A guided path to database expertise
At college/university, the learning path for a computing-related course often includes several coding languages, and occasionally some treatment of database
Tag: developer
Say NO to default DATE formats
Today’s quick but important message is…don’t be lazy! Look….I get it If given the choice of typing: ’01-JUL-20′ or typing
GROUP BY might be distinctly better than DISTINCT
One of the cool things with materialised* views in Oracle is their ability to be kept in sync with the
SQLPlus goodies with linesize
Anyone that has used SQL Plus since its inception will be familiar with this frustration: There is my window, with
Cloning a schema with one line
In the world of DevOps, continuous integration and repeatable test cases, the demand for being able to quickly build a
The death of UTL_FILE – part 2
I wrote a post a while back call “The Death of UTL_FILE”, and probably because of it’s click-bait title I
It’s all downhill past 30
Yes, it sounds like a lamentation of the aging process, and from my own experience, it is definitely true that
Juicing up UTL_FILE
Think about your rubbish bin for a second. Because, clearly this is going to be an oh so obvious metaphor
The simplest things….can be risky
Java and Oracle expert Lukas Eder tweeted yesterday about a potential optimization that could be done when reviewing database SQL
Oracle Developer Community Appreciation Day
OK, time for some controversy My ODC appreciation post is about support.oracle.com Now I’m sure there will people in the
