Advanced Queues and Streams: A Definition in Plain English is a post from: Database Geek Blog

A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks “What do two plus two equal?”

The mathematician replies “Four.”

The interviewer asks “Four, exactly?” The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says “Yes, four, exactly.”

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Oracle Advanced Replication: A Definition in Plain English is a post from: Database Geek Blog

What is Replication?

According to Webster’s Online, the definition we mean is: 3 a : COPY, REPRODUCTION b : the action or process of reproducing

Replication is simply copying data from one database to another. This could be a subset of the data or a complete copy.

I’m going to use insert for my examples but any DML can be… Read the rest!

Comment by vijay on What is the difference between Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL? is a post from: Database Geek Blog

thnx

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Comment by tommer weingarten on Introduction to Basic SQL, Part 1 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

thank you. i’ve installed it and i have SQL command line but in your article above it says i should have SQL plus, how would i install that

? or does it come with the link that u told me to insall?

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Comment by LewisC on Introduction to Basic SQL, Part 1 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

tommer,

Until I have a chance to post a new guide, I would suggest getting OracleXE. It installs as an MSI in windows and as an RPM in Linux. Very easy to install (and uninstall).

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

LewisC

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Comment by tommer weingarten on Introduction to Basic SQL, Part 1 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

hey, im new to all this but if i dont have a data base installed what do u recomnd i should do? i saw that you wrote in your article to go to http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/oracle/115311 but its no longer possible, have any other ideas of what i can do?

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Comment by Vikramasimha on What is the difference between Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL? is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Hi Sir,

Firsttime i am vising your site, i am very happy to c you, and happy to get more information on SQL as well as PL/SQL.

Sir, the information you have provided is more understandable, and we still hoping the same Sir, thank you.

Regards,

Vikramasimha

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Comment by LewisC on What is the difference between Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL? is a post from: Database Geek Blog

suvro,

If you just want to learn database management from a Java perspective, there is no reason to learn PL/SQL. However, if you want to learn database management from an oracle perspective, you must learn pl/sql. It really depends on what you want to do, code for databases, or code for Oracle.

Even though Oracle… Read the rest!

Comment by suvro on What is the difference between Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL? is a post from: Database Geek Blog

hi Lewis,

i read your articles n it gave me a nice precise idea about oracle,sql n pl/sql.currently i’m doing my engineering n i know java well.right now i want to learn database management skills.but i have the following questions in my mind.hope u can help.

1.as java n pl/sql are… Read the rest!

Comment by Vishakha Jain Agrawal on What is the difference between Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL? is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Hello Sir,

I read your article and feedbacks.

I know the difference char, varchar and varchar2.

But be practical I understood first time with the help of Length() function.

Your explanation procedure is good and helpful.

Thanks sir

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Oracle Objects, Types and Collections: Part 1 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

I could have called this OO In Oracle: A Techie’s View. But the Sorcerer of OO is a much cooler title. You have to pronounce OO as ooh! as in Ooh and Aah!

What is OO? OO stands for Object Oriented. OOD is OO Design, OOA is OO Analysis and OOP is Object Oriented Programming. Oracle… Read the rest!

Oracle 10g+ Security and Audit – Part 1 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

This is a three-part definition of Oracle Security (specifically in 10g but applies to later versions also). Part 1 covers the various types of security Oracle provides. Part 2 deals with Users/Schemas, Roles, Permissions and Data Access. Part 2 will be a more technical discussion than parts 1 or 3. In part 3, I will discuss implementing an Oracle auditing… Read the rest!

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide – Thought of the day, April 1, 2005 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

I’m going to start a new daily entry in addition to my other entries. I’ll call it the Thought of the Day. It will be an interesting link or thought or joke or just something I read somewhere. It will usually pertain, somehow, to Oracle but like today it might not.

Today’s thought is a link to… Read the rest!

My Personal Dictionary is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Mother’s Dictionary

APPLE: Nutritious lunchtime dessert which children will trade for cupcakes.

BABY: 1. Dad, when he gets a cold. 2. Mom’s youngest child, even if he’s 42.

BATHROOM: a room used by the entire family, believed by all except Mom to be self-cleaning.

DUST RAGS: See “DAD’S UNDERWEAR.”

EAR: A place where kids store dirt.

EYE: The highly susceptible optic nerve which, according to… Read the rest!