I'm often involved in situations where customers are looking for a messaging system because they believe the solution to building enterprise systems is to settle for a messaging oriented middleware or MOM.  Tuxedo has been classified as a MOM and some analysts still place it in that category, but that is sort of like saying a Ferrari is just a car or an F-35 is just and airplane.  Tuxedo is no more a MOM than WebLogic Server or WebSphere are MOMs.  Sure, they have messaging facilities, but their core value isn't in providing messaging services.  Their core value as application servers is to simplify the life of the enterprise application developer and the OA&M staff supporting the applications they've developed.

 The primary function of a MOM is to get a message from point A to point B without the application having to worry about how it got there.  It's a fantastic model for application development if you're willing to build all the rest of what an application server provides, as you will have to build those things if you want to provide an enterprise application.  One of the fundamental differences between a MOM and an application server is that a MOM doesn't offer such things as ensuring your application is actually running and doing useful work.  A MOM typically doesn't manage any aspect of your application or infrastructure other than getting those messages from point A to point B.

What does an application server provide that a MOM typically doesn't provide?  Fundamentally application servers provide a container that hosts your business logic.  MOM's don't provide a container, they provide a library that offers an API to move messages.  An application server on the other hand provides a runtime and management environment to host your business logic.  In JEE terms, a MOM let's you build clients, typically an OS process that you manage yourself.  The MOM worries about the messaging servers and only the messaging servers.  So monitoring, managing, and restarting failed clients is up the application to handle.  As well, since a MOM really only provides client services, it means it can't manage things such as application consistency through such things as transaction management, or application availability or scalability through things like dynamic scale out and load balancing.  In fact, a MOM can't do most of what an application server can do, whereas an application server can do everything a MOM can do and much, much more.

So what does this have to do with Tuxedo?  Well Tuxedo is a multi-language application server built on SOA principles and designed to support the most demanding enterprise applications on the planet.  It provides containers to host your business logic so your application doesn't have to worry about things like scaling, availability management, and the like.  Your application focuses on providing business value through the business services you develop, instead of focusing on infrastructure that provides little to no business value on its own.

In previous versions of Oracle SQL Developer, if you start typing in the Data tab’s filter dialog on a Table Editor, SQL Developer would make suggestions for you.

I’m trying to type here!

A few folks have asked that we not be so aggressive with the ‘help’ here. And I wholeheartedly agree. So in version 4…

If You Want Help, Ask For It!

Use the keyboard to activate the ‘help.’

So what’s the magic key sequence?

It’s the same as in the worksheet when activating the Code Insight feature.

Ctrl+Spacebar

And we fixed a persnickety bug while we were at it…when using the history list to pop a filter in, after clicking it into the form, the initial search text be appended with the filter text instead of replaced.

That’s finally fixed for our next EA build.

Yuck – this is finally fixed

I Know I’m Weird

Why make such a big deal out of such a little thing? I know I drive some people nuts with my opinions. It’s my opinion that little features like this are where people LIVE in the tool. If you’re looking at data all day, let’s do our best to make that as pleasant as possible. So whilst we might break things or change things or build new things that you don’t like, please remember our goal is to always make things ‘better.’

If you think this particular change is wrong, we still have time to ‘fix’ it for version 4, so don’t be shy!

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I introduced WLS support for 12c database at https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/part_1_12c_database_and and the Application Continuity feature at https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/part_2_12c_database_and  . 

One of the biggest new features in the 12c database is officially called the Oracle Multitenant option. I'm going to point out what I think are some of the highlights here and eventually get down into some WLS sample code.  See http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/server.121/e17636/part_cdb.htm#BGBIDDFD for the Oracle Database Administration documentation for this feature.  Technical folks, administrators and programmers, will call this feature "CDB/PDB" after the Container Database and Pluggable Databases that are used to implement it.  As the names imply, you have a CDB to contain a collection of PDB's.  If you are an administrator, you can appreciate the ability to create, manage, monitor, backup, patch, tune, etc. one entity instead of a bunch of them.  As a programmer, its great that you can connect to your PDB and it looks and behaves just like a non-PDB.  All that you need to know is the host, port, and service name just like the non-PDB.  Of course, the service name needs to be unique in your environment so that you get to the right PDB in the right CDB.

