tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126818062012-01-24T12:02:39.258ZThis Blog is aimed at Oracle Professionals who are new to the community and looking for advice and guidance. It will hopefully show you where and how to get help but will not tell you how to do your job - that bit is up to you.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.comBlogger941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-72437574862002533812011-03-31T09:05:00.001Z2011-03-31T09:08:03.736Z

...at least here, on this blog as I’ve moved over to blog.lisadobson.com now.I’ve copied all the posts from here across to the new blog, but I will also be leaving them here for a while, for anyone coming here through searches for old stuff.For all the new stuff, pop over to my new blog...See you on the other side!

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-71737751034706227212011-03-21T12:04:00.003Z2011-03-21T17:55:42.413Z

First of all, a big Thank you to everyone who voted to keep me on the Board of Directors. I’m very grateful for all of the support and very pleased to be able to continue as a Director.We had our first Board meeting on Thursday and were able to welcome two new Directors to the Board, Jeremy Duggan and Robert Stanton.This board meeting was a very different experience for me as, due to a rather

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-65484402522010936372011-02-22T20:38:00.003Z2011-02-22T21:08:48.825Z

There's only a few days left for voting in this year's Director Elections, with the process closing on February 28th.More information on the election process, including information on the role of Directors, and this years candidates can be found here.Each UKOUG membership is entitled to one vote, with ballot papers being sent to the main contact for that membership, but if they have a colleague

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-7649143690403485462011-02-09T08:25:00.002Z2011-02-09T08:37:27.147Z

When I started this blog over 5 years ago, I never imagined that it would take me on a journey from an Oracle Newbie, to a Director of UKOUG and onto an Oracle ACE (even if I did go via some strange evenings in some strange pubs in Birmingham and a rather dodgy Panto!)All I can say is that it has been a heck of a ride!I’ve enjoyed every minute of it and for me, the best part of it has been the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-32421407792990036672010-12-03T17:26:00.002Z2010-12-03T17:35:00.270Z

This is the Conference Review Part 2, but I wanted to do a separate post for the IPA’s.On Tuesday night at the conference, we had the first ever UKOUG Inspiring Presentation Awards.The awards and the evening’s social event were very kindly sponsored by OTN, so a big thank you to Vikki Lira from the Oracle ACE Program for helping out and making it all happen.The first four categories are for

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-63115252487101378022010-12-03T16:09:00.002Z2010-12-03T16:29:01.028Z

Well I finally made it back home from the UKOUG Conference in Birmingham, only a day and a half later than planned.The problem was not Birmingham, no snow issues there although it was very cold, but Newcastle airport was closed for a couple of days and trains were struggling to get through all the snow ‘Oop North’.The Conference itself was a fantastic event and, from a personal perspective, it

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-83885493702940481412010-11-25T21:42:00.002Z2010-11-25T21:52:43.660Z

Before you think this is something completely random (which it probably is) yes, I am indeed talking about this year’s UKOUG TEBS Conference.The Inspiring Presentation Awards (IPA’s) will be handed out for the first time at this year’s UKOUG Technology and E-Business Suite Conference.The event will be taking place in the Exhibition Hall on Tuesday evening from 18:30 with the awards and the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-4582998488402420122010-10-05T18:02:00.007Z2010-10-15T13:08:39.165Z

The UKOUG Technology and E-Business Suite Conference 2010 is getting closer and the agenda is now live.I was lucky enough to get a paper accepted so I will be presenting on the Monday afternoon.My work situation last year meant that I was unable to commit to submitting a paper, although I was still able to attend in the end as a delegate, so I'm really looking forward to getting back to

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-83679904492607624832010-08-24T08:41:00.004Z2010-08-24T09:00:26.459Z

I received another email from Stephen Jannise of ERP Software Advice this morning to let me know that he had published the results from the Oracle Mergers and Acquisitions Survey that I had previously blogged about.There were a total of 1,250 responses to the survey and the results are interesting.The two front runners fall into the category of "fairly straightforward ideas" with 38% of the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-63810227509329358092010-08-04T12:50:00.002Z2010-08-04T12:56:45.800Z

This thread on the OTN forums caught my eye today.Whilst I love the forums and think they are a great place to go for help and advice, there are times when they are not the best medium for support and this was one of them.Forum questions are answered by volunteers, people who have day jobs to do themselves, that are happy to share their experience and help out others with queries. That’s why you

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-81524448703158686582010-08-03T19:26:00.004Z2011-11-04T22:49:48.008Z

Stephen Jannise of ERP Software Advice has written an interesting article around likely targets for Oracle's next acquisition.The article is well written and well thought out, being based on research into the past 5 years of Oracle acquisitions alongside a study into the current market. There's also a diagram to show all of the companies that Oracle has acquired since the PeopleSoft acquisition

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-43434222786140583452010-07-14T08:08:00.002Z2010-07-14T08:24:35.791Z

