By Steve Vandivier & Kelly Cox – The following excerpt is from Chapter 8 of this publication. Developing Enterprise ReportsEvery organization needs reports in some form. The traditional business report is typically a static paper document that captures data at a point in time. We neve

By Richard Stucke – With ROWNUM, you can simulate a thru_date, which can then be used for ranking reports or point-in-time queries. For example, here is the table data I have to work with: (R)

By John Taschek – Oracle is banking that release 2 of its 9i application server will erode the market share of its competitors. Oracle previously touted support of standards and performance as 9iAS’ main advantage over competitive offerings from BEA and IBM. Now, Oracle is focusing on caching

By Steve Lipson – Oracle’s support of Java is as old as the language itself. Now, Oracle9iAS offers a completely reworked J2ee environment.

By Ed Parry – Oracle says it all the time. Now an independent study is saying it: DBAs who use Oracle’s 9i database spend less time bogged down in busy work than their peers who use IBM’s DB2.

Oracle and Netledger are showing how dynamic software as a service can be by releasing an upgrade to Oracle Small Business Suite (SMB) 7.0 just six weeks after it was launched.

The new Oracle Certification Program for Oracle9i offers three distinct certification tiers. Each tier constitutes reaching a certain benchmark of experience and expertise. As you gain more skill and ability through the combined efforts of on-the-job experience and Oracle hands-on training you can g

By Siobhan Kennedy – Shares of Oracle jumped more than 6 percent last Wednesday, a day after the world’s No. 2 software maker made upbeat comments about the business environment and rival German giant SAP AG raised its outlook for the quarter

By Hervé Deschamps – Tech Apps 11i, Java, RDBMS

At Oracle AppsWorld Europe, CFOs, finance executives and corporate accountants can learn how Oracle applications for Financials and Strategic Enterprise Management can enable the financial department to provide and analyze financial information at e-business speed on a global scale.