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by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
searchDatabase.com is starting out the new year with a bang. Check out these four new features on the site: - Live chat with Oracle guru Tom Kyte. The bestselling author of "Expert one on one: Oracle" will be appearing live on Tuesday, Jan at 1:00 PM EST (18:00 GMT). Don't miss this chance to hear Tom's introduction to the coolest new features of 9i and the reasons to upgrade. He'll also take your questions!
- Ask the Database Experts. This new email newsletter will feature high-quality answers to tough questions submitted by you, searchDatabase.com members. Topics include Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, data warehousing, SQL, database design, metadata, object databases, and more. To subscribe, login, go the registration page, and check the appropriate box.
- Best Web Services Links. Web services hype is in full gear now, but the technologies underlying it (Java, XML, .NET) have been building for some time. Learn more, including tutorials, tips, and expert advice, in our new collection of the best web links out there.
- New Fabian Pascal column. This month, Pascal trounces MySQL for not being a DBMS - let alone a relational one -- and invites readers to test themselves on their ability to see through the prevailing fallacies and misconceptions in the database industry.
Till next time, Tim DiChiara |
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Upgrading to Oracle 9i
by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
Is your enterprise in the process of migrating to Oracle 9i? Still considering whether or not to make the move? Ask a top Oracle expert and author -- not to mention the VP of Core Technologies at Oracle -- your 9i questions. Tom Kyte will be live on searchDatabase this Tuesday, January 8, at 1 PM (EST). More great Oracle 9i resources are inside...
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Featured Expert: Brian Peasland, Database Administrator, Raytheon, Inc.
Category: Oracle
Brian has been in the IT field for 14 years working as a Computer Operator, Operations Analyst, Systems Administrator, Application Developer, and finally a Database Administrator. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a M.S. in Computer Science specializing in Database Systems. Additionally, Brian holds OCP DBA credentials for Oracle 7.3, 8, and 8i. Ask him your tough Oracle questions!
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