As you might expect, there needs to be a container at the top to hold all of the PDB's - it's called the CDB$ROOT.  There also needs to be some users in charge of the PDB's.  These users are called "common users" and the names must begin with "C##".  A common user is created in the root (it fails within a PDB) and exist in all PDB's. "Local users" are created within individual PDB's and behave like users in non-PDB's.  When you are doing administration from tools like sqlplus or sqldeveloper, you connect to the database in the root and can switch to a PDB by using something like  "alter session set container = PDB1" and then "alter session set container = CDB$ROOT" to get back to the root.  There are new views to keep track of the CDB/PDB information - use "select pdb from cdb_services where pdb is not null" to see what PDB's exist.  Some operations can only be done at the root level.  For example, Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP), another new 12c feature, can only be started at the root.  A PDB is managed pretty much like a non-PDB with startup and shutdown.  Each PDB has an administrative database service that you can't configure (Enterprise Manager needs something consistent to manage the PDB) and you can create additional database services with your own choice of attributes. You can use  the dba_services table within a PDB to see just the services for that PDB.

So how do you use this?  The easy way to use this is for improving density and scalability on the data tier.  You can move multiple standalone databases into a single container database with individual PDB's corresponding to each standalone database.  On the WebLogic Server side, you can still have a data source defined for each of these PDB's, just as you have today. 

Feeling more ambitious?  You can share a single data source across multiple PDB's.  To do that, you need to get a connection and switch to the PDB that you want to work on by executing the SQL statement "ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER = pdbname".  You might be wondering if any state is leaked from one PDB to another by doing this.  Under the covers, the Oracle database server tells the Oracle driver that the PDB has been switched so driver connection state can be cleaned up.  Then the driver tells the WLS data source that the PDB has been switched so that the WLS connection state can be cleaned up. Although general use of a PDB is transparent to WLS so that  it can be used with versions starting with WLS release 10.3.6, PDB SET CONTAINER isn't supported until WLS release 12.1.2.

Switching PDB's is not a cheap operation so you should minimize doing this.  To minimize the overhead, you really want to keep track of what PDB is associated with each connection.  WLS data source has a mechanism for associating labels with connections that's ideal for this purpose.  See http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1212/wls/JDBCA/ds_labeling.htm#BCGFADIH  for the connection labeling documentation.

Take a look at the sample code at this source code link (the .txt file is actually a .java file).  It's written up as a servlet (don't get caught up in those details). It assumes that there is a 12c container database with PDB1 and PDB2 that has been configured as a generic data source with a JNDI name "ds0".  When it first gets the data source, a labeling callback is created and registered (we only want to do this once).    The program gets connections on each PDB.  The first time it gets a connection on a PDB, it needs to do a switch; the next time, it can reuse the same connection.   The labeling getConnection API is used; it takes a Properties object and the label name is "TENANT".  Looking at the callback, if the label properties match then 0 is returned, otherwise a non-zero value is returned (some debugging information is printed so it's possible to watch the matching process).  The key work is in the configure method, which is called when the tenant label doesn't match.  In that case, the SET CONTAINER is done using the tenant label value and the label properties are reset.

Climbing back out of the code, the Oracle Multitenant option can be a big win on the database server side immediately with no change on the WLS side except maybe for the URL in the JDBC descriptor.  Longer term, I believe applications will want higher density on the mid-tier and start to collapse the number of data sources. Along the same lines of improving density but not for multiple tenants, you can also move your SALES and CRM databases into PDB's within a container, and merge the two data sources into a single data source using the methods described above.  It will be interesting to see how customers leverage the power of this new feature.

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With just two weeks to go for Oracle OpenWorld 2013, we are getting ready for the most exciting OpenWorld ever! In this update, we are going to highlight two insightful Oracle Linux sessions featuring key customers. 

1. Title: Oracle Linux Technical Deep Dive: Reliability, Availability, and Scalability (CON9531)

Featuring NTT Docomo

Tuesday, Sept 24,  10:30 AM - 11:30 AMWestin San Francisco - Franciscan I

In this session, in addition to Oracle experts, Yoshinori Saiga, Manager of Information Systems Department group, NTT Docomo will discuss why they chose Oracle Linux and Oracle Weblogic. They'll offer details on how these products resulted in high availability. 