Hot on the heels of the work I have done to get the Northern Server Tech community recognised as a UKOUG SIG, I’m now working to put together another ‘Back to Basics’ event to be held early next year.The concept behind the Back to Basics events is to deliver a full day of content which is specifically aimed at Newbies and covers a variety of topics.There is no confirmed date or venue as yet,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-27082756868798488032010-04-23T19:12:00.002Z2010-04-23T19:20:30.469Z

Not only is it time for the Northern Server Tech Day in Leeds next week, which is exciting enough, but the UKOUG is now looking to form the Northern Tech SIG.The UKOUG has been running the NST as an annual one day event for the last 5 years, and it is now time to create a SIG to focus on delivering Server Tech content across the North of England on a regular basis.In order to get this off the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-6252413407636819372010-04-06T08:42:00.001Z2010-04-06T08:44:08.297Z

The UKOUG Northern Tech Day is being held on April 29th at the Hilton Hotel in Leeds.Places are still available for this event, and the online agenda can be found here.See you there!

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-17489588184448710162010-02-08T16:42:00.003Z2010-02-08T17:04:14.202Z

The UKOUG is once again running the Northern Server Technology Day.This is the 5th year we have run the event and this year it is taking place on 29th April at the Hilton Hotel, Leeds.This annual event is aimed at DBA’s and Developers in the North of England and delivers a full day of server tech presentations.If anybody is interested in presenting at this event then please contact either myself

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-85969383958630582472009-11-17T10:48:00.002Z2009-11-17T10:53:42.716Z

It’s now less than 2 weeks until the UKOUG TEBS Conference 2009 gets underway in Birmingham and I for one can’t wait!This year’s event is spread over 3 days and there are over 240 presentations, so a fully packed agenda – click here to see the agenda grid. I’ve been involved with the UKOUG for a number of years now, as a SIG Chair and a speaker/volunteer at Conference.I’ve also worked on a stand

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-89274186111936177552009-11-03T16:47:00.001Z2009-11-03T16:51:04.399Z

A couple of things recently, both personally and professionally, have reminded me of the concept of ‘Pay it Forward’. When somebody does you a favour, you repay it by helping out someone else. It was this concept that got me started with planning my first ever UKOUG presentation, which led to the blog. I’d had a great deal of help and encouragement from people within the community and I wanted

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-19448285081124625972009-10-26T14:43:00.002Z2009-10-26T14:49:03.160Z

After leaving the world of Consultancy behind in February, I had 5 months of unemployment during which time I learned 2 valuable lessons;1) I make a lousy housewife2) It is possible to survive for 5 months without new shoesBoth of these things surprised me.Thankfully I was able to find work before I drove myself and my other half completely round the twist.Since July I have been working at Durham

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-84830942951732252482009-04-06T16:12:00.000Z2009-04-06T16:14:16.021Z

This year’s Northern Server Technology Day will take place on Tuesday 28th April at the Park Inn hotel in York.This annual event is aimed at DBA’s and Developers in the North of England and delivers a full day of server tech presentations over two streams.Previous events have taken place in Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle and the day has always proved to be popular for technical content and

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-78672323596258195362009-02-16T11:32:00.002Z2009-02-16T11:36:33.622Z

Friday before last I made the difficult decision to leave SolStonePlus.I joined SolStone in April 2006, and whilst I thoroughly enjoyed the work I did it has always been a juggling act to balance my personal life at home in Newcastle with working in the South.In order to find a more manageable work/life balance I had to choose to either move closer to work or work closer to home.Although not an

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-11890487732748880522009-01-22T20:08:00.005Z2009-01-23T16:53:57.013Z

Welcome to the 132nd edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of database blogs.This is my first post of this New Year, so let's kick it off with a new blog. Joel Goodman has begun his Blog from the DBA Classroom. This week he has been discussing the different ASM Storage Possibilities, but make sure to check out his older posts too if you missed them. I'll certainly be keeping an eye on this

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-34835513820470476922008-12-08T20:12:00.002Z2008-12-08T21:22:23.895Z

..to everyone who voted me onto the UKOUG Board of Directors!There seems to have been a bit of a shake up this year with 4 new Directors being elected, which I believe is the most number of new Directors in one year.We will officially take up our posts on 15th January and I'm really looking forward to the next 2 years - although I've been well advised that there is a lot of work ahead!I didn't

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-64456353571155851592008-11-18T20:56:00.002Z2008-11-18T22:33:34.136Z

As I mentioned in my last post, I am currently running as a candidate in the election for a place on the UKOUG Board of Directors this year.The election process has now begun, and voting closes on December 1st.More information on the election process itself, the current Directors and this years candidates can be found on the UKOUG website and my details can be found here.Ballot papers will be

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-66850839576001498222008-11-03T21:45:00.003Z2008-11-03T22:44:42.204Z

...the time will be over 5 months since my last post (courtesy of the speaking clock..)In a nutshell, my flat is now finally sold, the stress is almost completely done with (but not quite, estate agent contracts and solicitors seem to have their own agendas) and I am almost back to some sort of reality.I'm going to be working on a client site near London until mid-December on an OWB project, and

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-74392647758882363232008-05-30T20:30:00.002Z2008-05-30T20:40:13.749Z

….unless you are fully prepared for it to take over your life for a couple of months and push your stress levels through the roof, only for it to come crashing down round your feet on the day it’s all supposed to complete.The worst part is knowing that now that it’s back on the market, I’m going to have to go through the whole thing again in the not too distant future.Anyway, that sort of

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-61651607643820041952008-02-27T13:08:00.003Z2008-02-27T13:51:55.725Z

I'm just getting ready to head off down to London for tomorrow's UKOUG Back to Basics: Database Administration Event.For anybody that isn't able to make it, I'll be posting a review afterwards. For those that are then please come up and say hello!Also, the UKOUG will once again be running the Northern Server Technology Day.The event will take place in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday 24th April.If

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-89831296062286378502008-01-15T10:23:00.000Z2008-01-15T10:47:21.570Z

Something a little bit different today.Way back when I was a brand new Newbie, I had the pleasure of meeting Rachel Carmichael.Rachel was an Oracle DBA in New York City, co-authored ‘Oracle DBA 101’ and ‘Oracle 9i DBA 101’, was an active participant of the Oracle–L list and regularly attended many of the big conferences and events, including the UKOUG annual conference here in the UK.Two years

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-6738259785442908982008-01-10T18:42:00.000Z2008-01-10T18:57:51.828Z

After the fun of the blog-tag posts (or at least some of us thought it was fun), it’s now time for something on-topic.The Agenda for the UKOUG ‘Back to Basics’ Special Event is now Live and can be found here.Since my original post the venue has been changed in order to accommodate more delegates.The event will still take place on 28th February, but it will now be held at the Odeon Whiteleys in

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-33332662819174392612008-01-09T21:28:00.000Z2008-01-09T22:00:09.387Z

Well, thanks to Doug Burns for 'Tagging' me and to Jake for starting the whole thing off, it would appear that it's my turn to reveal 8 things about myself. It's probably not a bad way to kick off the blog for 2008 so here goes...1) I'm a mad keen scuba-diver. Since getting my qualifications in 2003, I've been all over the place in search of that elusive sunken Treasure Galleon. My favourite

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-77488118506240688112007-11-30T15:29:00.000Z2007-11-30T15:32:26.343Z

Well it’s about time I showed my face here again, so to speak.All good intentions of blogging about recent events seem to have gone completely out of the window in favour of trying to keep my sanity.I spent two weeks on a client site out in Qatar at the end of October which was a fantastic experience, although it was marred but the complete incompetence of British Airways. They’d overbooked my

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-22989112226698121952007-08-24T15:56:00.000Z2007-08-24T15:59:43.172Z

I’m absolutely ecstatic to announce that the UKOUG will be hosting a one day special event aimed at beginners.It has long been noted that there have been plenty of expert sessions and advanced technical events, but relatively little aimed at the Oracle beginners out there.After many discussions between myself, the UKOUG and my peers, we now have the ‘Back to Basics’ concept up and running,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-65915744739831598722007-08-03T15:25:00.000Z2007-08-03T19:35:31.304Z

It’s a fact of life that there are certain subjects on which people will disagree. Whether it’s about politics, religion or which football team to support, there will always be someone who has a different opinion to yours.This is also true with technology: do you use a Windows platform or Unix, a PC or a Mac, the list goes on and on.It’s exactly the same in the Oracle world. People will disagree

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-7595063801188510732007-07-27T15:55:00.000Z2007-07-27T16:02:46.779Z

Since posting about the SolStonePlus presentation at the Oracle Fusion Conference, I've had a few requests to share the presentation.It's available from our corporate website at this link.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-38610465106714372132007-07-13T09:58:00.000Z2007-07-13T10:04:17.047Z

On Wednesday, a colleague and I gave a joint presentation at the Oracle Fusion Conference held in the Emirates Stadium, London.We were co-presenting the Business intelligence breakout session alongside Duncan Fitter and Phil Bates of Oracle.The presentation that Mick and I gave was ‘Under the Covers of Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition’ which meant we were alternating between Mick talking about

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-7405754112082299742007-05-28T18:27:00.000Z2007-05-28T19:06:26.253Z

Well, it's been a while, and I have no reasonable excuses, at least not ones I am allowed to blog about. :-)I've been really busy with work related stuff and helping out with UKOUG stuff including the recent Northern Server Technology Day held in Leeds. However, a couple of things to report...There's only a couple of days left in which to submit your abstracts for UKOUG 2007. If you need a reason

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-13094767103660439842007-04-30T14:22:00.000Z2007-04-30T14:23:59.119Z

A friend recently sent me this link.It's a 'Getting Started' page on the Oracle website, with a lot of good resources for beginner DBA's and developers.The DBA section includes a 'Core Tasks' list which will guide you through most things from downloading the software to learning about backup and recovery.There are also areas for learning about Enterprise Management and Oracle Security.Some of the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-75811583993833882732007-04-25T23:08:00.000Z2007-04-25T23:11:12.012Z

I realise I may be coming into this a bit late, as a few others have blogged about it already, but really... how inappropriate is this?As I've said before, the first lesson to learn in working out how to get help is learning how to help yourself.Probably the most striking mistake in this effort is to learn to NOT SHOUT! It won't get you a quicker response, and is likely to just enrage the people

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-31864689177063962262007-04-03T15:06:00.000Z2007-04-03T15:10:30.103Z

Once again the UKOUG has organised a Northern Server Technology Day.This year it will take place on Tuesday, 24th April at the Hilton Leeds City hotel in Leeds.Agenda highlights include:Intro to RMAN by Roland Brown, Leeds City CouncilHigh Availability, Piet de Visser LogicaCMGImplementing a Dual Site Extended by RAC Cluster, Dev Nayak DSP Global LtdSessions from Joel Goodman, Oracle

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-41101509910551145412007-03-28T16:48:00.000Z2007-03-28T17:13:53.976Z

I've been really shocked to hear what has been happening to Kathy Sierra.Nobody should have to put up with that kind of abuse or bullying, but to think that this has possibly been directed at Kathy simply because she is a woman with an opinion, absolutely horrifies me.It is inevitable, that by keeping a blog and putting your opinion out there that there will always be people who disagree with you

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-61156288893797336582007-03-16T15:31:00.000Z2007-03-16T16:09:09.454Z

Welcome to this weeks edition of Log Buffer!First up, on the IT toolbox, we have Willie asking ‘Did you survive the daylight savings time change?’ He seems to have come out of it unscathed, so I hope everybody else did too!Next we have a couple of reviews as Doug Burns provides an excellent ‘Hotsos Wrap Up’ giving his highs and lows of attending the event.Over on RadioFreeTooting, Andrew Clarke

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-3598555818968613632007-03-09T17:54:00.000Z2007-03-09T18:00:22.498Z

Well work has certainly been keeping me busy lately!I have managed to fit in some 'me time' too, and enjoyed a fabulous, but extremely cold week in New York.I've uploaded some pics here.The beginning of the week was nice and sunny, despite the cold, but we did get some snow on the last day which resulted in my flight home being delayed by about 6 hours.I'd never been to NYC before, so I had great

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1169831712262998982007-01-26T17:04:00.000Z2007-01-26T17:15:12.283Z

The next meeting of the UKOUG Oracle on Windows SIG will take place in the London area (venue to be confirmed) on Thursday, 22nd March.At present we are working on putting the Agenda together so if anybody has a presentation or short talk they would like to give at this event then please let me know.Below are a few notes made at previous meetings showing the subjects that delegates would like to

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1169040899802456832007-01-17T13:31:00.000Z2007-01-17T13:34:59.826Z

I use StatCounter to monitor visitors to my Blog, and I have recently been using it to analyse the search terms people are using to arrive here.As I’m busy planning some future articles on BI and DW tools and some more beginners guides, I thought it would be useful to see what people are searching for to make sure I can provide it if possible.Most of it is pretty standard stuff, people searching

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1167913278959721692007-01-04T12:06:00.000Z2007-01-04T12:21:18.976Z

A belated Happy New Year to everyone!2006 was a year of change for me, following my move to SolStonePlus in April. So rather than look back, I want to look forward to 2007 and the things that I’d like to do this year.(I also thought this might be a good idea after reading Mark’s post and seeing that staff appraisal time is coming up!)So, some of the things I would like to do in 2007 (in no

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1165941194893287102006-12-12T16:27:00.000Z2006-12-12T16:33:14.920Z

I’ve been a bit quiet lately, mainly as I’m really busy getting to grips with XML Publisher, and I’m also trying to fight off a rather nasty cold that is threatening to ruin my upcoming birthday and weekend away. :-(But enough of feeling sorry for myself!I did cheer up slightly when someone pointed out the evidence that Doug Burns may have totally flipped.Despite his continuing rants of ‘THIS IS

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1164388358086346902006-11-24T16:55:00.000Z2006-11-24T17:12:38.143Z

Welcome to the 20th edition of Log Buffer!Like me, it appears that there are still a few bloggers out there trying to get back to normal after the UKOUG conference, yet there have still been a lot of posts to get through this week.Mark Rittman in particular has had to do more ‘recovering’ than others, and we’re not just talking about a lack of sleep!Luckily, his appeal for a ‘Distributed Recovery

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1164073475867059242006-11-21T01:28:00.000Z2006-11-21T01:44:35.906Z

It’s Monday night now, and I think I have finally caught up on all of the sleep I missed last week!As usual, the UKOUG annual conference was an event well worth attending.I arrived Monday afternoon, and spent most of Monday night catching up with people I hadn’t seen since last year.The exhibition hall wasn’t open on Tuesday, so that was the only day that I could really attend any presentations,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1163169327447427072006-11-10T13:48:00.000Z2006-11-10T14:35:27.553Z

