Oracle is taking flak over the in-memory database (IMDB) option in Oracle Database 12c, released publicly on Wednesday. The trouble began when Kevin Closson, formerly the performance architect in ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

You may be aware of the old USERENV function, which returned session values such as the user’s session_id, language, and whether the user had DBA privileges. Although USERENV still exists for legacy ...

Automating routine tasks is the hallmark of a great application. This automation allows the developer to tackle more important issues. Triggers provide automation to database developers. This article ...