2. Title: Why Is Oracle Linux the Best Linux for Running Oracle Database? (CON9543)

Featuring Bank of America

Tuesday,  Sept. 24 3:45 PM - 4:45 PMWestin San Francisco - Franciscan II

If you missed our earlier blog updates on Oracle OpenWorld,  in our first blog we focused on Oracle Linux sessions, second one was about Hands-On Labs and Demopods. 

After an intense 16 months, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published the Working Group Note "Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)".

I want to thank my co-editors Michael Cooper and Andi Snow-Weaver; co-authors Loïc Martínez Normand, Mike Pluke, Andi Snow-Weaver, and Gregg Vanderheiden; and all of the active and engaged participants in the WCAG2ICT Task Force and the reviewing and approving participants in the WCAG Working Group for all that they have done to draft, review, and publish this Working Group Note in record time. I also want to specifically thank Andrew Kirkpatrick and Joshue O Connor, the new co-chairs of the WCAG Working Group for their 11th hour work to get this document published this week.

Even though this document was only published today, it has already had a tremendous impact on regulatory efforts in Europe and the United States. Previous drafts of WCAG2ICT from last July and from last December formed the basis of the European procurement standards effort Mandate 376 and specifically the draft technical standard EN 301 549. Similarly in the United States, the U.S. Access Board decided to use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 as the basis the refresh of Section 508 ICT accessibility standards as they are applied to non-web documents and software (as set forth in their 2011 Draft Rule).

I'm certain I speak for all members of the WCAG2ICT Task Force and the WCAG Working Group when I say that we look forward to the completed Mandate 376 and Section 508 refresh work, and hope that our Working Group Note will have proven helpful in the efforts to develop effective, meaningful, and globally harmonized accessibility standards for ICT procurement.

All my blog articles under blogs.oracle.com since August 2005:

