OraQA Update

Over the weekend I implemented a few changes to OraQA.com:

• Instead of showing the question and the full answer, the home page – as well as the category and author archives – will show only the question. You will have to click on the question link to see the whole entry along with all the related comments. This way, you can easily browse the list of questions and pick the one that interests you without skipping the related comments. (Thanks Francois).

• The latest comments are now displayed on the sidebar so you can keep track of the latest discussions.

• A new category named “Question” is created. Any question that is published and that does not have an answer (i.e. seeking answers) will be in this category.

Here are some tips I find useful. You can keep track of all OraQA comments by subscribing to the global comments RSS feed, a link under the “Subscribe” section on the sidebar. You can also keep track of comments on a specific question either:

• By subscribing to the RSS feed for comments on this question, a link at the bottom of each question page

• Or by subscribing through e-mail (requires a log in), an option at the bottom of each question page

I have been trying (and will always try) to keep OraQA a place where you can find (or submit) answers to specific problems, an Oracle cookbook of sort. To that end, I have rejected many submissions that do not serve as a “recipe” in that cookbook, they are either too broad, or not well defined. OTN forums is a better place for this type of questions.

I got the following question from Vadim the other day: Would you consider it appropriate to post an answer to a question and put my signature below mentioning my website? Provided my post itself is indeed an answer to the question asked.

My answer: Absolutely. You can leave a link to your website (or blog) in your signature on any post or comment on OraQA. In fact, when you register, you can save the URL to your website (or blog) in your profile and it will automatically be linked to your name on any OraQA post or comment.

Got some cool and useful Oracle tips and tricks? head to OraQA.com…

OraQA Live!

As Tom Kyte blogged earlier today, OraQA is up and running and waiting for your questions and answers.

I had the idea of OraQA when I was browsing The ColdFusion Cookbook and I thought it would be great to have a similar site for the Oracle community.

In no particular order, I would like to thank the following Oracle bloggers for their help with the initial launch of OraQA:

• Robert Vollman
• Radoslav Rusinov
• Francois Degrelle
• Laurent Schneider
• Scott Spendolini
• Doug Burns

And of course Tom Kyte.