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I think the best approach here is to focus on the technical details of the mistake first and then follow with any whining, self-justification or philosophy. The mistake I made in my presentation was to suggest at least twice that simply adding a new partition to a composite partitioned object is enough to completely invalidate… Continue reading Symposium 2011 – My Presentation

Just a super-quick post to highlight the availability of Graham Wood’s Hidden Features presentation that I enjoyed at UKOUG 2010. I felt it was one that lots of people could pick up one or two tips or reminders from, just from the slides, but couldn’t track it down. Graham’s been kind enough to let me… Continue reading Graham Wood’s Hidden Features Presentation

As soon as I saw the title of Jonathan Lewis’ post, I had an inkling of what it might have to say and I wasn’t too far off the mark. Although I don’t disagree with a single statement of his post (I’ve read it a few times to make sure), I tend to take a… Continue reading Cost

I wish I could say I planned to break the all-time record for post-conference blogging delay and was waiting until Debra Lilley got round to hers, but the truth is this is yet another post that slipped through the cracks in the constant work/play/travel continuum. One very unfortunate side-effect of the growth of Twitter that… Continue reading UKOUG TechEBS 2010 – Conference Thoughts

Over the past year or so I’ve had the pleasure of working with a development lead who is younger, more handsome and more switched on than I could ever hope to be. That’s true of most young development leads of course, but Gustav Andersson excels in most areas. He is one of the few young*… Continue reading Guest Post: Gustav’s New Year Recommendations

Oh, actually, there was one more non-technical post I’d forgotten. With such a rush between the course I taught in Bratislava, a quick trip to London for work (and some hairy performance problems) and UKOUG, I never got round to mentioning how the course trip went. First of all, I loved the brief look at… Continue reading Bratislava

I’m not sure whether I was very lucky this past week or very unlucky. DebitIt took me 14 hours to get from Edinburgh to Birmingham. That’s almost a Hotsos Symposium trip! My skin condition flared up which meant I was in a thoroughly miserable mood and had to miss quite a few presentations as I… Continue reading UKOUG 2010 – My Personal Account

I have less than 48 hours to go. On the one hand, I feel slightly bad for finishing about 30 hours early but frankly, for those who know me, going from this … to this …. Is *commitment*! Besides, the opportunity to make even more of a fool of myself is on the horizon and… Continue reading OT: Penultimate Movember Update

The week before the UKOUG conference (or more accurately – UKOUG Conference Series Technology and E-Business Suite 2010. Maybe I’ll just stick to UKOUG) and whilst it’s an unusual year in as much as I’m not presenting some traditions hold true. I have a stinking cold – my third in the past month. Which proves… Continue reading Conference Update

Being busy at work is both a blessing and a curse to blogging activity. On the one hand, the more that’s going on, the more technical issues there are likely to be to blog about. On the other, when the pace is frantic and problems are coming thick and fast, taking good notes isn’t a… Continue reading Poor performance when gathering partitions stats in 11g