If you're in the UK and Ireland and interested in Oracle tuning, you'll be interested to know that Cary Millsap and Gary Goodman are presenting at thenext UKOUG UNIX SIG meeting [http://www.ukoug.org/calendar/show_events.jsp?year=2004&month=09&day=

If you followed the recent colourful debates oncomp.databases.oracle.server [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&group=comp.databases.oracle.server] ontuning using ratios vs. tuning using extended trace [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&

The other week I was working for a client who was putting together a type 2 slowly changing dimension (a.k.a. 'SCD2') to hold details of their customers. A customer could (for example) move over time, and the type 2 dimension tracked all changes to their postcode

GMAILFS - GMail Filesystem [http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html]: "GmailFS provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium. GmailFS is a Python application and uses the FUSE userland filesystem infrastructure to help provide the filesystem, and libgmail to communicate with

Analytic Functions In Oracle Warehouse Builder [http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/warehouse/files/analyticfunctions.pdf] : "Analytic Functions are an important feature of the Oracle database that allows the users to enhance SQL's analytical processing capabilities. These functions enable the user to calculate rankings and

"BI on the Linux platform picked up even more traction last week as a trio of BI vendors announced product support for the open source operating system."writes Stephen Swoyer [http://esj.com/business_intelligence/article.asp?id=7193&t=y] for Enterprise Systems. "Cognos Inc.

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

DatabaseJournal.com: [http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3391601] "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, "

Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control for Windows is nowavailable for download from OTN [http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/oem/index.html]. [http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oem/pdf/WP_GENERAL_10g.pdf] Enterprise Manager Grid Control is a browser-based version of Oracle Enterprise Manager, with administrators logging

Sergio Leunissenlets us know [http://www.orablogs.com/sergio/archives/000443.html]that theHTML DB Installation FAQ [http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/htmldb/install_faq.html] has just been updated on OTN.

In my latest article for DBAZine.com, entitled"A Look Into The Future Of Microsoft And Oracle OLAP" [http://www.dbazine.com/rittman4.shtml], I take a look forward to some of the features planned for Oracle 10g OLAP and Microsoft Analysis Services 2005. For Microsoft, the emphasis

Red Rock Consulting have put together a number ofwhite papers on Oracle e-Business Suite [http://www.redrock.net.au/rrarticles.htm], including a useful one on thereporting tools available for e-Business Suite 11i [http://www.redrock.net.au/articles/11iReportingOAUGWhitePaper.pdf]. The paper focuses on those reporting tools that are

[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590593871/markrittmansh-21/026-7358782-2852464] Imentioned that other week [http://www.rittman.net/archives/001001.html] that I was taking a few weeks break from the blog, and one of the reasons I wanted to do this was to catch up on a bit

> [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590593871/markrittmansh-21/026-7358782-2852464] "The history of Oracle performance analysis looks a lot like the history of humanity

Things are going to be a bit quiet around here for the next few weeks, as I'm going to have to take a break from blogging for a while. Mainly, this is because I'm starting a new job withinPlus [http://www.plusconsultancy.co.uk/] that means

Niall Litchfield [http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com/archive/2004_07_01_archives#109083087843019133] : "I have also this morning uploaded a quick how to onSetting Up Generic Connectivity [http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com/WhitePapers/SettingUpGenericConnectivity.pdf] . This document is a step by stem guide to Oracle&

> Computerworld.co.nz: [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/770F851F19507BE7CC256EDC00750C93?OpenDocument] "... Wohl also said that Oracle is enhancing its daily business intelligence capabilities, an architectural feature embedded in the suite that allows managers to get quick updates on business performance. To make the feature more appealing, Oracle

"Though critical to the success of information technology, nontechnical factors often go unnoticed. Industry voices frequently alert us to the more common nontechnical pitfalls: inadequate executive sponsorship, failed management of user expectations, and unrealistic project scope. But there's one more thing and it has little to do

A couple of projects that I've worked on recently had chosen Oracle Warehouse Builder overInformatica's Powercenter [http://www.informatica.com/products/powercenter/default.htm]. It was interesting therefore to see a new article by Rajan Chandras thatlooked at the latest version of Powercenter [http://www.intelligententerprise.

Following on from Customer Data Hub [http://www.rittman.net/archives/000762.html], Oracle have just announced that Product Data Hub will be available in 2005. According to James Niccolai for IDG News Service [http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/19/HNibmoracleaiminfomgmt_1.html], "Meanwhile, Oracle also plans

One of our customers recently asked me about the best way to manage multiple environments when using OWB. The customer had a development environment, together with test, QA and of course production, and wanted to know how to set up their design and runtime repositories. Do we create separate design

I must admit I've only just come across this, but it looks interesting anyway. "Oracle XML Data Synthesis (XDS)" [http://otn.oracle.com/tech/xml/xds/index.html] is "designed to solve the problem of accessing disparate information sources like package applications (Oracle 11i, SAP,

"In striving to achieve customer intimacy, the idea that someone else can know your customers better than you do seems somewhat oxymoronic. Can someone else know your customers better than you? For years, the answer to this has always been "no." Your organization's analytic needs

If you've been to an Oracle technology day recently, or read some of thearticles in Oracle Magazine [http://otn.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/04-may/o34cover_feature.html] or onAppsNet [http://www.oracle.com/appsnet/technology/ia/content.html], you'll probably have heard about "Oracle Information

"Whether or not Oracle wins its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, one thing is for sure: Larry Ellison is acquisition hungry." reports Michael Singer [http://internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3372331] for InternetNews.com. "But the motivation for doing so may not be to battle top-tier market leader