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November 22, 2021 Uncategorized

Testing versus the Database

A phrase I’ve often used when discussing database design is “insurance policy”, namely, when I talk about adding CHECK constraints,

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June 7, 2021 Uncategorized

Oracle Magazine – an archive of sorts

If you have worked with Oracle technology you will be familiar with Oracle Magazine. For many of us, it was

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December 2, 2020 Uncategorized

The AskTOM multimedia experience!

Most people know AskTOM as the go-to resource for getting answers to the most common and sometimes the most tricky

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April 10, 2019 Uncategorized

Application Express 19.1

AskTOM moved to Application Express 19.1 without any major issues last weekend. That in itself is a nice endorsement for

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February 15, 2019 Uncategorized

Use the features available!

Advance warning: This post is a just another normal Friday morning rant. If you’re not interested in my pontificating, move

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September 14, 2018 Uncategorized

Connor and Chris at OpenWorld

Chris and I will be at OpenWorld next month, so our session details are below, but you can also click

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June 8, 2018 Uncategorized

The AskTOM data model

I popped out a tweet yesterday in Throwback Thursday style showing the date of the first question we took AskTOM

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April 1, 2018 Uncategorized

New day….new month….New AskTOM

It’s a big day here at AskTOM HQ !

February 16, 2018 Uncategorized

AskTOM Office Hours for DBA’s

We had the first AskTOM Office Hours Q&A for Database Administrators yesterday.  Thanks to everyone that showed up, and thanks

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January 23, 2018 Uncategorized

Subtle changes in XML, 11g vs 12c

An AskTOM reader brought this to our attention.  It is unlikely to cause you any issues, but perhaps is good

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