Data Conversion

This is the last week to participate in a database usage survey. The survey will be closed on Aug 24. I'll download the responses, clean the data and then upload the raw results. Over the next couple of weeks, I will publish some personal analysis and thoughts of the data. If you haven't already done

Been messing a bit with all three and you can connect to me on either but.... I find the LinkedIn interface to be cludgy - bit cumbersome to find things, far less visibility. I find Myspace to be effective for posting my songs - but I

LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology I think I have once again run into one of the most misunderstood issues facing Oracle shops. We run RAC in an SE environment and were thinking about setting up a new development (with RAC) configuration. Do we need to purchase a license to develop and test

  What is cloning? Cloning describes a series of processes that creates identical, working versions of databases and applications within an enterprise. These cloned environments are then typically used in order to test and implement Oracle upgrades, to reproduce and test user issues, or to build development, test, and QA environments. Some companies clone environments as a

DBAs, Analysts, Developers, and even Business types can benefit from a database explorer tool that quickly and gets them to information. Talend Open Profiler, an Open Source application, enables users to quickly and easily find data analysts, DBAs, and business users the ability to research data structures and data quality

LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology Well, we're here at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008 in New Orleans. Sunday was a mini-day for me as it involved recovering from 2 days in a car with with an infant, a 5 year old and a tired wife. ;-) It also involved fresh boiled crawfish, etouffee, gumbo and jambalaya. I did make it to a session

The free version may be used indefinitely only by people who take at most two commercial flights (not more than one return flight) in any 12 month period. People who fly more than this need to purchase the Pro version if they wish to continue use it after a 30-day trial period!!!

Recently, for the last couple of months I have unfortunately found myself doing a ton of driving while visiting clients around town and trying to maintain a remote DBA position and keep in contact with my internet buddies. I was spending a good 4 hours a day on the road hopping from one meeting to another, trying to drum up real business, and servicing others in between. I had a few places I new of

I received the following in a newsletter from Confio Software today. So if you really want to try and win this iPod you probably have to act today (3/11/2008). And if you want to totally be on the up-and-up, you should probably sign up for their newsletter before submitting your answer. Here is the super-duper-difficult question they asked: DBA Guru Contest Test your technical skills with

Just wanted to let everyone on this blog know that Babboo has announced they are releasing their award winning technology as 'Open Source'. I personally have seen Babboo's product work. It is a pretty cool product. You owe it to yourself to look at it and at least bookmark their website. From Babboo: NEWS February 20, 2008 — Babboo Software, infrastructure management specialist, announced that