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Database won’t start because of missing datafile

I had a situation today where my database would not start because “someone” had deleted a datafile.  While deleting the datafile at the OS level was probably not a particularly good decision, things like this do happen occasionally, so how … Continue reading

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Matt’s book

My colleagues Matt Wright and Antony Reynolds have released a great book on Oracle SOA Suite, available from Amazon.

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Single Sign On for WebCenter Interaction

I have spent a little time recently setting up single sign on for WebCenter Interaction. My environment is WebCenter Interaction 10.3 running on Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3 on Windows 2003 Server, with an Oracle HTTP Server (Apache 1.3) HTTP Proxy, … Continue reading

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Restoring an Oracle database backup to another version of the database

Picked up a handy little tip.  If you want to move a bunch of data from one Oracle database to another, you can use the exp and imp utilities to dump the data and restore it respectively. But what if … Continue reading

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Running SOA Suite 10g on Oracle Database 11g

This is not the first time I have gone looking for this patch, which allows you to install Oracle SOA Suite 10g with an Oracle 11g database, and I know it wont be the last.  So here is the link: … Continue reading

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Calling BPEL web services from Application Express

Just a quick post, on an issue that seems to come up a lot – how to call a BPEL web service from Application Express.  This used to be quite challenging, but now, with APEX 3.1.2, APEX can understand a … Continue reading

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Monday at OpenWorld

Spent the day at OpenWorld today.  It is my first time.  I am doing a presentation on using a Business Process-driven approach to integrating ERP systems on Thursday with Juliana Button from Product Management. I attended Thomas Kurian’s Middleware General … Continue reading

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On Becoming Process Oriented

Today, we are witnessing a significant change in the way that businesses use Information Technology to support their needs for agility and flexibility.  Part of this is the shift from monolithic applications and Enterprise Application Integration, to Service Orientation and … Continue reading

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