XML Publisher 5.6 Conclusions

Monday, March 20th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

I said the other week, when I wrote the first

two

articles about XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise, that’d I’d come back in a few
days to report on how straightforward it was to put together more complicated
reports. I’ve been delayed since then by putting together the OTN article on XML
Publisher but it’s given me a good opportunity to […]

When I Used To Be Cool

Monday, March 20th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

Most people who read this blog, or know me through work or through the user groups, probably place me as your stereotypical techy. I’m the one who takes a Tom Kyte book on holiday, whips out the laptop on train journeys to try out his new linux VMWare Oracle install, and has a phone with […]

Getting Ready for Collaborate’06

Sunday, March 19th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

I mentioned a month or so ago that I was due to present at the
Collaborate’06 event over in
Nashville, Tennessee next
month, and last week I finally got a confirmation through (of sorts) from the
event organisers that my presentations had been accepted. I’m one of a number of
customer and partner speakers that Oracle are sponsoring and the […]

Bloor Research on ActiveKnowledge : “Improving On Optimisers”

Friday, March 17th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

"Improving on Optimisers", Philip Howard, Bloor Research : "After all
these years you would assume, wouldn’t you, that database optimisers were pretty
good? Companies like IBM and Oracle have been costing query plans and re-writing
SQL not just for years but for decades, so you would expect that they would know
what they were doing.
Well, if that’s the case […]

XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise : Producing My First Reports

Thursday, March 9th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

In
yesterday’s article I took a look at the new XML Publisher 5.6 release
candidate, and worked my way through the demo reports that it ships with. In
today’s article I’ll start looking at the process of creating your own reports
and delivering them through XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise, and to make this all a
bit more relevant I’ve put […]

XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise : Producing My First Reports

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

In yesterday’s article I took a look at the new XML Publisher 5.6 release candidate, and worked my way through the demo reports that it ships with. In today’s article I’ll start looking at the process of creating your own reports and delivering them through XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise, and to make this all a […]

Taking a Sneak Peek At XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

If you read my postings on XML Publisher 5.5 towards the end of last year (here, here), or sat through the “XML Publisher : What’s It All About” (paper, slides […]

Taking a “Sneak Peek” At XML Publisher 5.6 Enterprise

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

If you read my postings on XML Publisher 5.5 towards
the end of last year (here,
here),
or sat through the “XML Publisher : What’s It All About” (paper, slides
)
I’ve given recently, you’ll probably be interested to know that I’ve been given
early access […]

Comparing Analytic Workspaces to GROUPING SETS, CUBE and ROLLUP

Sunday, March 5th, 2006 by Mark Rittman

I know I said
I wouldn’t
answer any more questions send directly as opposed to via the
forum, but this one was too good to
pass on.

"Hello, Mark. 

I am searching for answers to two puzzling questions about Oracle
cubes and am hoping that you wouldn’t mind helping me out. 

I’ve searched your Forum and Blog and have not come across anything
that […]