1. 237 blog articles_{Sep 2013}
   
2. Frozen tag cloud_{Sep 2013}
3. Big Pixel Data - Oracle Tokyo Zoom_{Aug 2013}
4. A metro map for Fusion Applications_{Apr 2013}
5. News about Oracle VDI 3.5_{Apr 2013}
6. How to Create a Desktop Pool?_{Jan 2013}
7. How to Create a Desktop Provider?_{Jan 2013}
8. How to Create a Company?_{Jan 2013}
9. Mobile Wall St._{Dec 2012}
10. SPARC at 25: Past, Present and Future_{Nov 2012}
11. Trust_{Nov 2012}
12. London Nov-8: Desktop Virtualisation Seminar_{Nov 2012}
13. Sun Ray Rocket Science_{Aug 2012}
14. Even More Storage Options in VDI 3.4.1_{Jun 2012}
15. Database for Cynics_{May 2012}
16. Interaction Design with Wireframes_{May 2012}
17. More Storage Options for VDI 3.4_{May 2012}
18. VDiPad_{Apr 2012}
19. Oracle Cloud Conference, Hamburg 8.5.2012_{Apr 2012}
20. blogs.oracle.com design patch_{Mar 2012}
21. Interaction 12 - Critique_{Mar 2012}
22. Typing. Clicking. Dancing._{Feb 2012}
23. Desktop Mobility in Hospitals with Oracle VDI /video_{Feb 2012}
24. Interaction 12 in Dublin - Highlights of Day 3_{Feb 2012}
25. Interaction 12 in Dublin - Highlights of Day 2_{Feb 2012}
26. Interaction 12 in Dublin - Highlights of Day 1_{Feb 2012}
27. Shit Interaction Designers Say_{Feb 2012}
28. Tips'n'Tricks for WebCenter #3: How to display custom page titles in Spaces_{Jan 2012}
29. Tips'n'Tricks for WebCenter #2: How to create an Admin menu in Spaces and save a lot of time_{Jan 2012}
30. Tips'n'Tricks for WebCenter #1: How to apply custom resources in Spaces_{Jan 2012}
31. Merry XMas and a Happy 2012!_{Dec 2011}
32. One Year Oracle SocialChat - The Movie_{Nov 2011}
33. Frank Ludolph's Last Working Day_{Nov 2011}
34. Hans Rosling at TED_{Oct 2011}
35. 200 Countries x 200 Years_{Oct 2011}
36. Blog Aggregation for Desktop Virtualization_{Oct 2011}
37. Oracle VDI at OOW 2011_{Sep 2011}
38. Design for Conversations & Conversations for Design_{Sep 2011}
39. All Oracle UX Blogs_{Aug 2011}
40. Farewell Loriot_{Aug 2011}
41. Oracle VDI 3.3 Overview_{Aug 2011}
42. Sutherland's Closing Remarks at HyperKult_{Aug 2011}
43. Surface and Subface_{Aug 2011}
44. Back to Childhood in UI Design_{Jul 2011}
45. The Art of Engineering and The Engineering of Art_{Jul 2011}
46. Oracle VDI Seminar - June-30_{Jun 2011}
47. SGD White Paper_{May 2011}
48. TEDxHamburg Live Feed_{May 2011}
49. Oracle VDI in 3 Minutes_{May 2011}
50. Space Ship Earth 2011_{May 2011}
51. blog moving times_{Apr 2011}
52. Oracle: Hardware Software Complete in 1953_{Apr 2011}
53. Interaction Design with Wireframes_{Apr 2011}
54. A guide to closing down a project_{Feb 2011}
55. Oracle VDI 3.2.2_{Jan 2011}
56. free VDI charts_{Jan 2011}
57. Sun Founders Panel 2006_{Dec 2010}
58. Sutherland on Leadership_{Dec 2010}
59. SocialChat: Efficiency of E20_{Dec 2010}
60. ALWAYS ON Desktop Virtualization_{Nov 2010}
61. 12,000 Desktops at JavaOne_{Nov 2010}
62. SocialChat on Sharing Best Practices_{Oct 2010}
63. Globe of Visitors_{Oct 2010}
64. SocialChat about the Next Big Thing_{Oct 2010}
65. Oracle VDI UX Story - Wireframes_{Oct 2010}
66. What's a PC anyway?_{Oct 2010}
67. SocialChat on Getting Things Done_{Oct 2010}
68. SocialChat on Infoglut_{Oct 2010}
69. IT Twenty Twenty_{Oct 2010}
70. Desktop Virtualization Webcasts from OOW_{Oct 2010}
71. Oracle VDI 3.2 Overview_{Sep 2010}
72. Blog Usability Top 7_{Sep 2010}
73. 100 and counting_{Aug 2010}
74. Oracle'izing the VDI Blogs_{Aug 2010}
75. SocialChat on Apple_{Aug 2010}
76. SocialChat on Video Conferencing_{Aug 2010}
77. Oracle VDI 3.2 - Features and Screenshots_{Aug 2010}
78. SocialChat: Don't stop making waves_{Aug 2010}
79. SocialChat: Giving Back to the Community_{Aug 2010}
80. SocialChat on Learning in Meetings_{Aug 2010}
81. iPAD's Natural User Interface_{Jul 2010}
82. Last day for Sun Microsystems GmbH_{Jun 2010}
83. SirValUse Celebration Snippets_{Jun 2010}
84. 10 years SirValUse - Happy Birthday!_{Jun 2010}
