Data Conversion - evaluate vendors

OSDM: Rerverse Engineer A Schema

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:35:11 +0000

LewisC's An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology Hands on with Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler (OSDM). I'm waiting for my Erwin license at work (patiently, I assure you) and decided I needed to get some modeling done. Lo and behold, OSDM is now ava...

Database Survey Closes Aug 24

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:21:27 +0000

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

Myspace versus Facebook versus LinkedIn - and the winner is....

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:44:27 +0000

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

Does Oracle Require a License For a Development Database?

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:12:00 +0000

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

Case Study: Time Requirements for Cloning Oracle Environments - Your DBA staff shouldn't be part of the equation

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:43:44 +0000

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

Open Source Database Explorer

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:28:40 +0000

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

Application Express, ADF and SQL Developer: Kaleidoscope 2008

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:34:33 +0000

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

Gosh! The Wierdest Software Licence Ever

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:02:59 +0000

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!!!

Free Wireless for Life?

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:03:49 +0000

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

Win an iPod -- DBA contest

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:46:52 +0000

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

Database cloning company provides software as Open Source

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:52:03 +0000

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 â Babboo Software, infrastructure management specialist, announced that

The State of the Database - Introduction

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:44:06 +0000

LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology The state of databases has been changing drastically over the last couple of years. Desktop databases support functionality that was restricted to large enterprises only a decade ago. The largest proprietary databases are giving away free express editions (that compete with the desktop databases).

Oracle SQL Developer 1.5 Preview Available

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:13:05 +0000

LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology I just came from OTN where I noticed that Oracle SQL Developer 1.5 Early Adopter release 1

Open Season on Analysts

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:41:13 +0000

I've noticed a significant uptick in Gartner criticism over the past 6 months. From little offhanded remarks at conferences (like mine when looking at a couple of their quadrants related to integration), to Colin's statements about their relevance, to this, the strongest reference I've seen in

A look at the new Oracle Database 11g - what does this mean for your enterprise?

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:30:45 +0000

I just got an email from Ziff Davis eSeminars. The subject was: A look at the new Oracle Database 11g - what does this mean for your enterprise? It's actually about an HP NAS product more than anything I think but it still might be interesting. Here's the text: August 28, 2007 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific Duration: