SQL today is the foundation for any successful application. Whether it is a SOA implementation, an ADF or APEX application, a Forms application or any other usage of the Oracle Database (or any other relational database), SQL is key for the success. AMIS has embraced the evolution of SQL through the subsequent releases of the […]
Read moreWhat’s going on…
I has been quite some time since I posted anything on my blog. That is mainly because I am busy with other things at the moment:
Read moreACED and KScope12
For a couple of days my Twitter timeline is filled up (well, it’s not all that is happening) with the news that Oracle will cancel it’s support for a lot of conferences. One of them being the KScope12 conference. This is to bad, although, considering the current economic status, I can somehow understand why Oracle […]
Read moreTiming in PL/SQL
In my current project I wanted to add some timing to the logging the code already does. So I started my search for a good timing package. My first idea was to download PL/Vision and use the timer that is in there. Installing this was not as simple as I hoped it to be. The […]
Read moreOracle ACE
Just a quick note to let the world know of the fact that I am now officially an Oracle ACE. I am even in the Ace Directory. Thanks to Learco Brizzi of Itium Oracle Professionals for nominating me. And thanks to AMIS for making it possible for me to present at different conferences like KScope11 […]
Read moreMake use of exceptions
While I was browsing the supportforum of PL/SQL Developer by Allround Automations I came across a thread about the special copy function of PL/SQL Developer. In this thread a function was written to determine if a sent in parameter (VARCHAR2) was numeric or not. I took this implementation and created my own depending on the […]
Read moreSQL things to remember
During my work lately I found out some things about SQL (or is it Oracle SQL) that I didn’t know about and have really made my life easier. Well, maybe not easier, but at least it enriched my knowledge 😉
Read moreUsing Table Functions
Overview of table functions Table functions are functions that produce a collection or rows (either a nested table or a varray) that can be queried like a physical database table. You use a table function like the name of a database table, in the FROM clause of a query. The difference with a physical database […]
Read moreOracle Scheduler, the things you ought to know
At the KScope conference in Long Beach, CA one of the most interesting sessions I attended was a session called: Five Features You Ought to Know About the Oracle Scheduler by Eddie Awad. It was a nice presentation where I actually learned stuff I didn’t know. At least not in relation to the Scheduler.
Read more[Book Review] jQuery Mobile by Jon Reid
Although JQuery Mobile is still in it’s Beta phase (actually Alpha phase when the book was written) you can already start using it. If you don’t want to learn the language for a specific mobile device (iOS, Android, PalmOS etc.) and you want to leverage your webbuilding skills to mobile devices then jQuery Mobile is […]
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