I’ve been collecting Oracle Magazine for almost 20 years now. I have almost the entire collection, but I’m still missing some of the editions. Some people have donated some of the editions I was missing. But I still missing some. Can you help me ? Check out my Oracle Magazine Collection.
Every 2 to 3 weeks I intend to write a blog post on each of the Oracle Magazines that I have, starting with the earliest edition that is from Fall 1992.
The main theme of the Fall 1992 edition was about the new Oracle 7 Database. I didn’t get using an Oracle 7 Database until mid-1994.There are a few customer case studies of Oracle 7 implementations. In the article Migrating to Oracle 7, they list some of the new feature. The following is an extract from the new features section.
Standard Oracle 7 provides the functionality and performance to tackle most mission critical applications:
- Multithreaded server
- Shared SQL
- Cost Based optimiser
- Row level locking
- Declarative integrity
- Role based security
- 100% ANSI/ISO standard SQL
- Enhanced national language support
The procedural option for Oracle 7 provides additional capabilities that enhance the database server in the application environment:
- Stored Procedures and Functions
- Procedure packages
- Database Triggers
- Lock manager package
- Database alerts
The distributed option for Oracle 7 makes a physically distributed database appear as a single, logical database. Features of this option include:
- Distributed updates
- TP monitor (XA) interface
- Transparent two-phase commit
- Remote procedure calls
- Table replication (snapshots)
- Oracle Mail Interface
Another article that stands out is by Richard Barker (do you remember his?) who was responsible for the CASE*Method and Oracle’s CASE Tools.
There was several articles on the new Oracle Forms 3 and Oracle Menu 5. Talking about some of the new features like List of Values (LOVs), pop-up Field editor and Pop-up Pages.
There also also the first articles on using Oracle a Microsoft Windows environment. Oh how I remember the frequent blue screens when developing and compiling my forms and in particular my report, with does early releases on Windows.
The editorial staff of Oracle Magazine have kindly given me permission to make a PDF of the front cover and the table of contents available for each edition. To get this PDF click on the above image or follow this link to see what Oracle Magazine used to look like 20 years ago.
My next blog post on Oracle Magazine, will look at the Winter 1993 edition.
If you have any of the editions that I’m missing from my collection and you would like to donate then, then drop me an email and we can arrange delivery. You wont see any of them on eBay, I promise.
Is it possible to publish all magazines online? I'd be interested to see earlier editions. This is something Oracle should do by default, I think. Unfortunately, Oracle Corp suck at keeping data available online. It's so funny to think about it: the company that builds the best database on the market can't keep their data.
ReplyDeleteYep, I'll be adding a blog post and a PDF for the front cover and table of contents for each of the magazines that I have. So keep an eye on my blog or follow me on twitter (brendantierney) for when I publish these posts.
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