It's almost that that time of year again!No, not Christmas, it's the UKOUG Annual Conference next week in Birmingham.I've been crazy busy this last week working on my presentation, but I'm pretty much there now. I just have to make sure that I remember everything I want to say on the day!It'll be my 3rd time at UKOUG, and my second time presenting. Last year I gave my 'Help! I'm a Newbie'

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1161951931373105432006-10-27T12:20:00.000Z2006-10-27T12:25:31.390Z

Way back in October last year, I wrote a post about good web resources for Newbies.I'd like to point out another one that you may or may not have seen already.The Dizwell Informatics site, maintained by Howard Rogers has some great articles for Newbie DBA's.If you look to the links on the left, there are categories for Oracle Concepts, Oracle Basics and Backup and Recovery.The articles are very '

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1161798504289541162006-10-25T17:42:00.000Z2006-10-25T17:48:24.313Z

Well I managed to return from my Red Sea trip in one piece – just.A couple of minor incidents – the first involving too big a gap between the two boats I was stepping between, which led to a comical hover in mid-air whilst fully kitted, before plunging into the sea.The second involving a regulator first stage which decided to give up on me underwater, leaving me in a cloud of bubbles and having

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1159535507378135322006-09-29T12:45:00.000Z2006-09-29T13:11:47.460Z

Just a few random odds and ends on this post, as I'm getting ready to head out for a week at sea on this little dinghy.A group of us from my local dive club are flying out to Egypt, then joining the boat and going out to dive the wrecks of the Northern Red Sea.It should be good fun, and I'm really looking forward to it as I have never dived in the Red Sea before and it is supposed to be

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1158947405898420192006-09-22T17:35:00.000Z2006-09-22T17:50:05.940Z

As Peter Scott has already hinted, I've received confirmation that my paper has been accepted for the UKOUG conference this year.When I prepared the original abstract back in April, the title I decided upon was 'A DBA's Guide to Oracle 10g Data Warehousing'.The idea behind this was that I had recently made a career move, from being a production DBA, to working with Data Warehouses and BI Tools.In

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1156976677963653662006-08-30T22:07:00.000Z2006-08-30T22:24:37.996Z

For those of you who know me, you will know that I am a keen diver.I'm a member of a local branch of the Sub Aqua Association (SAA) and seem to spend most of my weekends underwater.The August Bank Holiday weekend is traditionally the time when my dive club gets together for our annual BBQ and dive extravaganza.This past weekend was slightly more dramatic than past years events!We arrived at

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1155683228318908872006-08-15T20:57:00.000Z2006-08-15T23:07:08.460Z

I'm now in my 6th week down here in London, and after this I have 6 weeks of the project remaining.I've enjoyed my time down here, but I've realised pretty quickly that life on the road is very different to working 9 - 5 in a typical day job.When I first took on this new job, I had a lot of people talking to me about the logistics of being away from home Monday to Friday. They basically talked

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1153346296899133862006-07-19T21:34:00.000Z2006-07-19T22:19:48.110Z

Today is my Blog's first birthday!It's been a very eventful year for me and the Blog, I've managed to progress and achieve a lot in the last year, something I am incredibly proud of. My Blog has also had over 31,000 visits in that time.In order to celebrate the anniversary, I thought I'd give a rundown of the year's highlights:Becoming a UKOUG VolunteerAs the UKOUG had been an organisation which

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1152654810659548472006-07-11T21:45:00.000Z2006-07-11T21:53:30.676Z

As promised, here are a few hints and tips for studying for the OCP exams. I know everybody has different ways that suit them, but I just thought I’d share how I did it and what I thought helped.This is not a 'this is how to do it' guide, rather a 'this is how I did it and I hope it may help you' guide.ResourcesI used the Oracle Press All-in-one study Guide. There are other resources available,

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1151431236739815152006-06-27T17:54:00.000Z2006-06-27T18:00:36.760Z

Today I passed my OCA exam, the first step to getting my Oracle 10g OCP Certification.I have to admit to being quite nervous before taking the exam, after my grumblings last week I was worried that there was just too much to take in and I wouldn't remember it all.In the end though, I did just fine.It's actually surprising how much you take in without realising it - once I'd calmed down a bit and

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1151068966969118252006-06-23T13:15:00.000Z2006-06-23T13:22:47.013Z

Well I'm back from a two week holiday in Cozumel and have finally managed to catch up on all my emails and work related stuff.The holiday was good, lots of diving and relaxing in the sun, but coming back wasn't so nice. For the first few days home I had serious jetlag and a rather nasty ear infection.Luckily, I have been working from home this week, I'm on study leave as I'm preparing for my

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1148675132173499652006-05-26T20:20:00.000Z2006-05-26T20:25:32.220Z

