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IT pop quiz: What do you know about Oracle?

Michael Tidmarsh — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:37:48 +0000

Yes IT students, it’s time for another pop quiz! This week, we’re challenging you with several tough questions on the topic of Oracle. See if you can answer any (or all) of the questions below and we’ll give out 200 Knowledge Points for each approved answer. Good luck!

Can a user automate clustering to run reports faster using Hyperion Planning – System 9?
How can you use the link column link tab to transfer a report to another form?
Is there a way import Excel data into Oracle Forms 6i?
How can a user adjust the page length from 66 to 56 in Oracle Reports?
In Oracle Data Guard, does the target database need to run on the same platform as the source platform?
When a user is running Oracle Instant Client 10.2, is it possible to run a query through the Windows scheduler at the same time?
When a user’s limitations in a row is grayed out, will the data return after processing a query?
How can you find views that were manipulated (DML) from the past week in Oracle?
Where can a user get a document to apply Oracle patches?
When a user has a linked server from SQL to Oracle, are column names required to be sent in the sent portion of the call?

Featured Member: Carlos De Leon

Michael Tidmarsh — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:05:39 +0000

ITKnowledgeExchange recently had the chance to talk to this month’s ‘featured member’ Carlos De Leon. He is one of ITKE’s most active users and specializes in Oracle, SQL and Java.

ITKE: Tell us a little bit about yourself: What do you do? What’s your area of expertise?

CD: I currently work as Software Development Director at a local telco. Working there has given me the opportunity to learn a lot and be involved in several different IT areas, from software development to operating systems, security, networking and telephony; but software development is what I really do today.

I’ve been involved in software development for many years, so I would say my area of expertise is definitely there, but development is a very broad field. One can be proficient in only a small number of languages, or methodologies or tools, etc. In the last few years I’ve worked a lot with Oracle databases, so I would probably say that SQL and PL/SQL are the languages I know better right now.

But as years have passed, I have been devoting less time to coding and more to managing. I keep trying to find the way to make software projects succeed regardless of the different external factors or forces that are always present (although many times not in a very visible way) around most IT initiatives.

In my spare time I develop mobile applications, mostly for Nokia devices.

ITKE: If you weren’t working in IT, you’d be…

CD: Probably a musician, but I’m not sure whether I would be playing praise music at religious events, or I would have founded a heavy metal band. I could also have been an MMA fighter

There are many things that interest me a lot, but I don’t have enough time for them.

ITKE: Who’s one person you look up to in the IT world, and why?

CD: Not sure if this is normal, but I don’t really admire any one. I read a lot, and because of that I have came to know some of the fantastic things some people have made in the IT world, but I focus more on some of their accomplishments than on their lives or even their careers.

One example is Linus Torvalds. I admire what he did with the Linux kernel, but apart from that (and from his creation of Git) I don’t know almost anything about him or what he has done afterwards. Something similar happens with Marc Benioff from Salesforce.com or Mark Spencer, the creator of Asterisk. I know of many people that have done amazing things, but I just don’t keep following them.

ITKE: How do you see the future of IT developing over the next decade?

CD: As we are already seeing, mobility will most likely dominate, which probably means also that cloud adoption will grow very rapidly in the near future.

Areas like domotics (home automation) will experiment significant growth as well, and as most of the things we use in our lives are becoming computing devices, information security will be even more important. Even today, a malicious hacker could gain control of your car, or make your pacemaker malfunction and kill you. That is scary.

ITKE: What advice would you give prospective IT workers (say college students)?

CD: Don’t get into IT if you don’t really like technology, investigation and problems. I have known some people that decided to pursue an IT career just because they thought it was a safe bet and they would get good money there. After some time, most of them have become very unhappy people, who hate to face problems and take challenges.

A couple of days ago I read this in a tweet “choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life”. I don’t know who the author is, but I fully agree, and that is probably the best thing I could say to any student, regardless or the profession they have chosen.

The most-watched IT questions: April 2, 2012

Michael Tidmarsh — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:52:26 +0000

Whether you want to show off your Oracle expertise or simply have some handy tricks for the command line, there’s plenty of ways to participate in the community. Here are the most-watched questions in the IT forums over the past week. Have a tricky IT question of your own? Ask our expert community now!

1. The team of CharlieBrowne, TomLiotta and WoodEngineer help Qmaster create a command which would trigger a program.

2. TomLiotta, CharlieBrowne and Philpl1jb are trying to solve 9783444184′s problem of retrieving a list of message files in a subfile.

