XML Data – To be stored or not to be stored, and beyond…
It is nagging… I got an email from that you are able to download the handouts from ODTUG until half September (download them now, 1/2 September they will be …
Author: Marco Gralike
In between AMIS consultancy jobs…
This (for this site) is a strange post… I am looking for a consultancy job. Nothing new here, but only a strange way to make this visible to the …
Used port numbers by the Oracle OEM agent
This is definitly a post worthy as one of the members of the BAAG. The work was extensive (setup, config, install, checking) and afterwards the outcome could have been …
DBConsole 11g (part 3) – “Transparent Tablespace Encryption and Alerting”
Triggered a little bit by a post of Christo Kutrovsky from The Pythian Group, this post will be about one of the new features on tablespace level: Transparent Tablespace Encryption Until …
DBConsole 11g (part 2) – Using the SQL Performance Analyzer
Now straight into the more interesting Oracle 11g features. Let's start using the SQL performance Analyzer and doing so make use of Replay. The Performance section of the DBConsole …
DBConsole 11g (part 1) – An introduction of the new version
Thinking about my first post on Oracle 11g (Beta) I realized that I didn't mention another great addition to the Oracle (DBA) toolset. OK, of course, it isn't new …
Oracle 11g: New sql.bsq structure
Probably one of the oldest database scripts around is the sql.bsq file. First comments described in the heading of this file date from 1994 (“anori – 11/17/94 – ADT …
Oracle 11g – First Impressions
The official launch is at hand. In less then 3 weeks Oracle 11g will be presented at the world during a, probably, great launch event in New York. AMIS …
Countdown for release Oracle 11g has started
According to the post of Eddie Awad, Oracle 11g will be released at the 11th of Juli, 2007. So the time we actually can post about it comes near. …
Why I sometimes hate GUI’s…
Hate? Let’s say it is a love / hate thing, but I can’t help myself. I am a script nerd and probably always will be, but even I have …
Annoying pop-up’s (CiD adware) and the security equilibrium
I believe I am careful when I am on the internet. My personal laptop is almost a fortress regarding protecting me from internet scum, so I try to protect …
Remembering the days…
Thanks Doug, for pointing out one of the first Oracle 30th anniversary links: http://www.oracle.com/oramag/profit/07-may/p27anniv_timeline.pdf. I had the privilege to meet Mr. Jacobs in person for two times now. Two …
Brilliant use of XML in the relational database
A great example of how one could use the Oracle XMLDB functionality in a unforeseen way in your relational world, is being demonstrated by Laurent Schneider in his article …
Year 2000 problems…
Last year our firm (AMIS) celebrated its 15th anniversary. This year Oracle celebrates its 30th year of its existence. In that reflective light, I remembered a nice “Easter egg” …
AMIS Query: Anjo Kolk (Miracle Benelux, Oak Table Network) – How the Middle Tier is Slowing Down Your Database
AMIS is proud to announce our next AMIS Query (free technical seminar), targeted at Oracle Database Architects and Database Administrators How the Middle Tier is Slowing Down Your Database …
Best practices suck!
