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Beyond Compliance – Understanding Risk
JohnWeathington Thursday, August 28, 2008
Compliance usually starts with a fire drill, however intelligent companies take the time to step back and put their compliance into perspective. Risk is the key to understanding and optimizing your compliance program. In this article, we discuss risk as an evolution from compliance, and look at some ways to model it in the enterprise.
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Analyzing code coverage with the PL/SQL profiler
StevenFeuersteinTW Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:55 PM

I have, for the past several years, focused heavily on designing and building an automated code testing tool for PL/SQL: Quest Code Tester for Oracle. One feature that is often requested as a part of code testing is analysis of code coverage, answering questions like:

  • When I run ...
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What’s Coming in Toad 9.7 - Part 1
JohnPocknell Friday, August 22, 2008 8:56 AM
It’s almost that time again as another exciting new release of Toad draws closer !
 
We’ve decided that, rather than let you wait until Toad 9.7 is released before you see what’s new, we’ll give you a little preview now !
 
The main objectives of this release are to provide improved knowledge and e ...
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Toad Executing Scripts against Multiple Databases (Part 4)
Bert Monday, August 18, 2008 9:46 AM
Last week’s blog was the third in a series about how to make Toad run scripts and/or commands against multiple databases at once. Lots of people did not know that there are multiple ways in Toad to do this. This week I will highlight the fourth and fin ...
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Who’s on First? How to Model Accountability
JohnWeathington Thursday, August 14, 2008
A consistent pattern that emerges in compliance best practices, is the notion of accountability. Demonstrating accountability is a key component of building a solid compliance program. In this article, we explore the motivation, requirement, model, and architecture to make accountability a reality in your company.
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Toad Executing Scripts against Multiple Databases (Part 3)
Bert Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:18 AM
Last week’s blog was the second in a series about how to make Toad run scripts or commands against multiple databases at once. Lots of people did not know that there are multiple ways in Toad to do this. This week I’ll highlight the third method of running scripts against multiple databases using the & ...
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Batch Optimizer Part 6 - Using Batch Optimization with Rule Based Optimizer
RichardTo Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:32 AM

Written by Rene Woody

This blog is a continuation of a series about the Batch Optimizer in Quest SQL Optimizer for Oracle.

In the Batch Optimizer in Quest SQL Optimizer for Oracle you may notice that the options for selecting which SQL alternatives to execute by the batch process are ...
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Writing SQL in Toad for Data Analysis
JeffSmith Monday, August 11, 2008 9:28 AM
In my previous blog, I covered things that you should know about Toad for Oracle’s editor. I thought for today we could spend a few minutes on what users may benefit the most from Toad’s cousin, Toad for Data Analysis. This blog will concentrate on working with SQL.
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How to Survive a Death March
JohnWeathington Thursday, August 07, 2008
A death march is a project that is doomed to fail. If you are in IT, and you are dragged onto a compliance project, chances are you will find yourself stuck here. In this article, I'll give you my tips for identifying a death march, and more importantly surviving one.
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Toad Executing Scripts against Multiple Databases (Part 2)
Bert Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:11 AM
Last week’s blog was the first in a series about how to make Toad run scripts or commands against multiple databases at once. Lots of people did not know that there are multiple ways in Toad to do this. This week I’ll highlight the second method of running scripts against databases using th ...
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