Welcome to the first issue of SELECT Journal for this decade! Thanks to our authors, editors, reviewers and HQ staff, as well as you, the IOUG members, we have completed another successful year here at the IOUG SELECT Journal. As we start this year and this decade, we believe it will be a good one…

In the second article in a series on NLS data, Gary expands on common misconceptions about NLS data, shows common error message encountered with corrupt NLS data, and provides some methods to view and understand NLS data in the Oracle database.

In the second article in a series on NLS data, Gary expands on common misconceptions about NLS data, shows common error message encountered with corrupt NLS data, and provides some methods to view and understand NLS data in the Oracle database.

This article is part two of a three-part series on Web services. In this part, Chris discussesconsuming Web services in an Oracle database.

This article is part two of a three-part series on Web services. In this part, Chris discussesconsuming Web services in an Oracle database.

Dave offers some important components of a performance-management strategy that willhelp readers keep their Oracle environment running with less downtime.

Dave offers some important components of a performance-management strategy that willhelp readers keep their Oracle environment running with less downtime.

Tanel takes an in-depth look at latches and how to determine and resolve latch contention inOracle databases.

Tanel takes an in-depth look at latches and how to determine and resolve latch contention inOracle databases.

Features Oracle Database11g: How NOT to RAC Your Brain By Matthew Zito Zito takes a good look at Oracle Database 11g and how automation can help the DBA. The New Generation of MetaLink By April Sims MetaLink, the customer support portal, is evolving to provide an improved customerexperience for all Oracle Premier Support customers. In…