Here are three interesting and fun things I have recently stumbled on:

Google sets:

Google sets is a Google Labs product that automatically creates sets of words from a few keywords. You enter a few keywords from a set of things, and then press “Large Set” or “Small Set” and Google tries to predict similar keywords in […]

Let’s say that you want to check whether a word or a sentence reads the same backward or forward, how do you do it in SQL? you use the REVERSE function. We’ll see an example of that below, but first, a warning. Unlike LNNVL, REVERSE is still an undocumented SQL function, which means that it […]

It looks like Oracle is using Texterity, a provider of services for the creation of digital editions of magazines, to publish Oracle Magazine in a digital format over the Web, more precisely in the Published Web Format (PWF).

I have not read or heard of an official announcement from Oracle about Oracle Magazine now being available […]

According to Rob, the best and the greatest software developers are:

Pessimistic in the short term: Great developers do not “assume it will work”. Even though they are optimistic about their overall success. However, they know that by being pessimistic in the short-term, their long-term success is ensured. Angered by sloppy code: People who are great at […]

The September - October 2006 issue of Oracle magazine is out. Here is a sampler of articles available in this issue:

On ROWNUM and Limiting Results by Tom Kyte. Tom explains how ROWNUM works and how to make it work for you. Getting Rich with Ajax by Rich Schwerin. Build rich Internet applications with Asynchronous JavaScript and […]

If you use Google (and who doesn’t? Oh! well maybe these people don’t), here are a few simple, interesting and useful Google search tips and facts you may have forgotten all about:

The asterisk is a search wildcard. For example, searching for three*mice finds three blind mice, three button mice, etc. Google search currently has a […]

Just a quick note to say that some comment posts from my dear readers are being mistakenly caught by my anti-spam plugin and buried with hundreds of daily spam comments. This is getting out of hand and frustrating not only for me but for anyone who spends valuable time writing a comment just to find […]

Oracle DBA FAQ and Tips A collection of FAQ and tips for Oracle DBA and developers (tags: oracle tip faq) […]

As promised, here are the results of the Oracle Developer/DBA salary survey. Ninety four (94) Oracle developers and DBAs from around the globe responded to the survey.

Before going into the results, here is a list of the tools that I have used to create the survey and prepare its results:

PHPSurveyor to create the survey, accept […]

Dell has issued a battery recall and set up a web site where you can check whether your Dell laptop battery is subject to recall or not.

Batteries subject to recall should not be used while awaiting a replacement battery pack from Dell. You may continue to use your notebook computer using the AC adapter power […]