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10gR2 New Feature: Case Insensitive Searches

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There are always a few topics in regards to writing SQL that always seem to come up more often than others. Querying data with case insensitivity is one of those topics. And Oracle has addressed this issue in many of their release. But in Oracle 10gR2 they have reached new levels. This article takes a dive into case insensitivity and how it is now handled in 10gR2. For the better!

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Oracle Data Pump - Part III

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On our quest to learn about Oracle's Data Pump utility it has often been compared to the old export and import (exp & imp) utilities that we have all grown to love (or hate). This article is where where Data Pump takes a detour from these old utilities and begins to shine. This article will explore some of the export modes available and give examples on how to export selected object types and dependencies those objects have.

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Oracle Data Pump - Part III

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On our quest to learn about Oracle's Data Pump utility it has often been compared to the old export and import (exp & imp) utilities that we have all grown to love (or hate). This article is where where Data Pump takes a detour from these old utilities and begins to shine. This article will explore some of the export modes available and give examples on how to export selected object types and dependencies those objects

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Oracle Data Pump - Part II

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Since we are all familiar with Oracle’s original export (exp) utility, and in my opinion Data Pump will be replacing exp soon, I thought it would be good to start off getting familiar with this utility by some relatively simple Data Pump exports (expdp) that are similar to the way we have used exp in the past. In particular the FULL export.

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Oracle Data Pump - Part I

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The last couple articles I have written focused on meta-data or DDL extraction for Oracle. The search for a part III to those articles lead me to Oracle's Data Pump utility. Not necessarily for the data movement piece but because it has an API for meta-data. Well even though I have been using 10g for quite some time, I have yet to use Data Pump. I thought this would be a great way to introduce myself, and possibly you the reader, to this new utility. This article will serve as a basic introduction to Data Pump and then in subsequent articles we will walk through the new command line options for Data Pump's export and import (expdp & impdp), and look at the PL/SQL packages DBMS_DATAPUMP and DBMS_METADATA.

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Tapping into Oracle's Metadata - Part 2

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In this article James continues to explore the Oracle's Metadata API and provides a powerful function to compare objects and schemas and print the DDL required to bring them in sync.

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Tapping into Oracle's Metadata - Part I

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In this article James explores the Oracle's Metadata API (DBMS_METADATA) and shows how database users can extract object definitions (DDL statements) from an Oracle database without having to go through a stack of dictionary views.

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