In the world of database architecture, the need to dynamically create complex objects conflicts with the demand for subsecond response time. Oracle's answer to this dilemma is the materialized view.

I have a column of data with values resembling this: HL7_Result_for_Message_ID_123Q324343.hl7 I need to grab that ID number (in bold), the challenge being that it can be any and all lengths. I have ...

This is a new edition of Steven Feuerstein’s classic book on Oracle PL/SQL programming. As such it needs little or no introduction to the Oracle developer community; it would be unusual to find a ...

I need help with a Oracle SQL query. I have two tables, with data similiar to the following: One 'student' table with a date that the student registered and one 'semester' table with semester start ...

This is the sixth edition of a well established title that has been updated for the latest version of PL/SQL (21c). The book opens with a checklist of the new features in Oracle 21c before the actual ...

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standardized programming language that is used to manage relational databases and perform various operations on the data in them. Initially created in the 1970s, ...

Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle SQL Developer Release 1.2 that features new capabilities to ease the migration and consolidation of third-party databases onto Oracle Database ...

For years now there's been a constant war between Microsoft supporters and Oracle supporters. Oracle has these features, SQL Server has these features, etc. But that's not really where the real ...