Comments on: UKOUG Conference 2005 : Day -1

By: James VanAuken

James VanAuken — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:34:00 +0000

In my consulting assignments I have observed that very few people have an understanding of the ROLAP Star Schema and how Dimensional Modelling is developed and implemented. Now that there is the interest in the MOLAP (Analytical Workspace) it will be even more confusing – good luck Mark.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:20:00 +0000

Bent – Arrgh! Here’s another one – “Oracle Express – friend or foe?” at http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00000604.htm
Apart from the name of course, as you say it does look a very nice release. I especially like the fact that it comes pre-linked on Linux and with an RPM installer. Should make things easier.
Jeff – look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Stop by the Focus Pubs in the evening, that’s where we’re meeting up.
Gary – LOL.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 05:18:00 +0000

Windows version is back up (or was an hour or so ago).
XE sounds better to me as well. Of course since it is pitched below their Standard edition, we could try calling it Oracle SubStandard :)

By: Jeff Moss

Jeff Moss — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:00:00 +0000

Just getting my stuff together now…printed off my map here…gonna try and head for the car park next to Brindley Place as that’s where the blogger dinner will end up ;-)
My wife apparantly thinks I’m on a “jolly” as she puts it…what with the bloggers dinner and all – I keep trying to explain that I’ll be working hard all day learning stuff but it’s not cutting much ice!
Enjoy the event everyone – I look forward to putting some faces to the names I keep reading / hearing about.

By: Bent M ller Madsen

Bent M ller Madsen — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:21:00 +0000

Or just use the shorthand Oracle Database XE as I see Oracle also calls it. Anyway I think this is a very nice release mostly because HTML DB is part of the package. I don t know of any comparable free RAD tool.
I managed to download the beta version for Windows yesterday. It seems to be pulled as I can only see the Linux version now. The database and HTML DB is packaged into a 150 MB InstallShield installer. Much more newbie friendly than Oracle’s own installer and everything is setup to use immediately after installation.