(Michael Gertz) The goal in this chapter is to understand the basic concepts of object-relational database systems, the object-relational data model and its realization in database systems, such as Oracle 10g, learn basic architectural options and concepts behind ORDBMS. (pdf)

(Lee Kroon) In recent weeks, Oracle Corporation and SAP have made strategic announcements about how they will enhance their core business applications over the next several years. The announcements increase the rivalry between the two enterprise application vendors and present their customers with n

(Dave Fisher) The integrity of Oracle E-Business Suite applications directly impacts the success of an enterprise. This white paper focuses on process management for patching using Quest’s Stat ACM for Oracle E-Business Suite. To learn more, download the paper. (R, pdf)

SAP AG, Europe’s biggest software maker, will again dominate the business software applications market this year while rival Oracle Corp. will see its market share slip, an industry report predicted.

(Lewis R Cunningham) I could have called this OO In Oracle: A Techie’s View. But the Sorcerer of OO is a much cooler title. 😉 You have to pronounce OO as ooh! as in Ooh and Aah!

(James Koopmann) In the last article, I wrote on case insensitivity I made the point that the only way to extend an application to be completely case insensitive was to get away from the LIKE comparison and begin to use regular expression matching using the REGEXP_LIKE function. I thought it wou

(Sanjay Mishra) When the primary mode of transport was horse-drawn carts, one horse was enough to draw the cart and a small load of cargo. When you needed to transport a bigger load, you used carts that could be pulled by two or more horses.

(Peter Zadrozny) Over the years, I’ve witnessed the Java “evolution” firsthand—from its origins as the Oak language for TV set-top boxes; into Java, an interesting programming language initially intended for the client side (within the browser); and ultimately into Java 2 Enterprise Edition, an ente

(Matjaz B. Juric) Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is ideal for definition and execution of business processes that can be relatively simple or very complex. In the first installment of this series, you learned how to develop a relatively simple business process. This article presents more

(Jack Loftus) Oracle started at the head of the class at California Polytechnic University, and over the past eight years has remained there under the guidance and support of the University’s CIO, Jerry Hanley. (R)