Sybase and SQL Server Image Data Move

SQL Developer can move data online and offline.Online is really only for small amounts of data (<100mb). For larger sets of data with greater performance and much better logging, the Offline Data Move feature should be used.SQL Developer will create…

ORA-31011: XML parsing failed LPX-00217: invalid character error can be a bug

 
If you get the error below:
 ORA-31011: XML parsing failed
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
LPX-00217: invalid character
from code running on Oracle 11.2.0.2 and 11.2.0.3 and it used to work on previous versions then stop and check MOS 1…

Oracle WebCenter is a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management 2011

| Jan 27, 2012 08:53 +0000

As we wrap up this week on Leadership, we wanted to highlight our placing in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for WCM.

Oracle is positioned a Leader with WebCenter, moving ahead in “Completeness of Vision” relative to OpenText.
Other Leaders …

Commvault Simpana 9.0 supports Oracle Solaris 11

| Jan 27, 2012 08:46 +0000

Commvault’s Data and Information Management software Simpana version 9.0 supports Oracle Solaris 11(see Commvault documentation) on SPARC.

Controlling what kids access – VPN to the Home – the next big thing in Mobile security

| Jan 27, 2012 08:03 +0000

I’ve got kids, currently they are under the age where they get Smartphones and unfettered internet access but such a day is coming.  Now at home I can set it up so on the WiFi there is a proxy and all content has to be routed via that proxy or it does…

Use the OPN Fast Track to move your Application to Oracle Solaris 11

| Jan 27, 2012 07:51 +0000

The first building block is the Oracle
Solaris binary guarantee. It warrants that Oracle Solaris 10
binaries can be executed on Oracle Solaris 11 without recompilation.
Even binary compatible applications rely on all the frame works
which have been…

Further configuration of the Enterprise Manager

| Jan 27, 2012 07:32 +0000

Further configuration of the Enterprise Manager. For development purposes.
Server: argus-inrfa1-ham.germany.sun.com
EMCLI installed at
/u01/emcli
included in the oracle user’s bash_profile

EDK installed at
/u01/edk; unzipped fro…

Getting Your Mind Out of the Gutter and Your Line Numbers In

| Jan 27, 2012 07:25 +0000

Hopefully your code is cleaner than what runs through this every morning
I’m not sure if I can help with the mind part, but I can definitely add some perspective on the line numbers. Quickly, let’s define just what the ‘gutter’…

Friday Philosophy – The Answer To Everything

| Jan 27, 2012 06:51 +0000

For those of us acquainted with the philosophical works of Douglas Adams we know that the the answer to everything is 42.

mdw1123> select all knowledge from everything
2 /

KNOWLEDGE
———-
42

This above is a real SQL statement (v…

Template for “On Logon Trigger”

| Jan 27, 2012 06:49 +0000

Here are basic instructions for creating a trigger “On Logon”. Sometimes I need to create one on the fly and it is useful to have a template.Read more »

Oracle Documentation: The broken links fiasco continues…

| Jan 27, 2012 06:27 +0000

So I was just patting myself on the back for finishing my website clean up, then I happened on a few pages with broken links to Oracle documentation. That annoyed me, but I figured I better do a quick scan to see how many broken external links I had. T…

Wahlfach Datenbankprogrammierung mit Option zur Oracle-Zertifizierung an der FH Bingen

| Jan 27, 2012 05:32 +0000

Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidt (Professor für Datenbanksysteme an der Fachhochschule Bingen) hat uns netterweise diesen Artikel zum Thema Oracle-Zertifizierungen für Studierende zur Verfügung gestellt.
Vielen Dank für den interessanten Beitrag!

Calling all Forms Developers – That means YOU!

| Jan 27, 2012 05:32 +0000

At the UKOUG annual conference in 2011, there was a tools roundtable which ended up being a deep discussion on the topic of Forms modernization.  Someone said they wanted to migrate to Apex because they thought they had to get off of Forms.  The disc…

Building a Menu Bar with Formspider

| Jan 27, 2012 04:34 +0000

This tutorial explains how to build and use menu bar in a Formspider application.

Sneak peak at Java EE 7 – Multitenant Examples with EclipseLink

| Jan 27, 2012 04:18 +0000

The Aquarium is a great source of inspiration and most recent information about Java EE progress across all relevant specifications and reference implementations. They picked up a presentation by Oracle’s Shaun Smith (blog/twitter) about the status and…

APEX and eBusiness (EBS or APPs)

Traditionally EBS-extensions are built in tools like Oracle Forms, Reports and BI Publisher. Most E-Business developers master these traditional skills (e.g. PL/SQL, workflow).
Oracle now propagates a shift towards Java (Oracle Applications Framework (…

2nd NOSIG meeting: a blast!

| Jan 27, 2012 03:11 +0000

Our second NOSIG meeting really was a blast! The University of Amsterdam kindly provided a room for free, fully equipped with projector, whitescreens and no less than two chalkboards – that we actually came to use!
Quick links to the presentations:…

Looking for Forms Admin 11g Training in the UK?

| Jan 27, 2012 02:18 +0000

A topic has been kicked off on LinkedIn to see if others would be interested in having a delivery of the Forms Admin 11g training course.  This is a great 3 day event covering the management and set up of Forms on WLS 11g.  You can register your inte…

My name is Scott and I have a pet tiger

It seems I drafted this one about 18 months ago, worth sharing…Me (back in 2000):”Hi, my name’s Scott. I’m your new developer”My First DBA:”Here’s your db account, just don’t change your password to ‘tiger’”Well, it wasn’t quite like that, but it was…

VMWARE connection problems

| Jan 27, 2012 00:39 +0000

I noticed when connection a vmware to certain networks the network doesn’t like a loopback adapter running on the vmware. Although you will get a valid IP it can’t connect to anything…. Disabling the loopback did the trick. Till Next Time