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Mac Daddy: Oracle Database 10g Rel 2 for Mac OS X/Intel 64-bit

By justin.kestelyn on April 10, 2009 1:35 PM

I was really happy to receive an email from the porting team today; reads in part: 10.2.0.4 Database (Single Instance) Release for Apple MAC OS X on Intel x86-64 is now available for download on OTN. The physical media is...

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Are You the World's Smartest Database Professional?

By justin.kestelyn on March 17, 2009 11:06 AM

Eat SQL for breakfast? We have a challenge for you. The DB-Quest Challenge is now out there in an effort to document the identities of the smartest database professionals, globally. (You know who you are.) The questions range from the...

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Slides from the recent "Oracle in the Cloud" Webinar from AWS

By justin.kestelyn on December 17, 2008 9:21 AM

Last week Amazon Web Services hosted a Web seminar, with involvement by Oracle of course, about best practices for using Oracle software in the EC2 cloud. It was a great source of info for customers who are interested in cloud-based...

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Mogens' Secret Virtual Office

By justin.kestelyn on September 25, 2008 2:30 PM

It is well known that Mogens Norgaard of Danish consulting outfit Miracle AS maintains a secret virtual office while at Oracle OpenWorld. I went there to investigate today:...

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Oracle Seeds the Cloud

By justin.kestelyn on September 22, 2008 12:57 PM

We're two days into Oracle OpenWorld '08, and this is my first valid opportunity to post a blog about anything (while being half conscious anyway). Fortunately, I have a great subject. Today, Oracle announced that it will certify/support deployments of...

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OTN Developer Day: Hands-on Database App Development (Aug. 25, Redwood Shores, Calif.)

By justin.kestelyn on August 7, 2008 9:08 AM

Silicon Valley/SF Bay Area is teeming with database application developers, whatever you might think based on the current media dominance of Web 2.0. These folks should be happy to hear that on Aug. 25, Oracle will host an OTN Developer...

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We Wish: Jim Gray's Accomplishments, Reconsidered

By justin.kestelyn on June 2, 2008 11:26 AM

The Jim Gray Tribute on the UC Berkeley campus last weekend was instructive to me in several ways. First of all, it made me realize how relatively small the "database science" community really is. Had you vaporized Zellerbach Hall at...

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Better Late Than Never: Database Client/Instant Client for Apple Mac OS X on Intel

By blogsadmin on April 23, 2008 7:11 PM

Was there ever a better time to announce this?The 10.2.0.4 Database Client (+ Instant Client) for Apple Mac OS X on Intel x86 is now available for download on OTN.Now, move along, nothing else to see here....

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The Passion of the Oracle Database Users, Part 2

By justin.kestelyn on March 21, 2008 11:13 AM

I stumbled upon a stupefying post from Sean McCown yesterday, he of the "Database Underground" blog at InfoWorld.com. Sean (a SQL Server user apparently), claims, for example:Oracle is still living in the old days where everything is a good ole...

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The Passion of the Oracle Database Users

By justin.kestelyn on February 29, 2008 6:41 PM

According to my friends at Evans Data Corp., a survey of 1,400 database app developers and IT managers worldwide has found that the "most satisfied" database customers are users of Oracle Database 10g or 11g. SQL Server, MySQL, Informix, Postgres,...

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Install Oracle Database With Your Nose

By justin.kestelyn on January 3, 2008 10:33 AM

Hilarious "Oracle Database Nose-job" video courtesy of Oracle ACE Director Mogens Norgaard, of OakTable fame. (Thanks to Kevin Closson for referring!)...

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Embedded Oracle: The Global Leader?

By justin.kestelyn on December 31, 2007 12:30 PM

As an end-of-year tidbit, let me also include a piece of news that I nearly missed last week:Leading Research Firm Recognizes Oracle as Leader in Worldwide Embedded Database Management System Vendor Share (download report excerpt here)Oracle, the king of the...

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Gifted: OCI8 1.3.0 Extension Beta

By justin.kestelyn on October 9, 2007 12:03 PM

Good news for PHP propeller heads everywhere: a Beta of the OCI8 1.3.0 extension, which supports the Database Resident Connection Pooling feature in Oracle Database 11g, is now available (under the open-source PHP License) in the PECL repository. (You...

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Conference Time Capsule

By justin.kestelyn on October 4, 2007 10:35 AM

Yesterday I got my hands on the Conference Proceedings from Oracle's 1983 Int'l User Group Conference in Boston: The TOC is really a kick; papers include: "Using ORACLE as the Cornerstone of a Corporate MIS" (Mark Filteau, the BDM Corp.)...

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Download Oracle Database 11g; Dive Into New Series

By justin.kestelyn on August 13, 2007 8:49 PM

Oracle Database 11g for Linux is out there now under the OTN Developer License (our motto, with props to Niall Litchfield: "Free to download, free to learn, unlimited evaluation"). As usual, Windows and other releases are to follow. (Some...

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"Oracle Database 11g: Top Features" Sneak Preview

By justin.kestelyn on July 11, 2007 10:48 AM

Now that the "marketing" launch is complete, I want to draw your attention to a sneak preview of Arup Nanda's "Oracle Database 11g: Top New Features for DBAs and Developers" series. It will give you an idea of the...

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Upgrade Oracle APEX in Your Database XE Install

By justin.kestelyn on July 5, 2007 5:20 PM

Much welcomed news from the Oracle Application Express (APEX) team: with the release of Oracle APEX 3.0.1, Oracle Database XE users can upgrade version 2.1 integrated with their install. As a result, they now have access to the hundreds of...

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"This One Goes Up to 11"

By blogsadmin on June 7, 2007 10:39 AM

As you've probably heard, Oracle is announcing Oracle Database 11g on July 11 in New York City, with RTM to occur shortly thereafter.Just a quick post here to let you know that Oracle ACE Arup Nanda of Starwood Hotels, the...

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Oracle Database 10g on Vista

By justin.kestelyn on May 4, 2007 12:21 PM

Hey, Oracle Database 10g SE/EE is now available on Vista, thanks to all the chatter about it on OTN Discussion Forums. (XE is already certified on Vista.) Christian Shay has more info.Now, if we can just get that port for...

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Great Blog for RAC Deployment BPs

By justin.kestelyn on February 22, 2007 10:22 AM

This post is simply a shout-out to blogs.oracle.com blogger Alejandro Vargas, who is posting a treasure trove of information about best practices for RAC deployment. Alejandro is a support analyst in the Oracle Israel support org, so he know whereof...

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