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Connor McDonald on SQL and the Oracle Database
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UKOUG is coming
Yes it is just a few more weeks until the UKOUG conference swings by. This has been one of my favourite conferences for years – dating back to my first one in 2002 !!. You can see from the picture at the tail of…
Why being wrong can be awesome
OK, Now that I’ve started the post with a nice click-bait heading, let’s get down to the business of being wrong. I did a lot of conference presentations last year, and the great thing about that for me was that I got to meet…
AskTOM TV–episode 11
Just a quick note to give the supporting collateral to the latest episode of AskTOM TV. The question I tackled is this one: https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/asktom.search?tag=want-to-retrive-numbers-in-words which was a fun one to answer because it showcases several useful SQL techniques: Using CONNECT to synthesize rows, Using…
The AskTOM team at OpenWorld 2017
The AskTOM team will be out and about at OpenWorld in October, so if you are at the conference as a full attendee, or just with a Discovery pass, please come up and say Hi! As well as our session talks, we’ll be doing…
AskTOM–more experts to help you!
I’m thrilled to announce the “formal” addition of globalization and characterset guru Sergiusz Wolicki to the AskTOM team. I say “formal” addition because the team was already getting guidance from Sergiusz whenever we had tough question on charactersets, but just like his enthusiasm to…
AskTom TV
Sometimes at conferences I get asked – “How do you know all of the answers for the AskTom questions?” I’d love to say “Because we’re super smart” but the reality is, we’re just like anyone else with a passion for database technology. We like…
AskTom takes another step forward
For over 16 years, AskTom has been one of the most valuable resources available to developers and database administrators working with the Oracle Database. With over 20,000 questions tackled and answered, along with over 120,000 follow up’s to additional queries, it remains an outstanding…
