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Connor McDonald on SQL and the Oracle Database
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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 got lots of feedback, so I’m back to flog that horse . Seriously though, I stand behind my assertion in that post, that the…
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 the wheels started falling off for my knees, back and plenty of other body parts once I turned 30. But that is perhaps a…
Juicing up UTL_FILE
Think about your rubbish bin for a second. Because, clearly this is going to be an oh so obvious metaphor leading into UTL_FILE right? OK, maybe a little explanation is needed. I have a basket next to my desk into which I throw any…
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 code. This looks to be a logical thing to do. Why scan the table T twice to perform an update, when the same job…
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 community just itching to lose their proverbial about how they lost years of their lives waiting on the support response or similar complaint, and…