3. Cursorposition and Splat explain how to update files using different CL programs.

4. TomLiotta saves the day again as he helps Qmaster restore a file from a backup tape to IFS directory.

5. Having trouble using the CLFPRM command? CharlieBrowne and TomLiotta have the answer for you.

6. Add your insight into solving how to get a value from a column in Visual Studio.

7. Help Nikraipapa find a solution to finding the requirements for eliminating duplicate records.

8. Carlosdl, TIsanders, and Leonmanuel share their answers about grouping a query in Microsoft Access 2003.

9. Are you an Oracle expert? Show your expertise by helping 235235235 get information from a table.

10. A command question takes the stage again as Shobi needs help generating a mailbox through the ADDMBX command.

Michael Tidmarsh is the Assistant Community Editor for ITKnowledgeExchange. He can be reached at Mtidmarsh@techtarget.com.

Today’s Webcast: Driving Decisions with Business Rules (sponsored)

ITKE — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:46:16 +0000

Business rules management systems (BRMS) are a mature technology that have been available for many years. Capturing business policies, regulations and domain expertise so that they can drive system behavior is a compelling proposition. Systems that automate and manage decisions by executing the right business rules improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Until recently business rules technology has been applied to a fairly narrow range of high value application areas. But as the market changes, the opportunities to use business rules-driven decision management systems are growing.

In today’s webcast, decision management expert James Taylor will discuss the state of the business rules market and the potential for broader adoption of this powerful technology. Topics covered include:

What makes business rules a compelling technology
The characteristics of decision management systems
The new use cases for decision management systems
And the evolving characteristics of business rules technology.

JOIN THE WEBCAST

IT Knowledge Exchange Upgrade – Downtime Expected 12/8

ITKE — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:53:50 +0000

In attempt to continue upgrading IT Knowledge Exchange’s capabilities, features and speed, we will be completing a server move from hosted to in-house. This move will support the continuous growth that we’re experiencing in traffic and activity–all thanks to your efforts!

This move will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, December 8, 2010, after 5pm EST. You should experience a couple hours of downtime, but don’t worry because we’ll be back and better than before!

If you have any questions or notice anything strange, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Live VMWare Expert Chat on 10/26: Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications (sponsor post)

EmNichs — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:54:01 +0000

VMware vSphere runs business-critical applications, including Exchange, SQL, Oracle and SAP, with breakthrough performance and outstanding reliability. Many VMware customers are now virtualizing large Tier 1 applications to consolidate their x86 infrastructure and minimize infrastructure costs.

On October 26 from 11am-2pm EST, this 2-part live chat with VMware experts, will teach you about application performance considerations, best practices and use cases for deploying Tier 1 applications on VMware.

Click here for a reminder email for this 2-part live chat.

Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications Speakers:

Gaetan Castelein, Group Product Marketing Manager at VMWare
Shruti Bhat, Product Marketing Manager at VMWare
Scott Salyer, Lead Architect – Microsoft Solutions
Alex Fontana, Technical Solutions Architect – Microsoft Solutions
Wanda He, Technical Solutions Architect- Microsoft Applications

Going to Oracle OpenWorld 2010? We want to go with you!

Michael Morisy — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:59:57 +0000

Oracle OpenWorld 2010 is almost upon us, and we’d like to hear what news, tips and tricks emerge from the over 1,800 sessions, seminars and demonstrations taking place next week in San Francisco. To do that, though, we need your help, particularly if you’re going to the show.

We’re looking for interested users to take pictures, share their thoughts and write up short blog posts about the show; in exchange, we’ll work to get you behind-the-scenes access, free ITKnowledgeExchange.com schwag, and even a little monetary compensation for your troubles. And, of course, thousands will be hanging on to your every dispatch, making you an instant mini-Internet celebrity. What could be better? Fame, fortune and free T-shirts, all in one amazing deal.

If you’re interested and attending Oracle OpenWorld, simply get in touch with me at Michael@ITKnowledgeExchange.com and we can work out the details. In the meanwhile, be sure to check out Mr. Denny’s post on preparing for an IT conference, and feel free to add your own tips.

Michael Morisy is the editorial director for ITKnowledgeExchange. He can be followed on Twitter or you can reach him at Michael@ITKnowledgeExchange.com.

Join us for the 9th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI ’10) on 10/4-6

EmNichs — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:41:13 +0000

The 9th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI ’10) will take place October 4-6, 2010, in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Join us for OSDI ’10, the premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software. This year’s program has been expanded to include 32 high-quality papers in areas including cloud storage, production networks, concurrency bugs, deterministic parallelism, as well as a poster session. Don’t miss the opportunity to network with researchers and professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds to discuss innovative, exciting work in the systems area.

Who says ‘second place is the first loser?’

EmNichs — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:34:44 +0000

…Not IT Knowledge Exchange!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Xbox 360 contest. We randomly withdrew 5 names from our top 10 contributors list and came up with the following winners:

The 2 Xbox 360 Slims went to Mattmather and RichS
The 3 $50 Amazon.com gift cards went to Carlosdl, Mrdenny, and Technochic

Congratulations to the winners! The rest of you, keep asking questions and provide feedback in the 2010 ITKE Member Survey, and you’ll continue to earn points. You never know when they’ll come in handy!

-Em