85. Wim on Virtualization_{May 2010}
86. New Home for Oracle VDI_{Apr 2010}
87. Renaissance Slide Sorter Comments_{Apr 2010}
88. Unboxing Sun Ray 3 Plus_{Apr 2010}
89. Desktop Virtualisierung mit Sun VDI 3.1_{Apr 2010}
90. Blog Relaunch_{Mar 2010}
91. Social Messaging Slides from CeBIT_{Mar 2010}
92. Social Messaging Talk at CeBIT_{Feb 2010}
93. Welcome Oracle_{Jan 2010}
94. My last presentation at Sun_{Jan 2010}
95. Ivan Sutherland on Leadership_{Jan 2010}
96. Learning French with Sun VDI_{Jan 2010}
97. Learning Danish with Sun Ray_{Jan 2010}
98. VDI workshop in Nieuwegein_{Jan 2010}
99. Happy New Year 2010_{Jan 2010}
100. On Creating Slides_{Dec 2009}
101. Best VDI Ever_{Nov 2009}
102. How to store the Big Bang_{Nov 2009}
103. Social Enterprise Tools. Beipiel Sun._{Nov 2009}
104. Nov-19_{Nov 2009}
105. PDF and ODF links on your blog_{Nov 2009}
106. Q&A on VDI and MySQL Cluster_{Nov 2009}
107. Zürich next week: Swiss Intranet Summit 09_{Nov 2009}
108. Designing for a Sustainable World - World Usabiltiy Day, Nov-12_{Nov 2009}
109. How to export a desktop from VDI 3_{Nov 2009}
110. Virtualisation Roadshow in the UK_{Nov 2009}
111. Project Wonderland at EDUCAUSE 09_{Nov 2009}
112. VDI Roadshow in Dublin, Nov-26, 2009_{Nov 2009}
113. Sun VDI at EDUCAUSE 09_{Nov 2009}
114. Sun VDI 3.1 Architecture and New Features_{Oct 2009}
115. VDI 3.1 is Early-Access_{Sep 2009}
116. Virtualization for MySQL on VMware_{Sep 2009}
117. Silpion & 13. Stock Sommerparty_{Sep 2009}
118. Sun Ray and VMware View 3.1.1_2009-08-31
119. New Set of Sun Ray Status Icons_2009-08-25
120. Virtualizing the VDI Core?_2009-08-23
121. World Usability Day Hamburg 2009 - CfP_2009-07-16
122. Rising Sun_2009-07-15
123. featuring twittermeme_2009-06-19
124. ISC09 Student Party on June-20 /Hamburg_2009-06-18
125. Before and behind the curtain of JavaOne_2009-06-09
126. 20k desktops at JavaOne_2009-06-01
127. sweet microblogging_2009-05-25
128. VDI 3 - Why you need 3 VDI hosts and what you can do about that?_2009-05-21
129. IA Konferenz 2009_2009-05-20
130. Sun VDI 3 UX Story - Power of the Web_2009-05-06
131. Planet of Sun and Oracle User Experience Design_2009-04-22
132. Sun VDI 3 UX Story - User Research_2009-04-08
133. Sun VDI 3 UX Story - Concept Workshops_2009-04-06
134. Localized documentation for Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1_2009-04-03
135. Sun VDI 3 Press Release_2009-03-25
136. Sun VDI 3 launches today!_2009-03-25
137. Sun Ray Connector for VMware View Manager 1.1 Update_2009-03-11
138. desktop virtualization wiki relaunch_2009-03-06
139. VDI 3 at CeBIT hall 6, booth E36_2009-03-02
140. Götz on StarOffice 9_{Mar 2009}
141. Keyboard layout problems with Sun Ray Connector for VMware VDM_2009-02-23
142. wikis.sun.com tips & tricks_2009-02-23
143. Sun VDI 3 is in Early Access_2009-02-09
144. VirtualCenter unable to decrypt passwords_2009-02-02
145. Improving OOo's Slide Sorter Mode_{Feb 2009}
146. Sun & VMware Desktop Training_2009-01-30
147. VDI at next09?_2009-01-16
148. Sun VDI: How to use virtual machines with multiple network adapters _2009-01-07
149. Sun Ray and VMware View_2009-01-07
150. Hamburg World Usability Day 2008 - Webcasts_2009-01-06
151. Roller Archive Menu_{Jan 2009}
152. Tag Cloud on GullFOSS_{Dec 2008}
153. Sun Ray Connector for VMware VDM slides_2008-12-15
154. mother of all demos_2008-12-08
155. Build your own Thumper_2008-12-03
156. Troubleshooting Sun Ray Connector for VMware VDM_2008-12-02
157. My Roller Tag Cloud_2008-11-28
158. Sun Ray Connector: SSL connection to VDM_2008-11-25
159. Setting up SSL and Sun Ray Connector for VMware VDM_2008-11-13
160. Inspiration for Today and Tomorrow_2008-10-23
161. Sun Ray Connector for VMware VDM released_2008-10-14
162. From Sketchpad to ILoveSketch_2008-10-09
163. Desktop Virtualization on Xing_2008-10-06
164. User Experience Forum on Xing_2008-10-06
