My most important Oracle book
Well, my wait is over and now I have the book. I’m not lucky enough to have it signed by Tom though, maybe volume 2? (more…)
Filed in Books, Oracle, Personal with 9 Comments | Tags: bookA Different World
People living in the United States of America (including myself) often do not appreciate the great things that this great country offers them, the freedom that they enjoy, and the many things that make their lives easier and safer. To appreciate all of this, you will have to live a few days without them, without what you’re used to on a daily basis; you will have to experience living in a totally different culture, a totally different country. That’s what happened to me during my trip to Shanghai, China. Here are a few customs and behaviors that seemed weird to me, even though I’m sure that they are totally normal for the Chinese people living in China: (more…)
Filed in Personal with 10 Comments | Tags: chinaOracle docs virtual book Firefox plugin
Even though the “Format results into a virtual book” has always been an option for displaying Oracle documentation search results, I have never paid attention to it until Tom Kyte mentioned it in his latest podcast. After trying out this option a couple of times, I noticed that it could easily be converted to a Firefox search plugin. Unlike my other Oracle documentation search plugin, this one is version specific. I have created three search plugins, one for Oracle DB version 8.1.7, one for 9.2 and another for 10.2. The result of the search is directly formatted into a virtual book.
I successfully tested the Oracle documentation search plugins on both Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5 (Beta). I noticed one difference though, which is not related to how the search plugins work but to where each FF version installs them. the plugin files in FF 1.0 were stored in the FF installation directory (usually C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins), whereas in FF 1.5 they were stored in the user’s profile directory (usually C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles...).
Back to the Oracle documentation search. Here are a couple of tips. You can refine your search results by using boolean operators and wildcard characters. Very helpful sometimes. Also note that searches are case insensitive.
Finally, it seems to me that if I use the same search string to search the documentation for versions 8.1.7, 9.2 and 10.2, version 9.2 always produces fewer (virtual book) results than the other two. Consider the following examples: (more…)
Filed in Firefox, Oracle, Plugins with 5 Comments | Tags: Documentation, Firefox, plugin, searchOracle OpenWorld Flickr Group
I have been following the blog postings about Oracle OpenWorld 2005 (OOW) with interest. Lots of exciting new stuff, too bad I could not attend (I just came back from vacation yesterday night).
In addition to the awesome coverage of the Oracle bloggers attending this event, I have noticed that a number of them have been posting OOW photos on their blogs. That’s great, as this gives us, outsiders, a feel of what people and things look like at the conference form the point of view of an insider. However, in an effort to collect all of these photos in a central and convenient repository, I have created the Oracle OpenWorld – 2005 Flickr group. So, if you have a Flickr account (like I do) or do not (just create a free one), and you are attending OOW, please feel free to add your photos to the Oracle OpenWorld – 2005 Flickr group.
Filed in Oracle with 1 Comment | Tags: blog, flickr, OpenWorld, photoA special query
Now that Tom Kyte has closed this thread on AskTom, it’s time to move on to a less passionate but equally personal topic. Consider this query: (more…)
Filed in Personal with Comments Off | Tags: china, photoFind blogs using Google
In case you have not heard already, Google has just launched a blog search engine. From the Google FAQ:
Results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you’ll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and other languages as well. … Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feeds, which will be checked frequently for new content. This means that Blog Search results for a given blog will update with new content much faster than standard web searches. Also, because of the structured data within site feeds, it is possible to find precise posts and date ranges with much greater accuracy.
For example, I searched for my name:
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=Eddie+Awad
and almost all my posts appeard in the result. What’s also cool, is that I can check who references a particular post by clicking on the “References” link next to some posts.
Check it out at http://blogsearch.google.com/
Filed in Technology with Comments Off | Tags: blog, Google, searchWeb Development with Firefox
I came across a useful web page about using Firefox as a web development and testing tool. Firefox has some useful built-in tools like: (more…)
Filed in ColdFusion, Firefox, Tips with 1 Comment | Tags: developer, Firefox, webCheaper gas and blogspot block
I am enjoying my vacation in Shanghai, China. It’s a totally different world here. One of the things I’ve noticed is the price of gas. I took this picture today: (more…)
Filed in Personal with 10 Comments | Tags: china, gas