Now, this post has absolutely nothing to do with Oracle Databases in any way, shape or form.It will however give you an opportunity to laugh at my expense, as if I really needed to give you another one.Anyway…Today, I spent a few hours with the SAS, no, not the muscular men dressed in black and abseiling down buildings, but rather the Speed Awareness Scheme, delivered by DriveTechYes, that’s

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1147949521169396842006-05-18T10:32:00.000Z2006-05-18T10:53:10.016Z

I attended the UKOUG's BI and Analytics special event on Tuesday, and as Peter Scott commented, it was indeed a good day out.I got to meet up with Peter again and I also managed to meet some more of my colleagues from SolstonePlus who I hadn't yet met in the office.Mark Rittman gave a good presentation on Oracle's new BI Suite Enterprise Edition. See the article here .It was interesting to see

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1146607718200826112006-05-02T21:56:00.000Z2006-05-02T22:08:38.216Z

Well I'm sat here in my hotel room in Brighton, and was all set to write a post on the UKOUG Northern Tech Day.Unfortunately I seem to have left my notes at home so it will have to wait until the end of the week.I suppose I should be grateful really. At least I know that my notebook is sat on my desk at home. Unlike Doug, I have not lost it.I should also be grateful that I was able to enjoy a

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1146178834763405302006-04-27T22:44:00.000Z2006-04-27T23:00:34.786Z

Well I'm back home now after attending the UKOUG Server Tech Day in Manchester.The day was a resounding success with some excellent presentations and once again I got to meet up with some great people.I've got some notes that I'll use to put together a proper post in the morning, but as it's currently late, and I'm tired, I'll just point you in the direction of Doug's blog , and share my advice.1

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1145478762511179492006-04-19T20:15:00.000Z2006-04-19T22:28:12.233Z

Well, here I am, back in the land of the living. Sort of.I've just noticed today's date, and that of my last post, and realised I have until tomorrow to prove I'm still here, before I get another mail from an unnamed individual telling me that I have once again taken a month off.Hi Tom ;-)Anyway, as I'm sure you can appreciate, this last month has been pretty hectic.I had to finish up a project

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1142856422485114132006-03-20T12:03:00.000Z2006-03-20T12:13:21.516Z

It's all change from now on, well from the 10th April actually.I'll be moving on from my current employer to undertake an exciting new role as a consultant, for a firm that specialises in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing.It's an exciting opportunity for me and I'm looking forward to a new challenge in a new area.For those of you who regularly Blog surf, you may know of my new boss, his

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1142589229356555582006-03-17T09:49:00.000Z2006-03-17T09:53:49.486Z

As mentioned in Niall's blog, the first meeting of the UKOUG Oracle on Windows SIG takes place on March 28th in Reading.This SIG was started after the successful Oracle on Windows Special Event held last year and the SIG promises more of the same.Full details of the SIG and how to register can be found here on the UKOUG website.The day will kick off with a 'wish list' session where you have an

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1141416582716349072006-03-03T19:32:00.000Z2006-03-03T20:09:42.846Z

A wise man told me last week that I should be careful what I wished for.I should have listened.This week there were two major incidents.The first of which happened on Wednesday. We'd just got to the final stage of upgrading our app on the first test run and were preparing to run the final set of scripts.Then the lights went out.And the PCs on all the desks went off.Myself and two of the engineers

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1140779767131943642006-02-24T11:15:00.000Z2006-02-24T11:17:42.486Z

Last week, it was the error caused by the dot in the username.This week we got a slightly different variation on the theme.A user kept getting a pop up window with the messageORA-00933: SQL command not properly endedAgain, we trapped the SQL being executed and discovered that it was reading in the username.The user's surname in this case was O'Neill.The username included the apostrophe.Wonder

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1140184196135116962006-02-17T13:45:00.000Z2006-02-17T13:49:56.200Z

This post is slightly away from the DBA side of my job, but thought I'd share it with you anyway.I think I've alluded to this in the past, but the role of DBA is only one of the many 'hats' I get to wear here.I'm acting as a technical resource on an application upgrade project at the moment and it's been 'interesting' to say the least.The project has involved moving the database from 8i to 9i and

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1138704832822726822006-01-31T10:43:00.000Z2006-01-31T10:53:52.843Z

Tom Kyte has had a good rant on his blog this morning. He's seriously disappointed in the attitude of a Newbie that has approached him for help. I don't blame him, and I doubt anybody else will.One of the points I have tried really hard to get across, through some earlier postings on my blog, and in my presentation, is that if you want other people to help you, you have to learn to help yourself

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1137578968036187342006-01-18T09:36:00.000Z2006-01-18T10:09:29.053Z

I just read an interesting article on IT Toolbox Blogs about how to get started with an Oracle database career. The article is not specific to DBA's, it applies to Developers too, in fact anybody that wants a career with Oracle databases.At the moment it's very generalised, there are high level suggestions to read books and browse internet sites, without specific examples of which ones are good.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1136895565669370592006-01-10T12:14:00.000Z2006-01-10T12:19:25.690Z

