Live, Rapid Dev Guided by Kscope12 Attendees

All Things Oracle on 17 May 2012 with 0 comments

Attendees to this year’s ODTUG Kscope conference will have the opportunity to get involved in a live software development experience on the Red Gate exhibition stand (stand no. 424 – 425). Attendees will provide input to go from zero to first prototype in 3 days through a series of rapid development sessions live on the stand. Monday’s feedback is Tuesday’s… Continue Reading →

Oracle Server Room Door Puzzle

All Things Oracle on 27 April 2012 with 8 comments

Here at Red Gate we have installed an extra security measure to help prevent unauthorised access to our Oracle server room. Our server room has no windows, the air vents on the wall are for the air conditioning units and the room (or any light in the room) cannot be seen through them, and the door is solid steel. A… Continue Reading →

Free eBook: Expert Oracle Database Architecture

All Things Oracle on 23 April 2012 with 0 comments

Download your FREE eBook Expert Oracle Database Architecture (Apress Media) provides a one-stop resource containing deep wisdom on the design, development and administration of Oracle applications, written by one of the world’s foremost Oracle experts, Thomas Kyte. This fully revised second edition covers the developments up to Oracle Database 11g. Each feature is taught in a proof-by-example manner, not only… Continue Reading →

Leaping Frog Puzzle

All Things Oracle on 21 March 2012 with 9 comments

There’s a nice pond near to Red Gate HQ, and now that it’s spring, the place is full of life. The frogs in the pond are the most active, and constantly annoy the old Toad with their agility. The frogs’ latest trick is to form a line of 8, and then leap over each other to end up in 4… Continue Reading →

Trouble in the Server Room Puzzle

All Things Oracle on 03 February 2012 with 3 comments

My apple core puzzle in December seemed to go down well with our mathematical-minded audience so I’m planning on putting up a monthly puzzle. This month’s puzzle will challenge your problem solving skills… Trouble in the server room Here at Red Gate central we have a pretty simply layout for our server room. The 9 servers are laid out on… Continue Reading →

The “Apple Core” Puzzle

All Things Oracle on 21 December 2011 with 5 comments

For the final post of 2011 we wanted to leave you with a puzzle to solve as you take some time off to relax: The “apple core” puzzle Consider an apple of radius r. From the apple we remove the ‘core’ of height 2h. What volume of apple remains? Please add your answers (and include your workings) as comments below…. Continue Reading →

Oracle Essentials, 4th Edition – Oracle Database 11g

All Things Oracle on 19 December 2011 with 0 comments

Download FREE eBook Oracle Essentials, 4th Edition by Rick Greenwald, Robert Stackowiak & Jonathan Stern (O’Reilly) is a must have reference for anyone doing development or management of Oracle databases. Oracle is an enormous system, with myriad technologies, options, and releases. Most users-even experienced developers and database administrators-find it difficult to get a handle on the full scope of the… Continue Reading →

Win a Trip to Space

All Things Oracle on 12 October 2011 with 0 comments

Red Gate Software has teamed up with Space Adventures to offer one lucky DBA a ticket into space: Visit www.dbainspace.com to find out more.

Improving Performance with Pipelined Table Functions

All Things Oracle on 06 October 2011 with 1 comments

In January 2009, Adrian Billington wrote a section on performance tuning with pipelined functions for Steven Feuerstein’s Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Fifth Edition (you can download the eBook version for free for a limited period from Red Gate Software). Adrian’s contribution appears in Chapter 21 of the book, but he’s re-printed it on oracle-developer.net, courtesy of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Note that… Continue Reading →

Webinars for Oracle Developers and DBAs

All Things Oracle on 29 September 2011 with 0 comments

Red Gate Software is working with a number of Oracle experts to develop a comprehensive webinar program to help support Oracle developers and DBAs. Five sessions have been confirmed, with topics ranging from performance tuning, database security, data encryption and APEX, giving you one session per month up until February 2012. But sessions won’t be limited to one per month;… Continue Reading →