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J. David Blackstone has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and nine years of experience at a wireless telecommunications company, where he learned Perl and never looked back. J. David has an advantage in that he works really hard, he has a passion for writing good software, and he knows many of the world's best Perl programmers.
Gem of the day: PDBA
Today's Oracle gem of the day comes not from one of my books, but from Perl for Oracle DBAs, borrowed from a coworker. I'll have to add it to my ever-growing library soon, though!
This book apparently describes a toolkit called PDBA which, among other things, creates a repository of your data dictionary and other structures. Version control for Oracle! Sweet! I haven't poked into it much, yet, but the book website has PDBA for download. (Is O'Reilly's Oracle section in a folder on your Phoenix bookmarks bar? It is on mine, along with all the Oracle sample chapters, the new books page, the main O'Reilly page, and even the out of print books page.)
In related news, I can't stand it when people denigrate the U.S. Postal Service. My mailman risked frozen streets last week to deliver my next package from Bookpool, even getting out of his truck in the cold and walking across my icy sidewalk to my door. Risked his neck, if you ask me. I got free shipping from Bookpool for going USPS, and I'll bet UPS and FedEx weren't even running that day. As a libertarian, I don't think it's appropriate for the government to handle this service
--Donald E. Knuth
USPS (Score:2)
But it was at one point in time. Some 200+ years ago, pre-Internet, pre-phone, pre-everything else, the US Mail was absolutely critical to the infrastructure of the country. Nowadays, sure, if the USPS disappeared, we'd route around it, but back then, it was as important as the highway system is to us today.
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xoa
Re:USPS (Score:1)
"Perl users are the Greatful Dead fans of computer science." --slashdot comment
Re:USPS (Score:2)
the USPS is still very important
I agree. I love the USPS. Like I said, great guys, they always get my mail there, and they risked their necks for me the other day.
While I might complain about stamp price increases
I don't, because of the very reason you mentioned. The postal service is a spectacular bargain! They are also very reliable in my experience, despite the fact that everyone says otherwise.
We should also thank competition for helping keep it that way.
My dad thinks competition mad
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
Re:USPS (Score:2)
I complain about stamp prices too, but that's
because I'm a crotchety young man
(Below is based on my experiences in BE in 1995)
Even in heavily socialized western Europe were
state industry is still relatively common postage
is outrageous, a letter cost over $1 to send.
Were that I say, pancakes?
Re:USPS (Score:2)
Agreed. A critical point in my libertarian leaning thoughts is that we're at a point that demonstrates alternate possibilities more than ever before. That's why I don't like us to be locked into thinking "It has to be this way."
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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PDBA.. (Score:1)
I've done the exact same thing with DDL::Oracle. Versioning the database structures to make sure nothing goes out of sync as well as quick and dirty plain text exports.. Worth checking out, if you're into that sort of thing..
The author, Richard Sutherland, was even good enough to add materialized view support when I asked :D
Re:PDBA.. (Score:2)
I've never noticed DDL::Oracle before.
You just revolutionized my job!
Thank you!
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers