by Greg Johnson – The following is a guide for adding a column to a table that is currently in a synchronous multi-master replicated environment. This guide assumes that the replicated environment has already been created.

This white paper will help you install and configure Oracle9i Database Rel. 2 on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. Also includes tips on various kernel parameters that will eventually help in tuning the database server, as well as various debugging tools and techniques. (PDF)

It’s just around the corner; the largest Oracle event of the year, this November 10-14 in San Francisco. OracleWorld is your chance to hear the latest on Oracle product strategy and enhancements, get the inside scoop from Oracle partners, mingle with your peers, and receive valuable training directl

By Boris Milrud – In this 10-Minute Solution, I will demonstrate how you can send e-mails directly from an Oracle8i database as a real-time messaging solution. Besides no longer needing to wait for stored procedures to complete in order to monitor them, such a feature offers the developer a few othe

Expect to answer 60 multiple choice questions within 120 minutes. To pass the exam, you need to answer at least 42 questions correctly (70%). Specifically, the exam tests you about the following categories of information.

by Bryan Chaffin – Apple got a big boost in the enterprise market as Oracle released a new developer release for Oracle9i, its enterprise level database solution. The new release is designed to work with Mac OS X Server, and Oracle is pushing Xserve as the preferred hardware.

Book by Patrick McGrath, Jim McDaniel – The Tool for Oracle Application Developers (TOAD) is a popular graphical user interface for the Oracle database that allows programmers to build, test, debug, and format their code within an interactive development environment. The only book in print for the c

Faced with diminished demand for its database software, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is tacking in several directions: Borrow from Microsoft’s high-volume model, mix well with IBM’s outsourcing approach, and set sail. Literally.

By Matt Hicks – Oracle Corp. on Tuesday will release a promised pricing and licensing guide that company officials hope will help clear up customer confusion of its policies. The guide, called the Oracle Software Investment Guide, offers about 40 pages of details on licensing and pricing poli

By Greg Johnson – So you’ve just migrated your Oracle8i databases in which all your various sized segments reside (which incidentally were stored in the single “USERS” Tablespace) and now you want to place them in appropriately sized Locally-Managed Tablespaces (LMT’s). Here is a brief guide to help