4 Useful Links for 2008-10-09

Eddie Awad | Oct 9, 2008 05:20 -0600

More from my bookmarks on del.icio.us

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4 Useful Links for 2008-10-07

Eddie Awad | Oct 7, 2008 05:30 -0600
  • Demo categories: Products, Solutions, Industries, Services and Technologies.
  • Frequently asked questions regarding NLS_LANG
  • Why you should not SELECT *
  • Limits of values associated with database functions and objects.

More from my bookmarks on del.icio.us

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Oracle Community Update

Eddie Awad | Sep 29, 2008 07:10 -0600

The social network for Oracle people OracleCommunity.net was launched on January 31, 2008. Since then, it has had a tremendous growth. We went from 1 to 2,445+ members in 8 months. Existing features have been enhanced and new features have been added. Features like chat, events and the iPhone version did not even exist when the network was created.

Here is a summary of features currently available to all OracleCommunity.net members:

  • Member Profiles: Each member has a fully customizable profile with their photo, basic information and everything they’ve contributed to the community.

  • Event Listings: Schedule events, invite community members, and keep track of who’s attending.

  • Interest Groups: Create groups inside the community around hobbies, interests, affinities, geographical locations and more.

  • Real-time Activity Stream: Keep up with the members of the community. Find out what members are saying, how they’re interacting and what they’re sharing.

  • Discussion Forum: Start a discussion on any topic and watch other members respond with posts, photos and attachments.

  • Blogs: Create your own blog hosted on OracleCommunity.net and potentially have all community members as your blog readers.

  • Custom Video Players: Upload original footage or share videos from popular video services like YouTube, Google Video and Vimeo.

  • Photos & Slideshows: Post photos and organize them into albums. You can show off your photos in galleries or slideshows.

  • Message Center: Send/receive messages and review pending friend requests.

  • Chat: Chat with other members of the community in real time.

  • iPhone interface: Sleek, compact, and easy to navigate, this new iPhone/iPod touch version will enable you to take your network with you wherever you go.

New features are constantly being added. Wait for a big one next month. ;)

Here is a screenshot of OracleCommunity.net on the iPhone:

OracleCommunity.net on the iPhone

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Oracle Blogger Meetup and Oracle Ace Dinner Photos

Eddie Awad | Sep 24, 2008 10:50 -0600

In the past couple of days, I attended two special events. Here are the photos from the Oracle blogger meetup (Mohan has more here), and here are the ones from the Oracle Ace dinner.

I know that you want to put names on the faces. So, if you see yourself in any of the pictures, please join the Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Flickr group and then you will have the option to add a note (your name and blog URL) to your face like what I did on this picture.

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The Naked Truth of Mogens

Eddie Awad | Sep 23, 2008 10:20 -0600

Let’s take a short break from the deluge of Oracle OpenWorld related blog posts and watch this video of Oracle ACE Director Mogens Norgaard (WARNING: Not safe for work):

(via Dan Morgan)

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Live Blogging Oracle OpenWorld 2008

Eddie Awad | Sep 19, 2008 23:30 -0600

Bookmark this page for continuous coverage of Oracle OpenWorld events and happenings. I’m planning to keep this live blog open until the end of the conference on Thursday. Feel free to send in your comments and questions during live blog sessions. Also, follow me on Twitter for updates when the live blog is in standby mode.

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New RSS Feed for Oracle Database 10g Documentation Search

Eddie Awad | Sep 16, 2008 06:50 -0600

How do you create an RSS feed for a web page that does not have one? you use Dapper. That’s what I did with the Oracle database 10gR2 search result page. I used the Dapper generated RSS feed for this page in my oradoc Ubiquity command.

John already had an RSS feed for the 11g documentation search results. He commented on my Ubiquity post:

A lot of the potential RSS goodness is tied up with the Web 2.0-style stuff in the 11g library. E.g. there are URLs for RSS feeds for new books, but have to find the right place(s) in the UI to link to them; for example, perhaps in the left navigation bar for each book. But the RSS feed for search results doesn’t have such dependencies, so it shouldn’t be a problem to backport.

So, a few days later, John email me the URL for the 10gR2 documentation search results RSS feed:

http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/search?word=search_term&format=rss

and for 11gR1 it is:

http://www.oracle.com/pls/db111/search?word=search_term&format=rss

I have updated the oradoc Ubiquity command to use the new 10gR2 feed.

Thanks John, you rock!

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Oracle OpenWorld 2008 - My Schedule

Eddie Awad | Sep 12, 2008 17:40 -0600

I made it! I finally finished building my Oracle OpenWorld 2008 schedule. It was not an easy task, believe me. If I had multiple Eddie Awad clones, I would have been much happier. I will arrive in San Francisco on Sunday, September 21st around noon, so unfortunately I’ll miss half of the Oracle ACE Director product briefing.

There are a few interesting sessions over at the Unconference that I would like to attend too, so I may have some last minute changes to my schedule.

By the way, check out the Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Group on OracleCommunity.net. Make sure you join the group if you’re attending.

See you all in a few days.

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