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I’m a bit disappointed. I was very impressed that Howard Rogers’ blog emailed me whenever someone commented on a blog that I had commented on earlier. I thought this was the result of some Dizwell magic so I emailed Howard to find out how it was done, but it turns out that it’s one of… Continue reading bloghi.com

I noticed Andy C’s blog from a comment he posted here and enjoyed a good few minutes of fun and opinionated reading. I’ve added the link to the sidebar. http://andyc.wordpress.com

Because, what else would he be called? Now that I’m back from the UKOUG conference and I’m unlikely to bump into anyone from the Oracle community for the next few months, there’s been a power-struggle in the house to see who should be next up for the free photo publicity. Geoffrey, as you can see,… Continue reading Geoffrey

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I learnt something new from Anjo Kolk’s SAN presentation at the Oak Table day at the UKOUG conference. Instead of looking at the maximum read time for a file since the instance started or the average in a statspack report, you can reset the maximums. SQL> select *… Continue reading Resetting v$filestat timings

I’ve just noticed that the UKOUG 2005 presentations are online. You need to go to the agenda then select the presentation you’re interested in and there are download links at the bottom of the abstract. If you’re a member of the UKOUG you’ll know the password for download and can catch up with what you… Continue reading UKOUG 2005 Presentations Available Online

Sorry, but I have to blog about this. When I got home last night, my other half wouldn’t shut up about Telewest cable tv’s new Teleport TV that appeared out of the blue yesterday. It’s like a low-functionality Tivo. i.e. We don’t have our own hard disk recorder, but Telewest run repeats, movies and the… Continue reading Telewest’s Teleport TV

I was up early, skipped breakfast and ready to go on my busiest day of the conference. I’d volunteered to chair a few sessions to do my bit for the UKOUG but they’d all fallen on the last day! First, Connor McDonald’s ‘Evolution of SQL and PL/SQL’, which was the usual top-notch, energetic presentation. He… Continue reading UKOUG 2005 – Day 3

Like Frankenstein and his monster, I’ve let the Dane out of the bag. Yes, I admit it, I helped Mogens Norgaard set up his new blog today. Although I’ve made sure he knows that there are other blogging options out there, he was happy to go for the most straightforward option of Blogger, which I… Continue reading My Latest Apology

I’ve finally made it home and have some time to catch up on the blog (though in truth I could do without thinking about Oracle for a few hours). Anyway, here’s a summary of my day two. I went to see Julian Dyke’s ‘Forgotten Features’ after Mogens. I learnt something new, which is always good… Continue reading UKOUG 2005 – Day 2

I just wanted to add my thanks to the UKOUG for the funding and Mark Rittman for the organisation. Like some others I felt it was a bit of a shame that, with 20 or so people on two different tables, I didn’t get to meet everyone properly. In fact, I ended up sitting between… Continue reading Blogger Dinner