Oracle Business Rules

Asserting an entire XML document (10.1.3)

By Phil Varner on December 17, 2008 2:44 PM

When one calls the normal "assert" function on an object, only that fact is asserted. OBR also allows you to assert an object graph consisting of JAXB objects representing an XML document with the "assertXPath" function. This will assert the...

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File-based rules repository in a BPEL Decision Service (10.1.3)

By Phil Varner on December 15, 2008 1:58 PM

In 10.1.3, the two types of rule repositories are file-based and WebDAV. WebDAV is recommended for production deployment, but some people may still want to use a file-based repository. Support for product lifecycle is not as strong when using a...

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Making rules repository access faster (10.1.3)

By Phil Varner on December 9, 2008 6:11 PM

This post describes a performance enhancement available in the 10.1.3.3 and 10.1.3.4 releases which can significantly speed up the repository access, particularly in dictionaries with large numbers of rulesets. By default in 10.1.3, the rules repository stores each ruleset in...

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Rules from BPEL: Decision Service Usage Patterns Explained (10.1.3)

By Phil Varner on December 3, 2008 12:20 PM

Introduction The integrated way to use Oracle Business Rules (OBR) from a BPEL process is via the Decision Service component through a Decide activity. Chapter 18 BPEL Process Integration with Business Rules of the Oracle BPEL Process Manager Developer's Guide...

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Rule Author and Firefox 3

By Phil Varner on November 12, 2008 10:35 AM

Rule Author does not work with Firefox 3. Rule Author uses the Oracle UIX framework, which provides AJAX-style functionality. UIX was developed before Firefox 3 was released, and unfortunately there are incompatibilities. One issue is when running Firefox and the...

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Tips and workarounds for Rule Author version 10.1.3.x

By christopher.cowell-shah on November 6, 2008 1:56 PM

Phil Varner & Chris Cowell-Shah Oracle Business Rules was first released as part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.1.3.x stack. Since it was released, we’ve gained valuable knowledge about its use, and in particular about the use of the Rule...

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