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It’s my turn again and, looking back at Log Buffer #4, I was amazed to realise that we’re up to number 45 already and that my previous attempt was last August. Good work from Dave Edwards, who bears the organisational burden every week. Sooner him than me! I’ll kick off this week with a discussion… Continue reading Log Buffer #45

Chris Muir of the Australian Oracle User Group conducted an email interview with me for their journal recently. Here’s the online version. Thanks, Chris.

… that men become more attractive with age! A very interesting read, but I particularly enjoyed that first photo of Larry, on the right 😉 Maybe it’s old news, but I enjoyed it. Thanks to Polish Paul Matuszyk for this one …

… and possibly gentlemen. I’m a little surprised that Thomas Presslie made the cardinal error of posting photos of the speakers at the MSDBF that will kick-off in three weeks time. I can only assume that he’s prepared for the rush of Oracle groupies, clamouring to register for the remaining places. Perhaps not. As usual,… Continue reading Stay Calm, Ladies …

Hooray! Something vaguely technical – at last. My new client is hot on software licence compliance and what seemed a minor issue to me reared it’s slightly ugly head this week. When connecting to our 10.2.0.2 database instances using sqlplus, the version banner displays options that we aren’t using, for example Data Mining and OLAP.… Continue reading Re-linking oracle

Dammit, I’m going to have to start writing about Oracle again! Even worse, it’s not technical but (cough) opinion and analysis 🙁 I saw Justin Kestelyn’s blog last week and my immediate reaction was slightly sympathetic, but I decided to sit back for a few days and watch the fun develop, particularly as I’m spinning… Continue reading Oracle and Community Involvement

It’s been all change this week as I’ve donned collar and tie and walked to work in the offices of one of the bigger finance companies in Scotland. A few interesting little experiences :- Using a 3270 terminal emulator for the first time in ages to login to a mainframe and use TSO! I hasten to add that… Continue reading First Week

When I decided to stop working with Pythian, I was particularly disappointed about a couple of things. I’ve mentioned missing the friends I’ve made already, but I was also disappointed that I would have to abandon the ‘Dirty Dozen’ blog series. Although they’d proved more difficult to write than I expected, I don’t like not… Continue reading Not Quite Leaving Pythian

The latest mind-reading tool for Oracle questions! Thanks to Andy Campbell for that one 😉

Thomas Presslie sent me a draft agenda for the Miracle Scotland Database Forum over the weekend and I found myself being more excited by it than I expected. So, here it is. Although I’m sure there’ll be the odd last-minute change, it looks like two days worth of learning for me. Here I was thinking… Continue reading MSDBF Agenda Online