SELECT Journal is viewed as one of the top IOUG member benefits. Each year, the IOUG board works with the editorial team to establish technical themes. These themes are then brought to life through the terrific work of our volunteer SELECT editorial team. This year, we say thanks to outgoing editorial board members Paul Dorsey,…

SELECT Journal is viewed as one of the top IOUG member benefits. Each year, the IOUG board works with the editorial team to establish technical themes. These themes are then brought to life through the terrific work of our volunteer SELECT editorial team. This year, we say thanks to outgoing editorial board members Paul Dorsey,…

Welcome to the Q1 2012 issue of SELECT Journal! Now is the time of the year I look forward to the annual IOUG COLLABORATE event. It provides the best way to network in person. After months of collaborating by telephone, email, instant messaging, various social apps and texting, it is time to talk face to…

By Brendan Tierney The aim of Tierney’s article is to show readers how to get started with Oracle Data Miner, how easy it is to generate a data mining model and how to apply this to new data.

By Brendan Tierney The aim of Tierney’s article is to show readers how to get started with Oracle Data Miner, how easy it is to generate a data mining model and how to apply this to new data.

Quinlan offers a real-world case study on an SQL Plan Management implementation that has evolved throughout the past year and how it is being used in a large production environment that has mixed workloads, large batch and reporting processes.

Quinlan offers a real-world case study on an SQL Plan Management implementation that has evolved throughout the past year and how it is being used in a large production environment that has mixed workloads, large batch and reporting processes.

Quinlan offers a real-world case study on an SQL Plan Management implementation that has evolved throughout the past year and how it is being used in a large production environment that has mixed workloads, large batch and reporting processes.

Nanda provides a quick overview of Oracle’s newest “engineered systems” — Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics, Big Data Appliance, Database Appliance and SPARC SuperCluster — in a concise, organized format.

Nanda provides a quick overview of Oracle’s newest “engineered systems” — Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics, Big Data Appliance, Database Appliance and SPARC SuperCluster — in a concise, organized format.