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May 17, 2021 Uncategorized

Blazingly fast documentation search with APEX

The Oracle documentation set is my bread and butter for day to day work. With AskTom questions, StackOverflow question, Einstein

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March 19, 2021 Uncategorized

"TWP" – technical white paper

Over the years, as I used to read various Oracle white papers I observed two things. 1) They were often

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ace revealed by magician
September 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Docs hack to save you time!

The tech world is a big and varied place, so whilst there are some database customers running on 19c and

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July 18, 2018 Uncategorized

Searching in Oracle Database documentation

Just a quick heads up with something I see from time to time in Chrome (but not in Firefox or

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August 5, 2015 Uncategorized

Navigating the world of Oracle database documentation

If you head on over to http://docs.oracle.com/en/database/ you’ll be both amazed and dismayed by the volume of documentation you can

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June 30, 2013 Uncategorized

Expunging the Expand all

I’m sure many people love the collapsed form of the Oracle documentation, with the associated “Expand All” function… Me….I hate

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May 1, 2013 Uncategorized

Long overdue…

The OTN forums, which should be a plethora of knowledge and learning, were always hampered by the hideous interface. But,

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