I know, it’s a little bit of an aggressive statement, but if you think about it, it gets to you… Regarding performance and “best practices”. Let’s do this, a …
Great start of Hotsos 2007
I got up at 5 o’clock (CET) in the morning on Saturday and made my way to Schiphol airport, so Gerwin and I could take our plane to Dallas, …
About JR, Sue-Ellen and Hotsos 2007
I will be attending HOTSOS 2007 next week; and to be honest, I am not really into it yet. Despite, I guess and hope the great presentations, keynotes and …
New XML(DB) related whitepapers available from Ken Atkins
During OPP 2007, two presentations by Ken Atkins where given regarding XML(DB) items, featues and best practices. My collegae Alex Nuijten was also attending, and presenting, and hinted me …
APEX installation via the Oracle Protocol Server (listener)
From time to time, people on the OTN XMLDB forum, ask if it is possible to connect via the Oracle Protocol Server (aka the Oracle Listener), for instance in …
OOW2K6 – Keynotes and Presentations
Most of the Keynotes and Presentations of Oracle Open World 2006 can be found here: http://www28.cplan.com/cc139/catalog.jsp As it says in smaller lettertype just below…easy to overlook… To download presentations, …
Oracle Enterprise Linux available [ for free! ]
Oracle Enterprise Linux is now available from the Oracle unbreakable 2 program and ISO’s can be downloaded for free – see Sergio’s blog here: http://www.orablogs.com/sergio/archives/001838.html. I heared from Dimitri …
OOW2K6 – Unbreakable Linux – The next stage
Unbreakable Linux and updates on upcoming 11g release Mr. Larry Ellison's keynote blew everything of the table for today; at least it did for me and let's be honest, …
OOW2K6 – and Mr. Kyte has left the building…
Tuesday - Getting into the spirit I am just joking, so far I haven't seen an Elvis look-a-like in town, but I would be very interested how Thomas Kyte …
OOW2K6 – Newbie impressions…
It's amazing how much Lucas already put to "paper", despite all the mishaps we already encountered. The last two days I lost track on Lucas because he has completely …
Oracle Open World 2006 – Almost there…
It's almost Friday, a day before our flight. Lucas and I will be off to San Francisco on Saturday morning. Lucas will give some lectures on OOW 2006; I …
With double quotes (almost) everything goes…
After you have read the blog posts the websites of Sergio Leunissen, Eddie Awad or the "Ask Mr. Ed" website, you may wonder, if that was all you could …
Rule based in Oracle 10g
October 12, 2006
AMIS, Announce / Events, Database, DBA Oracle, IT, Oracle, Software Development
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Apparently it is still out there, the RBO in 10g. I saw the following post of Eric Jenkinson in a OTN forum...
SUSE support for next release of Oracle
It looks like that the upcoming Oracle 11 release will be certified on SUSE Linux Enterprise 10. As a Novell / SUSE communique (Novell news - 3 oct) says …
Solving VMware network problems on Linux VMware guests
When you use VMware Server software to move or clone VMware Linux guest machines, you are asked by the VMware software if it should update the configuration file. When …
Oracle 10.2 EE on SUSE 10 ES
I signed up a while ago for the SUSE Cool Solutions mailling list and I saw a very good step-by-step from Michel Bluteau regarding "Installing Oracle 10g R2 Database …
And off you go AMIS started 11gR1 Beta 1 testing
AMIS has been proven worthy to test the upcoming release of the 11gR1 database. After entering a lot of data in questionnaires and filling in project plans, AMIS got …
No WinFS! – ZFS rules? – others…
Today I read a remarkable statement in the Dutch Automatiserings Gids - they claim that Windows WinFS will not only not be embedded in Windows Vista but also will …
Mastering XML DB – Unexpected side effect of updateXML
When trying to create anonymous data, I encountered an unexpected side effect of the updateXML statement while updating XML documents in an Oracle 10gR2 (10.2.0.1.0) EE database. I got …
Ohhh, thy mighty Oracle…
Ohhh, thy mighty Oracle. I had completly forgotten about him and then we where re-united. We met years and years and years ago…and I coud always ask him …
The Belgians beat us again…
A great example based on APEX was posted by Dimitri Gielis. See http://wc2006.shellprompt.net for the FIFA world Cup 2006 apex example. Chapeau Dimitri!
Friday afternoon – updating Oracle XE
I had nothing really to do this afternoon, so i updated Oracle XE (10.2.0.1 Beta) with the Oracle (standard database) patch 10.2.0.2, that is...only the data dictionary part. Just …
Back to the future (Oracle 4.1 VM appliance)
We had some nice KC-DBA (expertise meetings) meetings in 2005. One of them was about virtual machines (VMware basically). To show how you could use virtual machine technology to …
Oracle buys Sleepycat
It becomes stranger and stranger. After bying the open source company InnoBase, Timesten, and others, Oracle now also bought SleepyCat. Oracle also released its own freeware in the form …
Small introduction to SQL*Net debugging [client side]
Say it's that day again. You try to connect to a (new) database and once again you are facing SQL*Net problems. Blast!. What can you do? Once in a …