New Comments Disabled

Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 by Mark Rittman

I’ve had to block all new comments on this site, because of a huge increase in comment spam over the last few days. I’ve got the MT Blacklist plugin installed, but it only stops comment spam that’s been previously reported, not the new ones that were coming through. I had over 500 posted today, and [...]

Administering The Oracle Relationship

Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 by Mark Rittman

DatabaseJournal.com: "For most DBAs, not only is there Oracle database
administration to deal with, but there are Oracle administration issues as well.
What do I mean by "Oracle administration?" Depending on your role within your
company, "administration" can encompass several areas related to the use and
licensing of Oracle’s software. Some of these areas include MetaLink (and its
site administration), [...]

Enterprise Manager Grid Control For Windows Now Available

Monday, August 23rd, 2004 by Mark Rittman

Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control for Windows is now

available for download from OTN.

Enterprise Manager Grid Control is a browser-based version of
Oracle Enterprise Manager, with administrators logging into a management
repository and then going on to manage multiple databases and application
servers. The web-based version of Enterprise Manager that comes as part of the
normal 10g install only manages [...]

Looking To The Future With Microsoft And Oracle OLAP

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004 by Mark Rittman

In my latest article for DBAZine.com, entitled
"A Look Into The Future Of
Microsoft And Oracle OLAP", I take a look forward to some of the features
planned for Oracle 10g OLAP and Microsoft Analysis Services 2005.
For Microsoft, the emphasis on Analysis Services 2005 is around making it
easier to get data into analysis services cubes, with a [...]

HTML DB Installation FAQ Updated On OTN

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004 by Mark Rittman

Sergio Leunissen
lets us know
that the

HTML DB Installation FAQ has just been updated on OTN.

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