(Harry Fuecks) If you’re new to PHP or Oracle, working out how to handle dates efficiently can be tricky. You may have strategies, which you’ve applied successfully on other platforms, but will they fit to the combination of Oracle and PHP?

The Oramts.dll file is used when you try to use Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) in a distributed environment. The .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle (System.Data.OracleClient) calls the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are publicly exposed by the Oramts.dll file. The Oramts.dll

(Brian Peasland) I took the export of one schema and I want to import it into another schema. The user is created on a different tablespace, but when I import the dumpfile it is going to the old tablespace (the tablespace on which my exported schema resides) only. Because of this I need to increase

(Martin LaMonica) Siebel Systems executives recently detailed the company’s future product plans and pitched the benefits of the proposed merger with Oracle.

(Jagadish Chaterjee) This article (part four of this series) mainly concentrates on manipulating data in an Oracle database with ODP.NET using ASP.NET in several possible ways.

(Simon Sheppard) One of the key functions of a database is to ensure that multiple users can read and write to the database without overwriting each other’s changes inadvertently or reading inconsistent data due to in-progress changes. Designing application code to take account of concurrency issues

(Sid Adelman, Les Barbusinski, Chuck Kelley, Evan Levy and Larissa Moss) What activities and skill sets distinguish and differentiate a data warehouse DBA from a traditional Oracle production DBA? Is it common for DBAs to manage the ETL apps? What approach should I take to convince them to relinquis

Oracle’s sweeping Project Fusion vision dominated the company’s message at its Open World user conference recently, but skepticism abounds about the ambitious plan. Fusion is a new, Java-based applications line merging the best features from Oracle’s numerous acquired applications.

This Guide discusses best practices for using Mercury products and services when developing, deploying, and maintaining Oracle 11i E-Business Applications. It is intended for organizations that want to ensure their Oracle 11i deployment meets the performance, functional, and reliability demands of u

(Steve Callan) As mentioned in Parts 1 and 2, there are several relatively easy steps you can take to improve performance. One of those steps involves using an automated tool to “guide” you in writing SQL statements. There are several vendors who manufacture analysis or performance tuning tools,