Oracle INFORMATION_SCHEMA is a post from: Database Geek Blog

From the Database Geek.

Part of the ANSI SQL standard calls for an INFORMATION_SCHEMA. This schema contains a standardized data dictionary that is (or is supposed to be) common across various databases. Most database vendors offer a native data dictionary and a sub-set INFORMATION_SCHEMA (called info schema from this point on). Oracle is the only major database vendor (that I know of) that doesn’t even… Read the rest!

Oracle Data Types – 5 FAQs About Number is a post from: Database Geek Blog

I get a lot of email, and comments on blog entries, asking questions about many different topics. I am going to try to answer some of the more common questions as FAQs. Today I am starting with some NUMBER FAQs. I am specifically talking about Oracle and I am specifically talking about the NUMBER data type, not numerics in general.… Read the rest!

EDB Tip #5: Tablespaces and Tables in Postgres is a post from: Database Geek Blog

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide To Oracle Technology

The datastore in Postgres (which is what Advanced Server is based on) is quite a bit different than the way Oracle stores data. Gone are the usual logical storage components. Data blocks, extents and segments just don’t exist in a Postgres database. Actually, segments do exist when a table gets bigger than 1GB… Read the rest!

Compatibility Between EntepriseDB and Oracle is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Have you wondered what features are compatible between Oracle and EnterpriseDB? Have you wondered if EnterpriseDB is REALLY compatible with Oracle?

EnterpriseDB has compiled a new document called the Oracle Compatibility Developer’s Guide. You can download the Oracle Compatibility Developer’s Guide for EntepriseDB 8.2 or the Oracle Compatibility Developer’s Guide for 8.3 Beta.

This new document should help answer one of the most… Read the rest!

EDB*Plus and EDB*Loader Emulate Oracle’s SQL*Plus and SQL*Loader: EnterpriseDB 8.3 Beta is a post from: Database Geek Blog

EnterpriseDB Advanced Server’s enterprise-class, cross-platform developer and DBA console now includes EDB*Plus, a command-line terminal interface that emulates Oracle’s SQL*Plus. Like SQL*Plus, EDB*Plus allows users to run SQL and PL/SQL commands interactively. Oracle users accustomed to SQL*Plus will find EDB*Plus immediately familiar. In addition, EnterpriseDB’s new EDB*Loader emulates Oracle’s SQL*Loader and provides even deeper compatibility.

EnterpriseDB Advanced… Read the rest!

EnterpriseDB Compatibilty features is a post from: Database Geek Blog

A question that I am asked very often it exactly what features are compatible between EnterpriseDB and Oracle. The short story is that the areas that you think of as “development”, i.e. SQL, Code, etc are the areas where the compatibility exists.

Maintenance tasks are generally familiar as is the overall architecture. Any modern database will have logging, recovery, backups, etc. In EnterpriseDB, the way… Read the rest!