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Useful web sites

The Best collections of Oracle related


Links I have found
• Atul Mehta's Oracle World
• Stewart McGlaughlin Oracle Links
• Great Oracle Sites to Visit orafaq.com
• OracleAdvice.com | SQL*Plus Tips | Oracle 9i | Oracle 10g | Oracle 10g
Documentation Library
• Rhubarb's Oracle Links (error codes, books, UTILITIES, code)
• Oracle Quick Reference
• Peter's Links
• Free Oracle Training and Tutorials
• Ask Tom
• Codebox: Wide assortment of SQL, PL/SQL
• Jeff Hunter's DBA/Development site (click ORACLE on LEFT)
• Akadia Info Technology
• Oracle FAQ ( scripts, vendors, etc)
• Assorted Scripts (advanced) & Vendors
• Oracle8i Server, Release 8.1.5 (HTML & PDF) Concepts, Administration,
Reference, Development
• Oracle9i Database Online Documentation (Release 2 (9.2))
• Oracle9i Database List of Books (Release 2 (9.2))
• Oracle10g Database Online Documentation 10g Release 1 (10.1)
• Oracle's Magazine
• OracleApps Blog
• http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/need membership

FAQ's, Tips, Directories, Glossary,


Dictionary
FAQ's

Oracle Users' Co-Operative FAQ


Oracle tips Archive by Donald K. Burleson
CanadaNet411 Q&A Assorted Q&A
FAQ's (very good mix of SQL, PLSQL & Oracle
http://www.orafaq.com/faq2.htm
IXORA Q & A
http://www.orafaq.com/faqwinnt.htm FAQ for Oracle on Windows NT/2000 Oracle
FAQ
Oncall DBA (APPS & Concurrent)
Oracle DBA Tips Index
DBA Tips Corner | dbahelp | dbazine.com
SQL for Web Nerds by Philip Greenspun
Jonathan Gennick
http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/sitemap.html

Tips

Did you Know ?


Oracle Idiosyncrasies
http://www.uaex.edu/srea/ Stephen Rea's Oracle Tips, Tricks, and Scripts
Ken Atkins Oracle Tips
Oracle Tips from www.praetoriate.com
Oracle newsgroups (USENET)
Avisit Solutions Tips vi, rman, legato, unix, financials, init.ora
Akadia Information Technology Part 1 and Part 2
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Databases/Oracle/
Oracle SQL Tricks | http://www.oraclenotes.com/ | Cheat Sheet
SQL*Plus COPY Utility
Morgan's Library (Oracle 9.2/10.1 commands, syntax, reference, etc)

Glossaries

Oracle's Glossary | Bytelife Oracle Glossary | Digital Guru's Dictionary

Scripts, Links, Jobs, Search Engines and


Commands
Oracle tips (forms & db) | Ari Kaplan's site & Oracle Tips | Oracle Links
(jobs/search engines, etc) | ORAFAQ Scripts | Oracle 8i 9i SQL Scripts
and Database Commands | Rhubarb's Oracle Links (has scripts) | Kevin
Loney's Scripts | Magazines, PL/SQL, Replication, DBA tasks | Oracle
DBA Scripts and Tips | thescripts.com
assorted directories of scripts
Flying Sideways – Oracle Scripts/Views/Grants/SGA

Mailing Lists & Forums:


Mailing Lists: ittoolbox.com very good Mailing list also ITtoolbox Wiki |
Oraclemonster.com | OracleFans Forums | Oracle-L@FreeLists.org | lazydba.com mailing
list | rchath.com mailing list | freelists.org
Forums: http://www.tek-tips.com/gthreadminder.cfm/lev2/4/lev3/27/pid/18 | Throne
Software Message Boards | DBFORUMS | Oracle Database, Tools & MarketPlace
(MCSE.MS) | Google's Directory | Yahoo's Directory | OTN: Forums Home » Oracle
Technology Network (OTN) » Products | Oraclenotes | UK Oracle User Group | List of
worldwide user groups | theoraclejobsite.com Special Interest Groups | Yahoo Directory:
Oracle Groups | webservertalk | WROX: Programmer to Programmer | QAIX | Oracle
Applications Users Group Public Sector Special Interest Group (OAUG Public Sector
SIG)

Oracle Newsgroups:
Oracle Newsgroups/USENET
link above lets you view, search and post these groups
Usenet
comp.databases.oracle comp.databases.oracle.marketplace
comp.databases.oracle.misc comp.databases.oracle.server.* (1)
comp.databases.oracle.tools.* (1)

PL SQL:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/PL
-SQL/
The Oracle PL/SQL CD Bookshelf

Steven Feuerstein Oracle PL/SQL CD Bookshelf (O'Reilly)


Minmaxplsql list of resources & 3rd party software |
stevenfeuerstein.com | minmaxplsql.com (Blast Off PL/SQL) | Steve's
books on PL/SQL also Supplemental files (code) | |
http://www.oracleplsqlprogramming.com/

