(Scott Stephens) Soundex is a phonetic normalization function that gets around the problem of sorting information by last names with different spellings but similar or identical sounds. Find out how alternate algorithms, such as Metaphone, have overcome some of Soundex’s weaknesses.

(Scarlet Pruitt) Although no longer in the U.S. Navy, Mary Ann Davidson has placed herself on the front lines of an escalating war. It’s not a battle between nations, or over land or principle, but instead a fight for information – perhaps yours.

(Steve Callan) In part one of this series, the installation and basic configuration of Oracle9i’s HTTP Server was covered. This part of the series looks at how the HTTP server has changed with respect to how you get it and how you use it. Part of the process is very easy, and other parts are som

(Renee Boucher Ferguson) Oracle laid out its product-information management strategy with the introduction of its Oracle PIM Data Hub, software that enables users to cull, clean and synchronize product data from various applications, including non-Oracle-based ones.

(Kate Gibson) Although Oracle has completed its integration of PeopleSoft, rivals continue to poach software partners and customers of the database giant’s former prey, according to industry observers and competitors.

(Ilya Petrenko) This code shows a simple alternative for counting strings (see tip from 2/21/2005). Also, the previous tip will work for letters ONLY. Here’s code that will work with non-letters (for example, numbers).

(Vance McCarthy) Oracle is looking beyond Java options for enterprise developers, taking steps to let Oracle 10g architects and developers employ light-weight PHP scripting for database projects.

(Clint Boulton) IBM’s information management team wants to bring the hammer down on Oracle’s database group.

(Brian Peasland) Can one do a cold backup using RMAN? (R)

(Steven Swafford) This article will present the concept of utilizing the UTL_FILE package supplied in Oracle 9i or better. To comprehend this approach, you should be familiar with PL/SQL, SQL, and XML. While this article is simple and straightforward, my goal is to present an alternative that you ma