Over 10,000 hits on the blog now!10,034 to be exact.However, most of them are as a result of the Thomas Kyte effect.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1136541645221085952006-01-06T09:58:00.000Z2006-01-06T10:02:10.973Z

Well sort of. I received a mail from Tom Kyte this morning, reminding me that I haven't posted in a while, or rather he pointed out that I had taken an entire month off!I am still around, but there have been a few personal and PC related issues recently.It's probably also fair to point out that in my time zone, there is a maximum of 24 hours per day. This seems to contrast greatly with Tom's

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1133359018106168782005-11-30T13:56:00.000Z2005-11-30T14:06:45.006Z

It would seem that 'Newbie Awareness' has really taken off lately.Tom Kyte pointed out this link about Newbies.I came across this one on Andy C's blog.Andy has taken a slightly different approach to my 'Newbie Hints and Tips' post and has looked at how to be a good 'Guru'.An interesting slant with some sound advice.Has anybody else found any 'Newbie' blogs?

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1131566204760731012005-11-09T19:53:00.000Z2005-11-09T19:56:44.776Z

I'm looking for some help and and advice on web site hosting.I have my own domain name, but this is all new to me and I need some help on getting a site up and running.I've noticed that there are a lot of free services out there, and the others range from pretty cheap to very expensive.What are the sort of things I should be looking for?Can anybody recommend anything?

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1131037806832523442005-11-03T17:09:00.000Z2005-11-03T17:10:06.846Z

During the month of October, I averaged about 75 unique visitors to this blog every day.Today, the day after UKOUG when everybody is back at work, I have so far had over 200 unique visitors, more than 130 of which are considered first-time visitors.I guess I got more publicity in Birmingham than I thought!

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1130943918125698492005-11-02T15:00:00.000Z2005-11-02T15:05:18.153Z

I'd intended doing a 'Day 2' post, but got a bit distracted, plus I had to leave yesterday to travel home. :-(Day 1 ended with the Blogger's Dinner, organised by Mark Rittman. You can check out his blog to see the photographic evidence of how it went!Day 2 started with a rude awakening for the first presentation, as Mogens was escorted to the stage in Hall 1 by a Scottish Piper. (Bagpipes at 9am

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1130770854097911022005-10-31T14:49:00.000Z2005-11-01T14:06:43.696Z

I'm updating this from the internet cafe section at the UKOUG.So far, it's been a good day - ish.It started out quite bad, due to a power cut in the centre of Birmingham.Luckily, I'd decided on a lie in this morning (probably due to excessive alcohol last night) so I wasn't caught out like some others who were in the middle of taking a shower when they were plunged into darkness!The start of the

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1130624250807431312005-10-29T21:51:00.000Z2005-10-29T22:17:34.893Z

Well, it's Saturday night and I've just finished packing my stuff ready to head off to Birmingham in the morning.I'll be off quite early as I'm combining the UKOUG with a trip to the annual Dive Show at the NEC. Got to keep the other half happy too!He is travelling with me on Sunday and we will visit the Dive Show before we meet up with everyone on the Sunday night.I think I'm all prepared for my

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1129924596255584952005-10-21T19:35:00.000Z2005-10-21T19:56:36.263Z

In my previous post, we looked at books that were good for Newbies.Now, I want to look at resources available on the internet.As Niall commented, sometimes you just can't beat a Google search.However, I've found that sometimes this can also be problematic.As an example,a Google search for ORA-01555 returned 47,300 hits!That's potentially a lot of links to search through before you find something

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1128548245782428372005-10-05T21:21:00.000Z2005-10-05T21:37:25.790Z

In my presentation I have a couple of slides showing what I believe to be good Newbie resources.These include books, websites and lists that are a good place for Newbies to learn.I cannot dispute that there are a lot of good resources out there, however some of them are way beyond Newbie level.Two of the books I recommend are Oracle DBA 101 by Theriault, Carmichael & Viscusi and Expert One on One

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1128531809357012882005-10-05T17:56:00.000Z2005-10-05T17:03:29.383Z

How do you know what you need to know, if you don't know it yet?It's quite a frightening question!My first couple of months as a DBA were spent with me working alone. A lot of the tasks I was performing were based around following written instructions left by the previous DBA. I knew what I had to do, and which commands to run, I just didn't necessarily understand what I was doing or why.I don't

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1127771896958887202005-09-26T21:53:00.000Z2005-09-26T21:58:16.963Z

I gave my presentation, I asked for feedback, than I disappeared for a week in the sun.I returned to find I'd topped 1500 hits on my blog, I got a couple of comments about the presentation, and I got a few really nice, positive emails about the presentation I gave.Oh, and I got my results on the day I returned.........I now hold a Bsc in Computing!Well done me!!I got my degree, and now I have a

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1126653720577213822005-09-13T23:21:00.000Z2005-09-13T23:22:00.583Z

Today I gave my Newbie presentation at a UKOUG SIG meeting.Despite being a bit nervous before hand, I did really well.I got a few questions afterwards, the result of which being I will add bits into my presentation for UKOUG. I also had a lot of people congratulate me and, more importantly, tell me that they had learned something.I'll be offline for a week now, as I'm heading off for some sun to

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1126044024426081122005-09-06T21:58:00.000Z2005-09-06T22:00:24.433Z

I'm now the proud owner of www.newbiedba.comNot sure exactly what I'm going to do with it yet, but I have a few ideas.You know us girls, we live for impulse shopping!Any suggestions would be appreciated.(oh, and there's nothing there yet, so don't bother looking!)

