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Yesterday was the developer training/seminar that I mentioned in an earlier blog. It was okay I suppose but I made a bad decision to drop analytics because I didn’t feel I could do them justice in the available time. Then I finished half an hour early 🙁 Based on verbal feedback it appears that the… Continue reading Presentations completed and to come

As someone pointed out to me, everyone of these reviews is a 5-star. You won’t be surprised that it doesn’t change my opinions of that book one jot. However, it’s only fair for people to see a range of opinions. What I find a little disconcerting is that I distinctly remember a more negative review… Continue reading The Art of SQL

I’m on late shift today and this was the sight that greeted me when I walked through the door. The poor guy couldn’t take it any more. It was the suicide note that brought a tear to my eye …

In spite of the tone of some of the comments on my previous blog, the tragic bear incident was absolutely nothing to do with me. I made it clear that he was hanging from the ceiling when I turned up to work. Fortunately, Paolo in the office suggested that we get him down and treat… Continue reading RIP Bear

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Some books are useful long after the first reading because I can refer back to them when I hit new situations or need a reminder. There are one or two exceptionally useful books, few more useful than Tom Kyte’s Expert One-on-One Oracle. I suppose Professional Apache 2.0 might surprise you a little more, though. I… Continue reading Useful Books

A blog from Dominic Giles.

… you should always aim high (or desperately low would be more accurate). I was sitting at my desk today, deleting some old databases (that phrase in itself should be warning enough) when I typed in the following dunha1e:oracle#rm -fR * I looked down at my notes to have a think about what I was… Continue reading If you’re gonna screw up …

Oh, look … here comes Peter Robson again. This is a follow-up on a pub chat that I simply insisted he supply, rather than just moaning to me and his pint glass. I don’t have enough experience of XE to comment on the veracity of his claims, but here’s an unhappy user I’ve been ranting… Continue reading An Oracle XE user speaks

Almost believable …. until the last point!