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The
Specialist
Database News You
Can Use
February
2001
A monthly
newsletter for Oracle users
from Database
Specialists, a consulting firm
specializing
in Oracle technology
In this issue:
The
Basics of Oracle Multimaster Replication
Multimaster
replication is an Oracle database feature that allows you to keep
the data in multiple databases synchronized without coding special
logic into your applications. Database Specialists consultant Brian
Keating has had the opportunity to work with Oracle’s multimaster
replication offering, both in synchronous and asynchronous
replication modes.
His
extensive white paper, “The Basics of Oracle Multimaster
Replication,” provides an overview of multimaster replication:
what it is and how it works. But perhaps the most valuable part of
the paper is the second section in which Brian discusses common
pitfalls encountered with multimaster replication and how to work
around them. You’ll find Brian’s paper at http://www.dbspecialists.com/4dbas/present.html.
Perl
Proves To Be Quite A Gem
At last
month’s DBA Roundtable at Database Specialists, consultant Jay
Stanley led a presentation on perl and its value for Oracle DBAs and
developers. Perl is a powerful, free, cross-platform scripting
language that helps you complete all sorts of tasks quickly. With
the DBI:DBD module, your perl scripts can access an Oracle database.
At http://www.cpan.org, you’ll
find a vast library of perl modules available for you to download
and use right away. Using already written modules lets you build
scripts, tools, and applications very quickly.
As a DBA,
you might find perl useful for loading flat file data into an Oracle
database, monitoring databases, or collecting database performance
statistics--just to name a few uses.
Jay
recommends some great websites for those looking to learn more about
perl:
Can’t get
enough of perl? Be sure to check out the O’Reilly book: “Perl
Cookbook” by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
NoCOUG
Website Launch
Recently,
the Northern California Oracle Users Group (NoCOUG) launched its new
website. The new site features an entirely new look with easier
navigation. New features include recent technical presentations
ready for download on topics such as locally managed tablespaces and
attaining high availability using Veritas Cluster Server.
Learn about
upcoming meetings and membership benefits. You’ll also find a page
with links to plenty of Oracle resource sites and Oracle Users Group
sites from around the world. Check it out at http://www.nocoug.org.
Welcome
New Client Livemind
We are
excited to be working with Livemind, Inc., a San Francisco based
company. Livemind is a mobile commerce software infrastructure
provider that enables wireless service providers to quickly and cost
effectively deploy mobile commerce services. Livemind was founded in
1999 and picked by Red Herring Venture 2000 last April as one of the
“Top 10 to Watch.”
To learn
more about Livemind, visit http://www.livemind.com.
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