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1126038353463447972005-09-06T20:24:00.000Z2005-09-06T20:25:53.463Z

OK, for the benefit of Niall.The database is like a castle surrounded by a moat.The instance is the drawbridge.When the drawbridge is in place, you get easy access back and forth to the castle. That's what it's there for.When you take the drawbridge out of position, you can still see the castle, you know it is still there, you just can't reach it.(I can't believe I've just explained the concept

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1125922032583557932005-09-05T12:06:00.000Z2005-09-06T20:23:54.726Z

I was asked to sit in on a 9i DBA course a couple of weeks ago. The training was being given to some of the engineers from our support services provider (we outsource our network and infrastructure support).I was asked along just to see how the training went, and to provide specifics about our systems if necessary.I thought it would be a good idea also as the course was around 9i, which we are

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1125527800065351072005-08-31T22:30:00.000Z2005-08-31T22:36:40.070Z

I have to admit, I'm getting quite fond of the new sport of 'Blog surfing'.I like to follow links on Blogs I read, just to see where I end up.Reading through the links on Robert Vollman's blog what do I find?I find a link to my Blog!!!I then follow another link from Roberts blog, to that of an Oracle blog run byRadoslav Rusinov.And what did I find???A link to this blog!!Cool! Very weird, but at

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1125435189075061722005-08-30T20:45:00.000Z2005-08-30T20:56:23.776Z

Following an anonymous post requesting an elaboration on the hints given by Jeff Hunter, I have decided to dedicate this post to just that.Here are Jeff's comments in full, in an email response to my request for information..."From the perspective of somebody who answers a lot of questions, I can give a newbie this advice: 1. State your problem clearly. On a forum I frequent you may get hit with

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1125434434019266102005-08-30T20:37:00.000Z2005-08-30T20:40:34.023Z

Ok, Ok, I'm still here, still breathing (just!)Been offline a bit lately, I've been working on my final paper for my BSc in Computing and needed to make sure i got it right!I'm off now to work on the next post, but thought I'd best check in first.I've had quite a few people ask if I'm still blogging (yes, Tom, that includes you!), I hadn't realised I'd left it so long.Where does the time go?Watch

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1124317435406451682005-08-17T22:17:00.000Z2005-08-17T22:23:57.190Z

What constitutes a 'good' Newbie?One of the things I've been looking at lately is how Newbies are treated out there in the big, bad world of DBA's, particularly in forums and discussion groups.Some forums and individuals are quite tolerant of Newbies and aim to be helpful, others are just downright hostile.RTFM seems to be the stock answer of choice these days, with the Newbie often left thinking

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1124269690981395502005-08-17T08:58:00.000Z2005-08-17T09:08:10.986Z

Registration is now open for the UKOUG Unix SIG meeting to be held on 13th September in Slough, UK.My Newbie presentation is on the agenda.It'll be a good opportunity for me to practice before the conference in November and to make sure I have the content right.Anybody that is planning on attending, feedback would be appreciated!

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1123240516100881422005-08-05T10:43:00.000Z2005-08-05T11:15:16.106Z

Following the comment posted by Harry I wanted to broaden this out a little.I started in my first DBA role 3 years ago. The production finance system was Oracle Financials 10.7 CUI running on Oracle 7.3.4 on a DG/UX Aviion server.The company is still running that configuration today.Now, I'm working in an IT team of 5 people.We have 2 production systems with third party applications on 8.1.7.0 SE

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1121961748905706752005-07-21T16:00:00.000Z2005-07-21T16:02:28.910Z

Since I started this blog a couple of days ago and made my initial request for informtaion, the reponses have been flooding in!There's been a wide range of comments, both from other Newbies and from seasoned pros.I'll be incorporating them into my presentation and will also post some of them here, as I believe they are of great benefit and need to be shared.I've also had some stories on how

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434297444320005874noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681806.post-1121797186357412372005-07-19T19:02:00.000Z2005-07-19T18:24:47.556Z

Well, here I am!I've decided to create my own blog as a result of the tremendous feedback I received from my public request for information on Tom Kyte's blog and the subsequent posting on Niall Litchfield's blog.Basically, I'm giving a presentation at this years UKOUG conference based on the world of Oracle through the eyes of 'Newbies'.I decided to do this presentation after attending last

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