I received the current issue)… Continue reading PX article and Select magazine

Some of you will have noticed that I�ve finally added a photo to my profile. This young man is called The Dog and lives on the comfy seat in my house along with various other strange animals (notably Flatcat, Tiggs and Bill, who I might post a photo of later. The Dog has a keen… Continue reading The Dog

When I was writing about the ? shortcut in sqlplus, I half-remembered that I’d discovered this while some time ago while looking at Oracle-supplied scripts (always a useful learning experience). So I went to check that I was right that Oracle uses this and couldn’t find an example. Annoying, because I was sure I’d seen… Continue reading More on ? and catpatch.sql

Some of you will have noticed that http://orablogs.com has been hitting DNS problems again. I emailed Brian Duff yesterday and Pete Finnegan mentioned it in his blog. Brian got back to me to let me know that he’s changing DNS providers to avoid future problems. There might be some interruptions as the service changes but… Continue reading Orablogs

It’s good to see that Orablogs and Pete Finnigan are both back in business

I received an email from Andy Campbell, one of my ex-colleagues at Sun “Just came across the following web page thatseems to contain a lot of well presented whitepapers etc on oracle and a lot of other technologiesMay be worth bookmarking …http://www.akadia.com/html/publications.html The one on locking is particularly good …http://www.akadia.com/services/ora_locks_survival_guide.html“

I’ve enjoyed quite a few of the tips in other people’s Oracle-related blogs (see the links in the right hand pane) so thought I’d chuck in a few as well. This one’s an old one, so many of you will know about it already, but for those that don’t … In sqlplus, you can use… Continue reading A shortcut for ORACLE_HOME

I know this isn’t a breathtakingly original sentiment, but the new styles of communication facilitated by the Internet throw up new situations, or are they just the same old human quirks magnified? I’ve come across a few examples recently. On the down-side, there have been a few times when I’ve felt like staying uninvolved and… Continue reading The Internet