Oracle recently announced a record-breaking Oracle9i Database Release 2 TPC-C benchmark result for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), running on the HP Superdome Server. This new result significantly outperforms the competition.

By Rick Whiting – Although optimistic that business will improve through the rest of the fiscal year, Oracle execs were cautious in setting expectations.

by Ahbaid Gaffoor – Using the procedure below, you can examine the database to provide a listing of objects dependent on the supplied object. This is recursive, so you get a tree of dependencies as your output. Here is the procedure. Note that you should create it as SYS with a publicly executable s

In this week’s commentary: For technology vendors market leadership means marketshare, so it’s no surprise to see Oracle claim standards leadership in Web services orchestration.

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday disclosed performance-test figures based on widely used “TPC” metrics that could add support to the view of Linux as an enterprise-ready OS.

By Ellen O’Brien and Tim DiChiara – Seen as cocky, controversial and too costly by some, Oracle has its share of critics. The results of an exclusive SearchDatabase.com survey showed that the software giant still struggles against the perception that it is too pricey but that customers are largely s

Book by Jason Price – SQLJ lets you access an Oracle database from a Java program, and is much easier to use than the alternative, JDBC. Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ moves from the basics of getting connected and issuing SQL statements all the way to advanced topics such as streams and multi-th

by Hari Babu – desc Procedure Name describes the procedure i.e., gives different I/O parameters and their types.

By William C. R. Crawford – These simple guidelines can help you boost the performance of your Java applications. This article won’t discuss the specifics of JDBC or servlets in detail. If you’ve already learned the APIs themselves, the information here will help you apply them effectively. I

So you find yourself in a synchronous multi-master replicated environment under Oracle 8i and need to add a column to a table. Greg Johnson’s step-by-step guide makes the process as painless as possible.