360 Degree DB Programming

Your Take on Oracle JDBC Drivers

2009-07-16T09:55:00.001-07:00

The Oracle JDBC development team would like to hear your experience; please tell us what works and what does not work for you.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?key=rqx1Y0vD-zTDxJZpNG0j1bQ

PyOhio: free Ohio based Python Miniconf.

2009-07-14T14:15:00.000-07:00

PyOhio "The Free Ohio-based Python Miniconference" is on Saturday & Sunday July 25-26 at Ohio State University. On Sunday Catherine Devlin and Oracle Technology Network's Todd Trichler will have an Oracle/Python/Linux Tutorial.

Speaking at Kaleidoscope 2009 on Wed June 24h 2:45pm

2009-06-19T09:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.odtugkaleidoscope.com/
My talk is about: Web Scale Applications with PHP, Ruby and Oracle 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Hands-on Oracle Database 11g Applications Development

2009-05-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.oracle.com/go/?&Src=6635701&Act=229&pcode=NAMK08038812MPP033

Java Performance: The Return of the Usual Suspects (Updated)

2009-04-30T09:30:00.000-07:00

http://blogs.oracle.com/olaf/2009/04/java_performance_the_return_of.html

Book Review: Processing XML documents with Oracle JDeveloper 11g

2009-04-13T19:19:00.000-07:00

I am no XML expert but my first interest for the book stems from the fact that wether you like it or not, XML is everywhere; so better embrace it. The book furnishes a comprehensive coverage of all things related to XML including: creating and parsing an XML document, creating and validating an XML Schema, XPath , transforming XML with XSLT, JAXB, Oracle XML Developer Kit (XDK 11g), Oracle XML Publisher, comparing XML documents, converting XML to PDF or MS Excel, even Berkeley DB XML edition.

I have used JDeveloper for doing prorotyping work and proof of concepts related to JDBC, Java in the database, and Database Web Services but, and this is my second interest for the book, i have no idea that JDeveloper furnishes so much capabilities for processing XML documents.

I now have two good reasons to keep and use my copy of this book. For these reasons, i recommend it.

Oracle Database 10g on Mac OS/X

2009-04-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

Oracle Database 10g release 10.2.0.4 for Apple MAC OS X (Leopard 10.5.4) Intel x86-64 Available on OTN http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle10g/htdocs/10204macsoft_x86-64.html

Java in the database podcast @ Java Posse

2009-03-23T14:04:00.000-07:00

A glimpse of my day job: Java in the database @ http://tinyurl.com/ccxb7s -- fwiw, the guy speaking is my boss.

Solving the C20K problem: PHP Performance and Scalability

2009-02-28T19:34:00.001-08:00

A summary of my talk at PHP Quebec @ http://conf.phpquebec.com

PHP is widely adopted for database-backed RIA.

PHP lacks true connection pool; can a commodity database server sustain 20000 concurrent users?
How to ensure availability in the face of a database server failure?
When it comes to scalability, more PHP code or more frameworks (i.e., classes) translates to more CPU power; how to simplify PHP programming and reduce the amount of PHP code using built-in Oracle database 11g mechanisms?

The Community Connect case study will be discussed.

360 Degree DB Programming: Read parts of my book on Google Books

2009-02-22T22:42:00.000-08:00

360 Degree DB Programming: Read parts of my book on Google Books

Gartner Case study: Community Connect use of Oracle, PHP, Database Resident Connection Pool, etc

2009-02-12T23:22:00.000-08:00

"CCI has been collaborating with Oracle's development group to improve memory utilization and reduce overhead across multiple nodes of DBMSs, using connection pooling called Oracle Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP). A connection pool is a cache of database connections maintained by the database so that the connections can be reused when the database receives future requests for data. Opening and maintaining a database connection for each user can be time consuming and waste resources. Open connections are placed in a pool to be reused."

http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/oracle/article60/article60.html

Oracle Python adapter ( cx_Oracle ) got DRCP

2008-12-19T09:31:00.000-08:00

The latest Oracle Python adapter (cx_Oracle) got Database Resident Connection Pool, Python 3 and many other goodies.
See more details.

Web Scale PHP Connection Broker

2008-12-11T06:41:00.000-08:00

My talk at the Forum PHP Paris

Read parts of my book on Google Books

2008-11-16T10:43:00.001-08:00

I just found out that parts of my book (fragments ranging from page 224 to page 374) has been scanned and available online.

The entire section on running Groovy in the database is available.

Enjoy!

Making frameworks suck less

2008-11-06T22:11:00.000-08:00

Terry Chay gave a great talk tonight at the San Francisco PHP Meetup on "making frameworks suck less"

Enjoy

Oracle PHP Video from the Singapore PHP Meetup

2008-10-29T22:38:00.001-07:00

Presented by my colleague Blair Layton; here is the video of the Singaporian PHP Meetup

http://blog.php.com.sg/archives/singapore-php-meetup-oct-2008-oracle

Our OOW Poscast on Dynamic Languages

2008-09-30T15:27:00.001-07:00

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OTN_TechCasts/~3/402542480/6978780_Mensah_Jones_092408.mp3

See you at Oracle Develop Beijin, Mumbai, Moscow, and Prague

2008-09-30T10:11:00.000-07:00

From the success of Oracle Develop sessions at Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, i anticipate that many of you who could not attend OOW SF will join our OD Winter tour
http://www.oracle.com/events/oracledevelop/index.html

See you there, Kuassi

What is Going on for Database Application Performance (OCI, C/C++, Java/JDBC) and Net Services

2008-08-31T12:02:00.001-07:00

Here are session and hands-on lab related to application performance from database perspective.
See other posts for my Java, JDBC, PHP and Ruby sessions and hands-on labs.

