(Darryl K. Taft) Oracle Corp. and Zend Technologies Inc. Monday announced the beta release of the Zend Core for Oracle technology for integrating the Oracle database with Zend’s PHP development environment.
Tag: Oracle
Oracle, IBM Battle Beyond the Database
No longer satisfied with its role as the corporate database leader, Oracle has been building out its middleware portfolio through R&D and acquisitions and is increasingly going head-to-head with IBM.
Search Stored Objects
(Ilya Petrenko) This script finds objects in a schema based on a text string/name.
Oracle Exception Handling
Before executing an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement, Oracle marks an implicit savepoint (unavailable to you). If the statement fails, Oracle rolls back to the savepoint. Normally, just the failed SQL statement is rolled back, not the whole transaction. However, if the statement raises an unhandl
Oracle10g Release2 feature – Transparent Data Encryption
(Amarjyoti Dewri) Oracle10g Release2 has introduced a new feature called Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). TDE is beneficial for simple and easy encryption of sensitive data in table columns. Simple and easy because users or applications need not manage the encryption and decryption of data any mor
Oracle Database 10g Just Got Better
(Kelli Wiseth) Two years ago, when Oracle introduced Oracle Database 10g, the first database for grid computing, the concept of enterprise grid computing was in its infancy. Today enterprise grid computing is maturing, evidenced by developments such as the 60-member (and counting) Enterprise Grid Al
Data Densification, Demystified: Oracle 10g SQL Enhancements, Part 2
(Jim Czuprynski) The previous article in this series reviewed several new SQL features in Oracle 10g, including improved query and access methods for nested tables, upgrades to the MERGE command, and hierarchical query enhancements. Impressive as these new capabilities are, Oracle 10g’s new data mod
Create an Excel Report from Several Oracle Databases Using Apache Jakarta POI
(Casimir Saternos) Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are ubiquitous in today’s business environment. Although Excel can read and display delimited files, the .xls proprietary format provides additional expressive features, including font formatting and multiple sheets per spreadsheet.
Building Faster Java
(Harshad Oak) What if your Java IDE did more than just help you write code? What if it also gave you meaningful advice about how to actually improve it? What if you had a single, integrated environment that not only helped you optimize your Java applications, but also offered powerful built-in profi
Introduction to Basic SQL, Part 1
(Lewis R Cunningham) SQL, pronounced SEQUEL, is the standard language to access relational databases. SQL is an abbreviation for Structured Query Language. Don’t let the fact that it’s a language scare you. Using its basic functionality is very simple.