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Grid Control follies: Looking for perl? Oh, it’s over there, in the perlBin.
3 December 2010 – 23:30
Ever seen the Grid Control emagent.trc file complain about a missing perlBin property? I hadn’t.
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 recap: Time to get ready for that Fusion Apps upgrade?
27 September 2010 – 5:00
Yes, but not quite the way you might think. Here’s why.
Openworld 2010: Gratitude
26 September 2010 – 17:00
Good times rarely occur in a vaccuum. Thanks to all the people that made Oracle OpenWorld 2010 a memorable experience for me!
Christmas comes early: SQL Developer Data Modeler now free(r)!
17 September 2010 – 19:05
One the eve of Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle sneaks in a licensing change to one of its products. Take off your cynic’s cap, darn it, they just made something free: SQL Developer Data Modeler.
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 planning
2 September 2010 – 0:00
Looking ahead to OpenWorld 2010, and coming to terms with the fact that no matter what I do, I’m going to miss out on some interesting content. And sleep. Going to miss out on LOTS of sleep.
Recently relevant (to me) links
21 June 2010 – 15:16
A handful of interesting links, while I wait for my mental content logjam to break.
Downloading OTN software using wget
22 April 2010 – 17:12
One of my most frequently-visited blog posts is Retrieving Oracle patches with wget. Recently, a commenter asked about using wget to download software from Oracle Technet (OTN). It’s a little more complicated to use wget to download from OTN, because there are cookies involved. This post discusses how to extract the relevant cookies from Firefox and Google Chrome, and use those cookies with wget to retrieve files.
Vancouver Oracle Users Group (VanOUG) meeting set for 9 March
16 February 2010 – 9:40
Vancouver Oracle Users Group March 9 2010 meeting announcement
Hey Vancouver BC, want an Oracle Users Group?
20 November 2009 – 13:03
Well, here’s your chance. As a recent arrival to Vancouver, BC from Pittsburgh, PA, I’d started hunting around for a Vancouver-based Oracle Users Group. I was surprised to discover that the closest group was actually based in Victoria, BC, which I’ve now learned is a scenic but not particularly convenient commute. I’d arrived in BC [...]