PL/SQL reference
Tucano's Introduction to Oracle PL/SQL Programming
PL NET (Open-source PL/SQL code library) SourceForge.Net
Oracle9i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals Release 2 (9.2)
Part Number A96590-01
Oracle8i Supplied PL/SQL Packages Reference
Oracle 101
CTA Program Database Application Development & Design Track -
Columbia Univ. courses & reference info !
Testing your PL/SQL by Ken Atkins
http://www.ilook.fsnet.co.uk/ora_sql/sqlmain2.htm
Oracle PL/SQL Tips, Tricks & Utils set of 28 PL/SQL codes
http://www.jusungyang.com/ORACLEfolder/PLSQL.html
PL/SQL Programming Examples (sending email, random number, clob,
dbms_job)
Useful introduction to PL SQL
PL/SQL reference, help, & tutorial
PL SQL FAQ (Underground) | ORA FAQ
DMOZ open directory pl/sql
PL SQL Tutorial
PL/SQL users guide & ref ver 8.0
OraNails (tools, forms, reports, pl/sql
Useful PL/SQL sample code by ( keyword ) or by (description)
UltraEdit and TEXTPAD are good editors for PL/SQL especially for ASCII
info
Books & code
PL SQL Message Forum or SQL & PL/SQL for Newbies
Oracle PL/SQL Interactive Workbook, 2/e
Error Handling
Oracle supplied Packages (DBMS_**,UTL_**, etc)
Good Intro & Tutorial
Errors & Error Handling
FAQ's (very good mix of SQL, PLSQL & Oracle
CLOB Example
Sending E-Mail in PL/SQL
Intro to DBMS_JOB
TEXT_IO code to write data to a flat file
ASK TOM: how to get around Dbms_output limitations
ASK TOM: dbms_output.enable does not work

Useful Links & Documents for Legacy


Interfaces / Extracts / Conversion
• IBMMAINFRAMES.com Online Discussion about IBM & UNISYS Mainframes
Forum Index
• Legacy Data Conversions With Simple Tools
• COBOL User Groups (COBUG) http://www.cobug.com/
• Mainframe FAQ's
• IBM's DFSORT feature to port packed signed ebcdic numeric data into ascii
format document I wrote for porting packed data easily (PDF document)
• http://www.theamericanprogrammer.com
• IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
• TSO Intro
• COBOL/VSE Language Reference
• Vedit editor EBCDIC/ASCII conversion, large files, etc
• IBM Mainframe Datatypes: Mainframe Data (Field) Types | COBOL Comp-3,
also called Computational-3, Packed Decimal, or Packed |
• IBM Mainframe: MVS z/OS utility DFSORT R14 Application Programming
Guide | Ask Professor Sort | Smart DFSORT Tricks | OUTFIL Control Statements
(DFSORT) Useful for converting COMP-3 & Signed numerical data from
EBCDIC to ASCII see Table 38 Edit Mask Patters
• ASCII Software
• The COBOL Center infogoal.com
• COBOL Connection | Commonly Used Numeric Formats (COBOL)
• Encryption software
• Free Compilers
• From There to Here: Database Migration
• Inserting Data from Excel
• How Oracle Handles Numbers
• MVS Help for the Mainframe Programmer
• http://www.mainframemigration.org
• Cathy Cakebreads site (mostly Financials) | Tips on implementing and Quickstart
guide implementing Receivables
• Various tips for data conversion
• Handling Numbers
• TSO Introduction | TSO/ISPF Guide
• VENDORS: TAPECONVERSIONS.COM |
• SOFTWARE: EBCDIC to ASCII converter for Window (ZIP'd)

MVS

• http://www.ibmmainframes.com/ | IBM Mainframe reference info and Emulators

See on Metalink: 118366.1, 123512.1, 1072874.6, 181874.1,


118347.1, 140833.1, 6

Oracle Applications ( APPS 11i10 11i


11.5.X 11.5. 10.7 10.7 SC )
FND - Apps Foundation Level CM - Cash Management
GL - General Ledger INV - Inventory
AP - Accounts Payable OPM - Process Manufacturing
AR - Accounts Receivable BOM - Bill of Material
PO - Purchasing
Metalink: 1012626.102 ( GL to AR Mapping ) ; 1011799.6 ( GL to AP Mapping)
11.5.10 11i10 info, upgrades, etc
 11i10 New Features (PDF)
 COAUG Presentations look for 11.5.10 Version Update
 OracleGrapeVine.com Upgrade, Enchancements, Utility info
 Useful documents from Michigan Oracle Applications Users Group
 Presentations of Colorado Oracle Applications User Group has XML, Payables,
11.5.10
 Oracle Application Hints and Tips
 Oracle Application Tips 16 tips
 Oracle 11i Tutorial (solbourne)
 Home » Applications » Oracle E-Business Suite FORUM
 Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10 - Vision Instance
 Oracle Application Hints and Tips
 Appsking.com FAQ's
 Financials-Server.com
 5 Upgrade Pitfalls
 Upgrade of Oracle Applications
 Oracle ERP Release Strategy 11.5.9 & 11.5.10
 11i (11.5.10) Documentation Library (ORACLE)
 Unix & Oracle Weblog (11.5.10 maintenance pack)
 Oracle 11.5.10 Aligns Sales and Marketing, but Service Lags (by Gartner)
 Conversion Planning Guide
 Be sure to look on Metalink for NOTE: 182250.1 "Release 11i Related
Documentation"
 Adobe Output Pak for Oracle E-Business Suite
 Overview and tips for Oracle Financials 10.7 SC
 10.7 --> GOOGLE search on Oracle 10.7 SC migrations, etc

