In this global economy the need for software globalization is increasing. As a result of this globalization, localization is becoming an important part of software development. And as a result of this localization, software developers like myself will have to work with multiple languages. So, it is becoming more crucial to have development tools that […]

According to Microsoft’s new adCenter Labs Demographics Prediction tool that enables you to “predict a customer’s age, gender, and other demographic information”, Oracle.com is female oriented with following confidence: 64% female and 36% male.

I was reading Remko Mantel blog about Web 2.0 and thought about sharing with you a couple of links. The first is a very cool and useful “Web 2.0″ website that offers a free, web-based collaboration tool that provides a feature-rich meeting room with real-time, whiteboard functionality. Features include:

Create instant meetings - No client to […]

I like Oracle DB XE, not only because it is free and has all the power of an Oracle database, but also because it comes with Application Express, or APEX (formerly HTMLDB). I plan to learn APEX and use it as an ad hoc application builder for such applications that can be shared among team […]

I often want to capture some part of my screen to an image file or the clipboard. Sure there are a lot of software that do that, but, today, I found a completely free and a very easy to use screen capture software called ScreenHunter 4.0 Free. I just thought that you might find it […]

Following up on my last post: Oracle SQL Developer Updated, it was finally decided to release SQL Developer to production. So, go ahead and get your fresh copy from OTN.

Oracle Database 10g XE has this:

It would be nice to have a similar one for SQL Developer as well, would it?

Another day, another Oracle SQL Developer release. That brings the current release to:

Early Adopter Release 7, version 1.0.0.14.54 March 8, 2006

To get an idea of the frequency of new SQL Developer EA releases:

I have a password overload. Everywhere I go on the Net, I have to login. That means I have to memorize dozens of user name and password combinations.

I could just use the same user name and password on all sites, but this is not only insecure but also most of the time not possible because […]

As a follow-up to my previous post about the different SQL development tools, here is the result of the quick poll I had on this site.

I asked the question: What SQL development tool do you use most? There were a total of 150 answers, broken down like this:

Some Oracle professionals swear by SQL Plus, others just don’t even use it. There are a lot of tools out there for interacting with the Oracle database (and other databases as well) that serve as an alternative for SQL Plus; to name a few: