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**Oracle News Update from www.dbdomain.com

From: Kathleen O'Connor <koconnor_at_dbdomain.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 17:59:22 -0800
Message-ID: <38793CFA.E420F047@dbdomain.com>


The Database Domain News Update
Monday, January 10, 2000
emailnews_at_dbdomain.com
http://www.dbdomain.com

The Database Domain is a service provided by Animated Learning, Inc.
(http://www.animatedlearning.com)



TOP STORIES
Following are abstracts of the top stories -- please visit http://www.dbdomain.com/news.htm for the full text of all of these stories.

---> New to Oracle?
Find out what you need to know on our "Learn Oracle Now and Get a Job" page at http://www.dbdomain.com/newbie.htm.

--> OracleInstall Can Help You With Trial Products
Have you downloaded Oracle trial software? Do you have questions? Are you having any problems? We tell you exactly where to go to get answers.

--> Free Book Offer

Get the new Oracle Press book Oracle8i Windows NT Starter Kit by Steve Bobrowski with the purchase of a Personal or Intranet Edition training CD! Book includes FREE 60-day trial version of Oracle8i Enterprise Edition on CD-ROM!

---> "Learning PL/SQL: A Tutorial" Training Course Now Available! This course teaches you step-by-step how to use Oracle's procedural language, PL/SQL. First, you'll learn the basics, then you'll learn how to build reusable database application components with stored procedures, functions, and packages, and program an Oracle database server with database triggers. This course also includes 80 hands-on exercises and 14 Knowledge Tests! Visit http://www.dbdomain.com/mod23.htm to find out more about this course. BONUS:
The training CD contains a bonus 30-day trial copy of SQL-Programmer IX, Expert Edition with a PL/SQL Debugger. SQL-Programmer provides a complete development environment for PL/SQL Programmers allowing the easy creation, management, testing and debugging of all programmable objects such as Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions, Views, and Indexes at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional methods. SQL-Programmer also won the Visual Basic Programmer's Journal (VBPJ) Reader's Choice Award two years in a row (1999 and 1998).

---> Certification CD-ROM Training Packs Now Available In an ongoing effort to help students better prepare for Oracle's Certified Professional exams, Animated Learning, Inc. and The Database Domain have released four new DBA Certification CD-ROM Training Packs. Each CD-ROM Training Pack contains all necessary training courses as well as the corresponding OCP certification exam Study Guide.

---> Useful DBA Certification Resources! We've been searching the Web looking for great technical resource for OCP DBA certification information. This week's featured site includes lots of information about Oracle7.3 DBA exams 1 - 4, the 7.3 to 8 upgrade test, a SQL FAQ, and SQL*Plus tutorial.

---> Ellison Sues San Jose Airport
When you pay $38 million for a private jet, you should be able to land it wherever and whenever you want. Right? Nope. Find out why Larry's taking San Jose International Airport to court.

---> Oracle Announces Two-for-One Stock Split Did you buy any of that Oracle stock yet? If you did before Dec. 30, we have good news for you.

---> Oracle Rests Easier After Y2K Changeover Oracle was ready with 9600 employees on-call in case anything went awry and was prepared to marshal a small army of 20,000 -- nearly half of Oracle's employees -- if problems did arise.

---> Oracle Insiders to Sell $112M In Stock Senior executives at Oracle plan to sell more than $112 million worth of stock in the world's largest database software maker, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

---> Oracle Server Manager Line-Mode De-Support Notice Oracle announces the end of error correction for Oracle Server Manager line mode, effective with the obsolescence of Oracle8i Release 8.1, terminal release 8.1.7.

---> Bug Fix Database is Online

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Above are abstracts of the top stories -- please visit http://www.dbdomain.com/news.htm for the full text of all of these stories.

UPCOMING ORACLE EVENTS

May 7 - 11, 2000
IOUG-A Live! 2000 Conference
Anaheim, California
The premier educational event for Oracle users offers practical education, networking, professional development, and interaction with Oracle employees.
http://www.ioug.org/live2000

June 12 - 15, 2000
ODTUG 2000 Conference
Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Keep checking the ODTUG Web site at www.odtug.com for details regarding the ODTUG 2000 Conference, call for papers, and registration information.

(for a complete listing of events, visit http://www.dbdomain.com/events.htm)



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