Session:

Best Practices for Developing Performant Applications for Oracle Database 11g Monday 09/22/2008 14:30 - 15:30 Marriott Salon 01
Best Practices for Deployment, Performance and Diagnosability of Oracle Net Services Thursday 09/25/2008 - 10:30 am Moscone South, Rm 104

Hands-on lab:

Hands-on Lab: Best Practices for Developing Performant Applications with Oracle Database 11g Monday 09/22/2008 16:00 - 17:00 Marriott Golden Gate B1

See you there

What is Going on for PHP and Ruby on Rails at Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, Sep 21st-25th

2008-08-31T11:45:00.000-07:00

Here are PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails sessions and hands-on labs that i am either delivering or coordinating (involved). See other posts for my Java/JDBC sessions and hands-on labs.

Sessions

Building and Deploying Web-Scale Social Networking Applications, Using PHP and Oracle Database 11g Tuesday 09/23/2008 13:00 - 14:00 Marriott Salon 04
Building and Deploying Web-Scale Social Networking Applications, Using Ruby on Rails and Oracle Database 11g Monday 09/22/2008 13:00 - 14:00 Marriott Salon 02

Hands-on Labs

Hands-on Lab: Web 2.0 Applications with Ruby/JRuby on Rails and Oracle Database 11g Tuesday 09/23/2008 14:30 - 15:30 Marriott Golden Gate B1
Hands-on Lab (Part 1): Web 2.0 Applications with PHP and Oracle Database 11g Sunday 09/21/2008 14:30 - 15:30 Marriott Golden Gate B1
Hands-on Lab (Part 2): Web 2.0 Applications with PHP and Oracle Database 11g Sunday 09/21/200815:45 - 16:45MarriottGolden Gate B1

See you there.

What is Going On for JDBC, Java in the Database, and UCP at Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, Sept 21-25th

2008-08-31T11:19:00.001-07:00

Here are JDBC, Java in the database and the new Universal Connection Pool (UCP) sessions and hands-on labs that i am either delivering or involved.
Look other posts on this blog for my other sessions and labs.

Sessions

Don't Roll the Dice: Secure Your Java/JDBC Applications with Oracle Advanced Security Tuesday 09/23/2008 11:30 - 12:30 in Marriott Salon 01
Tips for Troubbleshooting Common JDBC Applications Errors Tuesday 09/23/2008 14:30 - 15:30 Marriott Salon 14/15
Data- and Compute-Intensive Processing: Middle Tier or Database? Trade-offs and Case Study Monday 09/22/2008 11:30 - 12:30 Marriott Salon 01
Integrating Oracle Real Application Clusters from the Middle Tier with Oracle Universal Connection Pool Monday 09/22/2008 17:30 - 18:30 Marriott Nob Hill AB

Hands-on Labs

Hands-on Lab: Develop and Diagnose JDBC Programs and Java Classes in the Database Tuesday 09/23/200816:00 - 17:00 Marriott Golden Gate B1
Hands-on Lab: Best Practices for Developing Performant Applications with Oracle Database 11g Monday 09/22/200816:00 - 17:00 Marriott Golden Gate B1

See you there.

Hands-on Oracle Database 11g Application Development

2008-08-19T09:49:00.000-07:00

You don't want to miss this unique opportunity
http://www.oracle.com/webapps/events/EventsDetail.jsp?p_eventId=83729&src=6635701&src=6635701&Act=83

Because this is a hands-on event (laptop provided and pre-staged), space is limited.

Fwiw, you may win

- 1 iPod Touch
- $15 iTunes card
- 1 free OOW pass (does not include travel and expenses)
- books (from recommendations).

Oracle Symfony in PHP Minor

2008-07-13T08:15:00.000-07:00

Mladen Gogala is an Oracle DBA with PHP expertise.
Enjoy the article @
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/gogala-symfony.html

PHP OCI8 1.3.3 Has Gone Production

2008-06-24T10:48:00.000-07:00

PHP's OCI8 1.3.3 brings support for Oracle's Database Resident Connection Pool (DRCP), Fast Application Notification (in RAC environment), Client Result Cache technologies giving PHP enterprise class scalability, performance, and high availability.

See the README in the OCI8 bundle and read the white paper http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/php/pdf/php-scalability-ha-twp.pdf for more information.

New release of database-resident Lucene integration

2008-06-01T11:29:00.000-07:00

I am glad to report that Marcelo as releasd a new releae of its database-resident Lucene using the embedded Java VM in the Oracle database.
http://marceloochoa.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-binary-release-of-lucene-oracle.html

This is a perfect illustration of data-intensive-and-compute-intensive processing that i will be talking about in comign events.