Oracle and the World of Open Source

According to this article, it only takes a few words from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to sink stocks…not Oracle stocks, but Novell. Mr. Ellison gave indications that Oracle will be re-distributing RedHat...

Tomorrow is SysAdmins Day (DBA Too)!

Yes, tomorrow is national SysAdmin day, which includes DBAs.  SysAdmin day is the day for all end users to get together and thank their SysAdmins and DBAs for all their hard work, long hours, requests,...

Oracle OpenWorld 2006 in San Francisco

It looks like we’re all set for OpenWorld 2006! Burleson Oracle Consulting and Training, has FOUR Oracle gurus invited to OpenWorld as speakers. Don Burleson Oracle Brain Cramps? How simple mistakes...

Today is my 26th Birthday

I’m sure it’s in bad taste to wish happy birthday to yourself in your own blog, but hey, it’s my blog, right? Today, I am 26…it’s insane how time flies. I remember when I was 20...

Object-Oriented Oracle with Substitutable Types

Have you ever been forced to create many tables to handle a single functionality? Or make a table that’s horribly vague because there were so many different ways one row could come in? Let me give you...

The “Are We There Yet” Equation

A math professor has reportedly discovered an equation that will tell parents how long it will take for the kids to say “are we there yet?” The equation created by Dr. Dwight Barkley of the...