By Ben Tudor – Oracle has increased its number of partners by more than 20 per cent and has almost doubled its sales through the channel. The firm has also boosted its channel programme by adding incentives for its partners.

by Joe Lax – Oracle’s SQL*Plus is no SQL Server Query Analyzer, but with a little practice you’ll get the hang of it.

In his first article, Ajay Gurshahani details the use of External Routines in Oracle 8i/9i, which are helpful in eliminating the need for using CGIs and also make it possible to create dynamic libraries and call them from PL/SQL.

This tip comes from Rajesh Puneyani, Oracle DBA in Parsippany, NJ.

When Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivered his OracleWorld keynote this month via satellite while sailing off New Zealand, it suggested a desire on his part to be the center of customers’ attention without going out of his way to be in touch with them. We hope some of the other developments we noted du

By MICHAEL DINH – The script will enable DBAs to backup the database controlfile in binary and ASCII format. When a DBA issues the command “alter database backup controlfile to trace;”, the result is a trace file written to the location defined by USER_DUMP_DEST, similar to mdl1_ora_25524.trc (which

By Shailesh Yagnik – Output in XML format is very useful for data tranformation in internet-based applications. In general, if you have XML formatted data then it is easier to convert it to any other format. Using a new package in Oracle 9i allows you to create a XML document from a SQL query. The f

Dante Lorenso presents several functions designed to help run Oracle queries without the drudgery of repetition. Take these functions, roll them into a PHP class, and voila! … easy PHP/OCI8!

by Matthieu Devin – High availability requires the right kind of infrastructure—but performance can suffer if you don’t leverage that infrastructure with savvy J2EE application-design strategies.

By Dan Orzech – After extending support for version 10.7 of its applications four times, Oracle is eager to get customers onto version 11i.<Br><br>Call it the version that wouldn’t die. Version 10.7 of Oracle’s application suite, which the Redwood Shores, Calif. software maker first introduced in 19