165. Sun Ray Connector for VMware VDM certified_2008-09-17
166. Virtual Clouds over Las Vegas_2008-09-14
167. Bill Verplank sketches metaphors_2008-09-04
168. End of Early Access - Sun Ray Connector for VMware_2008-08-27
169. Early Access: Sun Ray Connector for VMware Virtual Desktop Manager_2008-08-12
170. Sun Virtual Desktop Connector - Insides on Recycling Part 2_2008-07-20
171. Sun Virtual Desktop Connector - Insides on Recycling Part 3_2008-07-20
172. Sun Virtual Desktop Connector - Insides on Recycling_2008-07-20
173. lost in wiki space_2008-07-07
174. Evolution of the Desktop_2008-06-17
175. Virtual Desktop Webcast_2008-06-16
176. Woodstock_2008-06-16
177. What's a Desktop PC anyway?_2008-06-09
178. Virtual-T-Box_2008-06-05
179. Virtualization Glossary_2008-05-06
180. Five User Experience Principles_2008-04-25
181. Virtualization News Feed_2008-04-21
182. Acetylcholinesterase - Second Season_2008-04-18
183. Acetylcholinesterase - End of Signal_2007-12-31
184. quite quiet_{Dec 2007}
185. ooo ux project? and general confusion_{Dec 2007}
186. Community Experience at OOo - Developers are Users Too_{Nov 2007}
187. Produkt-Management ist..._2007-10-22
188. Usability Verbände, Verteiler und Netzwerke._2007-10-02
189. The Meaning is the Message_2007-09-28
190. OOoCon 2007 in Barcelona_{Sep 2007}
191. Visualization Methods_2007-09-10
192. Inhouse und Open Source Projekte – Usability verankern und Synergien nutzen_2007-09-03
193. Der Schwabe Darth Vader entdeckt das Virale Marketing_2007-08-29
194. Dick Hardt 3.0 on Identity 2.0_2007-08-27
195. quality of written text depends on the tool_2007-07-27
196. podcasts for reboot9_2007-06-04
197. It is the user's itch that need to be scratched_2007-05-25
198. A duel at reboot9_2007-05-14
199. Taxonomien und Folksonomien - Tagging als neues HCI-Element_2007-05-10
200. Dueling Interaction Models of Personal-Computing and Web-Computing_2007-03-01
201. 22.März: Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work. /Filmpremiere Hamburg_2007-02-25
202. McLuhan was an Information Architect_{Feb 2007}
203. User Experience Cyberspace Has 7 Dimensions, maybe 8_{Feb 2007}
204. User Experience Cyberspace Is 4-dimensional_{Feb 2007}
205. New OOo UX Project Proposed_{Jan 2007}
206. Bruce Sterling at UbiComp 2006 /webcast_2006-11-12
207. FSOSS 2006 webcasts_2006-11-10
208. Highway 101_2006-11-09
209. User Experience Roundtable Hamburg: EuroGEL 2006_2006-11-08
210. OOo Mac Port: IRC'ing till midnight_{Oct 2008}
211. Douglas Adams' Hyperland (BBC 1990)_2006-10-08
212. Communication Channels_2006-10-6
213. Taxonomien und Folksonomien – Tagging als neues HCI-Element_2006-09-13
214. Usability im Unternehmen_2006-09-13
215. Doug does HyperScope_2006-08-26
216. TED Talks and TechTalks_2006-08-21
217. Kai Krause über seine Freundschaft zu Douglas Adams_2006-07-20
218. Rebel At Work: Film Portrait on Weizenbaum_2006-07-04
219. Gabriele Fischer, mp3_2006-06-07
220. Dick Hardt at ETech 06_2006-06-05
221. Weinberger: From Control to Conversation_2006-04-16
222. Eye Tracking at User Experience Roundtable Hamburg_2006-04-14
223. dropping knowledge_2006-04-09
224. GEL 2005_2006-03-13
225. slide photos of reboot7_2006-03-04
226. Dick Hardt on Identity 2.0_2006-02-28
227. User Experience Newsletter #13: Versioning_2006-02-03
228. Ester Dyson on Choice and Happyness_2006-02-02
229. Requirements-Engineering im Spannungsfeld von Individual- und Produktsoftware_2006-01-15
230. User Experience Newsletter #12: Intuition Quiz_2005-11-30
231. User Experience und Requirements-Engineering für Software-Projekte_2005-10-31
232. Ivan Sutherland on "Research and Fun"_2005-10-18
233. Ars Electronica / Mensch und Computer 2005_2005-09-14
234. 60 Jahre nach Memex: Über die Unvereinbarkeit von Desktop- und Web-Paradigma_2005-08-31
235. reboot 7_2005-06-30
236. Vienna waits for you - OpenOffice.org at CHI 2004_{Apr 2004}
237. UX at OOoCon 2003_{Mar 2003}

