Oracle PL/SQL expert, evangelist, author and trainer
Areas of Expertise:
- PL/SQL
- Oracle
- stored procedures
- consulting
- speaking
- training
- writing
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Steven's blog posts are hosted at:
http://feuerthoughts.blogspot.com
http://www.toadworld.com/sf
http://feuerthoughts.blogspot.com
http://www.toadworld.com/sf
The Most Important Language to Learn
November 02 2009
I was recently in Germany, and did an interview with Erik Franz of database|pro. One of the questions he asked me was: "Which programming language would you recommend a college student learn to give them the strongest chance at a good job upon graduation?" I would have loved to be able… read moreThe Most Important Language to Learn
November 02 2009
I was recently in Germany, and did an interview with Erik Franz of database|pro. One of the questions he asked me was: "Which programming language would you recommend a college student learn to give them the strongest chance at a good job upon graduation?" I would have loved to be… read moreOctober 31 2009
I have decided that I really hope that Oracle gets to keep mySQL when it completes the acquisition of Sun (though I can certainly understand if the European Union draws the line and demands that it be spun off).Why would I like this?First, I am certain that Oracle will treat… read moreOctober 26 2009
We thought we had a squirrel nest in the English Oak in our backyard - we certainly saw squirrels running around in the tree, and we could see a big bunch of leaves collected in the heart of the tree.It also looked like the squirrels were actually able to bend… read moreAn Amazing Visit to Mexico City
October 23 2009
As I write this, I am flying back to Chicago now, 9 PM Oct 21, from Mexico City, after a very nice two day visit. Quest Mexico asked me to come down to help celebrate the release of Toad Version 10. I said "OK." And, wow, they did a really fantastic job… read moreOctober 15 2009
Steven discusses how LTRIM works and an alternative solution for a user's problem. read moreCompare Nested Tables of Non-Scalar Datatypes
October 12 2009
A little known, but very handy feature of PL/SQL is the ability to apply set operators, like union, intersect and minus, to nested tables. read moreOctober 09 2009
Software - and testing it - is a very funny thing. Seems to me that in some ways software is our (humanity's) closest attempt to be gods - to create our own worlds.In the real world, the "organic" one, stuff just happens and it is beyond beautiful. In the cyberworld,… read moreOctober 02 2009
I am so happy. The Summer Olympics will not be in Chicago in 2016.I thought it was such a bad idea. It was basically an attempt by Mayor Daley to establish his "legacy" of making Chicago a "great" city. It would have been a disastrous mis-allocation of resources very much… read moreJoel Silva, How Could You Be So Mean?
September 26 2009
Got this email from my Dad (turns 80 next month) yesterday: Subject: Twitter From: sheldon feuerstein I took a look at Twitter and asked to see what was there for you and found one comment that asked "hasn't anyone told Steven that PL/SQL is dead?" I hope not... DADI tracked… read moreOOW PL/SQL sessions with a multimedia focus
September 21 2009
My friend and PL/SQL expert, Marcel Kratochvil, will be at OOW (up from Australia) to talk about his experiences using PL/SQL to deliver multimedia-rich applications. If you have any interest in this area, I strongly encourage you to check out his two sessions.The first is at the Unconference, and covers… read moreSeptember 16 2009
Check out this video. IBM claims to now provide native support for PL/SQL programs, including support for many built-in packages, collections, etc. Wow! Lots more details here, but you will find below some I think this is wonderful news for the PL/SQL community. Not only can I rebrand all of… read moreSync points and Restarts in Toad for DB2
September 10 2009
Managing and working with large scripts can be challenging. Failures during the execution of such scripts can make a person downright cranky. Personally, I’ve never liked scrolling through hundreds of lines of code to isolate the problem in a script, hopefully correct the issue, and then attempt to restart the execution at… read moreToad for SQL Server, DB2, MySQL and Toad for Data Analysts Configuration and Options
September 09 2009
Like most applications, Preferences or Options enable the user to make changes to the default configuration to suit the way they work. The same is true for Toad but there are so many, for some it can be a bit of a challenge finding what they are looking for. The objective… read moreSeptember 09 2009
While TOAD offers numerous capabilities, many people often spend a majority of their time simply “browsing” existing table data. Even when writing SQL or PL/SQL code to perform some business function or action, developers need to see what the data looks like in order to write the code. And of… read moreAlso find Steven on:
