Parallel Querying using Oracle

Perhaps a long awaited feature, this one is clearly the one that I like most.

Using pre-built packages its now possible to break a single (relatively heavy) operation into multiple small operations, which run in parallel. The benefits are obvious, and cant be ignored.

I am yet to ascertain the usability of such a feature with tools like informatica or pentaho, but I am quite sure a lot can be achieved, especially in the direction of updates to huge tables in data warehouses.

And looking at the implementation, its genuinely simple and straightforward.

Would be nice to see more applications utilizing the benefits of such features..

Read more on Oracle magazine, article written by Steven Feuerstein...

in reference to: PL/SQL Practices: On Working in Parallel (view on Google Sidewiki)

Ubuntu 10.04 is here.... Upgrade today...

Its only been a few hours since I have had the pleasure to upgrade to the latest version of Ubuntu.

And without any doubt, or any detailed analysis/investigation I can say this much for sure -

- The upgrade process was super easy. No hassles whatsoever, you just need to have a decent internet connection, few times you need to confirm the suggested decision, and done...

- The new system looks cleaner, much much cleaner. Its neat, to some extent beautiful. Its not about the background or themes or anything like that, but the overall look and feel is genuinely cool. Perhaps its to do with one thing that I have done on my part. My system font is "Lucida Grande" all across. And, for some reason the shapes and looks on this font are far better than anyone else I have encountered.

- The boot time has come down a good notch.

Well, I guess this should be a good starting point for my review on the new version, lets see how it comes across further.

in reference to: my tech playground (view on Google Sidewiki)