The Linux Problem I have nothing against Linux, but… When you want software from Oracle and you have a windows machine, you just browse to the oracle website, hit the download, boom you have your software. But from Linux? I have tried different methods over the years, including download to…
Author: Adrian Ward
30 Years working on Oracle systems, specialising in Oracle analytics. Previously known as OBIEE, and before that Seibel Analytics
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Graph Database Install
Fail! So I installed the Spatial and Graph server available on the Marketplace https://console.uk-london-1.oraclecloud.com/marketplace/application/75067377/overview It installed, but couldn’t get it to do anything. No connection worked. So, I thought thats OK I will just install it myself, and I saw the documentation in Oracle database 20c, https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/20/spgdg/property-graph-overview-spgdg.html#GUID-FF149F69-574D-43B8-B888-4CCD019DAE56 that the graph…
Analytics
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Latest blogs and videos
Just a few for these chilly October/November evenings … Blogs of the Week 1. Announcing Oracle APEX 20.2 Joel Kallman shares (the original post is here) : “This release of APEX introduces several new features and enhancements to help developers be more productive than ever before. From the all new Cards…
Graph Databases for Analytics Developers
Database trends come and go over the years, dressed up as the new thing to take down the good old fashioned relational database system. New ways to store and retrieve data pop up, gain some interest, and then end up a a niche offering. I have noticed however that some…
APex
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Autumn is on its way
The colder nights are setting in. Light the fire, grab a cuppa – and here are some blogs worth a view: 1. Using Information Publisher Reports in Oracle Enterprise Manager for RMAN backup reporting. Adityanath Dewoolkar begins by saying, “Recently one of BU person in my project requested us to send…
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A mid-September blog
Blogs of the Week 1.OBIEE – SSO — Integrating with a third party login with AD authentication / passing user and pass in URL Erman Arslan begins by saying, “Implementing SSO or Windows Native authentication in OBIE is something we do frequently. Basically, we integrate OBIEE with Microsoft Active Directory…
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End of Summer…
Today is the last working day of August (It’s a UK Bank Holiday Monday on 31st August…) next week we will be into the beginnings of September and Autumn. Slow down over the Bank Holiday and read some of the latest blogs and articles or watch some videos…. Blogs of…
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An early July blog…
Blogs of the Week 1. Announcing SQL Developer, SQL Developer Data Modeler, & SQLcl versions 20.2 Jeff Smith says, “However, there are bug fixes that we need to get into your hands, and our developers have never stopped working on new features, so we ARE releasing version 20.2, TODAY.” He…
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A bit of light reading…
Blogs of the week 1. Copying a SQL Plan Baseline from one database to another Martin Bach starts by saying, “Hopefully this post saves you a few minutes looking the procedure up. I know it’ll save me some time 😉 In this rather lengthy article I’d like to cover how I…
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May the 83rd?
It’s been a long couple of months… Here are some blog posts, videos and articles to break up your lockdown experience… Blogs of the Week 1.Visualizing Oracle Object Dependencies with SQL Developer Jeff Smith says, “This isn’t a supported feature. But if you want to use it, have at it!…