This week I had the opportunity to play a little with the new and recently released Oracle DB 12c. This version brings a new approach for databases, calledPluggable Databases. There are plenty of articles and YouTube videos already explaining this and I will not focus this article on it. Instead, I want to help you on How to Install Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure on Oracle DB 12c.
There are a couple of steps and commands to be followed, and some very important observations. Starting with a simple one:

Do NOT execute the RCU installer on top of a CDB.
One more time: do NOT execute RCU on top of a CDB. 

If you do point the RCU tool to install over a CDB, you might get this message:

Now with this in mind, I believe you have understood that the first step is, obviously, to create a PDB. There are some options, but I will use pure SQL commands.

Step 0 - Use the correct encoding for your Database install

Step 1 - Create a PDB to hold the FMW Infrastructure Data

The following command will create a PDB called PDBFMW with a user "fmw" and password "welcome1".

SQL>CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE PDBFMW ADMIN USER fmw IDENTIFIED BY welcome1
 FILE_NAME_CONVERT=(
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/pdbseed/system01.dbf', 
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/pdbfmw/system01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/pdbseed/sysaux01.dbf', 
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/pdbfmw/sysaux01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/pdbseed/pdbseed_temp01.dbf', 
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/pdbfmw/pdbfmw_temp01.dbf'
  )
 STORAGE UNLIMITED

Step 2 - Open the PDB for changes

Step 3 - Fix user privileges

Step 4 - Run the RCU tool

Database Type: Oracle Database
Host Name: db12c (change to your DB IP address)
Port: 1521
Service Name: pdbfmw (here you use the PDB name)
Username: fmw
Password: welcome1 (or whatever you defined)
Role: SYSDBA

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Das Werkzeug Data Pump ist mittlerweile weit verbreitet. Jeder Datenbank Administrator kennt und verwendet es. In jedem neuen Datenbank Release gibt es zudem einige wichtige Neuerungen, die immer auch die Data Pump betreffen.

Es ist also an der Zeit im aktuellen Tipp einige ausgewählte 12c Features der Data Pump zu beschreiben. Es handelt sich dabei um Erweiterungen, die die Performance erhöhen, die Handhabung vereinfachen oder einfach nur mehr Funktionalität bieten wie zum Beispiel Viewsals Tabelle, Import ohne Archive Logging, Änderung an der Komprimierungs- und LOB Einstellungen, Auditing mit Unified Auditing oder auch den Transport der gesamten Datenbank. 

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This Internet Seminar will provide an overview of the new manageability features in the Oracle Database 12c release. Learn new features for managing and monitoring your Oracle Database 12c multitenant databases. Hear first-hand how to support the entire consolidation lifecycle from planning, testing, migrating, and tuning multitenant databases.

This Internet Seminar will provide an overview of the new manageability features in the Oracle Database 12c release. Learn new features for managing and monitoring your Oracle Database 12c multitenant databases. Hear first-hand how to support the entire consolidation lifecycle from planning, testing, migrating, and tuning multitenant databases.

Ajay Khanna, Senior Principal Product Marketing Director published a nice blog series about Adaptive Case Management:

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• Part III - Managing the Unstructured, the Flexible and the Adaptive
  

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