OUG Ireland 2014 Call for Presentations is now open

The call for presentations at the OUG Ireland 2014 conference (or special event) is now open for submissions. Deadline is Sunday 15th December, 2013.

We hope to build on the previous successful events over the past few years, where we had seen the number of attendees double in two year.

The annual conference (or special event) will be back in the Conference Centre in Dublin, which is just a few minutes walk from the centre of Dublin.

There will be a number of streams and these will include:

• Technology / DBA
• Business Intelligence
• Development
• Applications & E-Business

So there will be something for everyone and I’m sure there will be some sessions on 12c.
We are hoping to get some very well known names in the Oracle World to present at the conference and these people along should attach a large number of attendees

If you are interested in Submitting a presentations then click on the image above or below and you will be taken the submissions webpage.

I’ve already submitted some presentations and although I’m on the conference committee, there is no guarantee I’ll have one selected
I hope to see you there.

Oracle Scene 12c Supplement

The autumn edition of Oracle Scene is now available (I’m the deputy editor) and if you are due to get a printed copy then you be receiving it really soon.

In addition to the main Oracle Scene magazine we had lots of extra 12c articles, so we decided to create a separate 12c Supplement. This is only available online.

There was article from Jonathan Lewis, Bryn, Llewellyn, Melanie Caffrey, Pete Finnigan, Bob Mycroft, Alex Nuijten and myself.

Check out this online edition by clicking on the image below

If you are using Oracle 12c or any of the related produce over the next past few months or next few month, why not write a short article telling us about your experiences. The next submission deadline is early January for the Spring edition.

How to Fix Odd Layout Behaviour in ODM v4 EA1 & EA2

If you have been using the last versions of the Oracle Data Miner tool that have been released as part of SQL Developer 4 EA1 and EA2, you may have noticed that the layout of your worksheets and other areas are inconsistent each time you open ODM.

This can be very frustrating as you have to rearrange the layout of the worksheets, property inspection, the ODM connections tab, etc, etc, etc.

This “feature” seems to be linked to when you installed the new version of the software. When you open SQL Dev 4 EA1 & EA2 you are asked if you would like to migrate your settings.  If you selected Yes for this then it is this that is causing the project.

How do you fix this?

1. Export your SQL Developer Connections. To do this go to the Connections tab and right click on Connections and select export from the menu

This will create a XML file.  Save this to your desktop so that you can find it easily later.

2. Locate the AppData directory for SQL Developer.  This really depends on your environment. If you are using Windows for your client then the AppData directory will be located somewhere live the following

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer

3. Rename the System4.0… Directory.  Located in the AppData/SQL Developer directory called some like  ‘system4.0.0.12.84’  if you have installed and migrated to SQL Dev 4 EA2.  Rename this directory to another name e.g. ‘system4.0.0.12.84_old’.  This effectively deletes all your setting for SQL Developer 4

4. Start SQL Dev 4.  When you start SQL Developer 4 EA1 or EA2 it will be like you are running the software for the first time.  But this time, when you are asked do you want to migrate your setting from an earlier version, select No.  This will create a clean system folder.

5. Import your Connections.  When SQL Developer opens you can right click on the connection link and select Import Connections (see image above). Then enter the name and location of the file you create in step 1 above.

 

After completing all of the above steps your unusual layout when you open ODM should now be fixed.

Review of OOW13–Part 2

This is part 2 of my review of OOW13 and it looks at some of the announcements that were made and were of interest to me. There were many-many more announcements. Here is the link to my OOW13-Part1 post.

In-Memory Database, combining the benefits of row and columnar storage, both will run at the same time in the database, and all of this will be in-memory. When a query is issued the database will decide which version of the data it will access to retrieve. The typical row level storage will be used for OLTP type queries and the columnar storage for DW type queries. All of the processing, updates and maintenance of this will be done seamlessly in the background, including the syncing of data between the row and columnar versions. No new coding or recoding of your applications is needed. All that is involved to enable this feature is a setting in the database. Oracle claim you will see 1000x performance with queries and 2x for transaction.  This will be available in 12.1.2 and will be an extra licence cost.

Database-as-a-Service will be a full Database-as-a-Service with your own instance. A range of support/offerings will be available ranging from basic infrastructure and DB, to managed and managed for maximum availability.

Everything-as-a-Service, or it seems that way. In addition to the full database as a service, it seemed that they announced every piece of software that they have is available as a service. Basically anything you want is available with different levels of support from self managed up right up to a full managed service and everything in-between.

Oracle Backup, Logging and Recovery appliance was announced. This appliance is designed and built to receive, capture and store backups (including incrementals) for your database server, whether it is located in a private or public cloud. The appliance will backup your database server in real-time and not just from the last backup.

Microsoft and Oracle. Yes Microsoft presented as part of the keynote presentation on Wednesday. Microsoft presented about their Oracle offerings on the Azure Cloud platform. They are offering the Oracle Database on Microsoft servers and also on Linux servers.