Oh boy, this is going to be fun. The recent release of VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 offers a big boost to the feature set of VMware Fusion (not to be confused with that other company’s “Fusion” product). The Windows/Mac integration and 3D/2D graphics improvements aren’t deeply appealing to me, since I’m [...]
I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro to Leopard, and along with all of the other goodies that come with that upgrade, I’ve been able to install and use the long-awaited (and Intel Leopard-only) Oracle Instant Client for OS X. I’ve been using SQL Developer on my Mac for a long time, but I’ve missed the [...]
Recently, I had the opportunity to take Oracle certification exam 1Z0-233: Oracle 11i Install, Patch, and Maintain Applications, the final step in the Oracle 11i Applications DBA certification chain. I would have taken this exam a long time ago, but somehow managed to miss the important detail that 9i and 10g DBA OCPs [...]