Oracle APPS Blog - Financial Systems


Navigation Card for APPS (very good) MS WORD
Oracle Applications (AR/GR/AP/FND, etc)
Assorted FinApps SQL code by module
Oracle Application Hints and Tips
Oracle Financials group web site
Oracle Application Experts by Carol Francum
Oracle 11i documentation
DARC White Papers
DSP Global - Downloads (11i PDF's)
Oracle 11i newsletter by Solution Beacon
Free Release 11i Tools
Oracle Financials message board
OTN: Oracle Applications Documentation
Oracle Apps FAQ's
Most Popular Oracle Financials Articles
Cathy Cakebreads site (mostly Financials) | Tips on implementing and
Quickstart guide implementing Receivables
Allen-Sauer Printing bitmapped reports
Importing Journals
BOSS White Papers and Tips
COAUG Presentations (good collection!)
CUSTOM library
Harvard's Accounts Receivable | Harvard's General Ledger | Chart of
Accounts | Assorted AR, GL and financial documents
Interfaces (PDF)
Tuning & Optimizing (PDF)
Implementing Release 11
11i New Features (PDF)
Oracle Application Hints and Tips
UK Oracle User Group
AR Invoice Wizard EXCEL & API
FAQ's
Oracle's TCA Architecture (Party, Sites & Accounts)
Managing Concurrent Mgr (PDF) also see Oncall DBA
MULTI ORG
Release 11i Use of Multiple Organizations | DSP Global - Downloads 11i-
Upgrades | Multi-Org in Oracle APPS
Implementing HR after Financials | Multi-Org: Technical Perspective
SQL query to display Items in a multi-org setup | Foreign and Legacy
Data
Form Customization / Custom.pll Library
Boss Corp. Custom Library Notes
Develop Custom Forms in Oracle Applications(tm) Release 11
Application Object Library (AOL)
Application Object Library

DBA Stuff
DBA Scripts
A guide to Oracle, Windows, Linux and OS X commands SS64
Scripts from Dennis
Datatypes (number, long, raw, date, etc)
Oracle Executables This table lists executable programs in
$ORACLE_HOME/bin
How Oracle Stores Integers

Miscellaneous
PDF of flexfields and how they are stored and referenced A/R's Chart of
accounts
Metalink Pocket Guide Oracle Supplied Packages (DBMS, UTL, etc)
Oracle Replication 8i
Oracle Utilities 8i
Oracle XML Publisher
Evergreen Database Technologies links
ASCII Chart or ASCII Chart 2
Frank-Peter Schultze Batch Bookmarks | Allenware.com Batch
XML FAQ
ORAFAQ (tools, glossary, scripts, books, links, tools)
How to send mail from Oracle Forms?
ORA errors codes - number related
Oracle Error Codes
Oracle Messages & Codes VERY GOOD
Oracle Syntax
Oracle Glossary
Oracle Security & Auditing
Oracle Database, SQL, Application, Programming Tips
Oracletuning.com
Good resorce on Discoverer
Good Course on Oracle
Oracle Report Notes
Bulletproofing, Backups, and Disaster Recovery Scenarios
Microsoft's Technet Script Center
Planet PDF

Windows, DOS, Batch, Command Shell, Scripting

Batfiles: The DOS batch file programming handbook & tutorial loaded with info and
samples !
windowsshellscripting.com | Tom Lavedas Bookmarks DOS, Scripting
NT/Win2k scripting
4DOS INFO | Shell Scripts on the PC | Garbo FTP archive
DOS Command line links | Microsoft & Windows Tips, Techniques, and Goodies
Microsoft Windows NT: Command Shell
Command shell overview

Email, SMTP

PL/SQL API Reference | an Oracle PL/SQL procedure to send an email with file
attachments | Emailing from Oracle | SEND MAIL THROUGH DATABASE BY
UTL_SMTP | Send Email by UTL_SMTP or | Send Email by UTL_SMTP

Visual Basic, VB, ODBC, Barcoding, Perl, Forms/Reports,


OCI

• Open Database Connectivity - 'ODBC'


• JDBC/Oracle Tutorial 1 JDBC 1.0
• Oracle ODBC Class Module | VB Site Links ( VB Net, VB Thunder, Planet
Source Code
• DataDirect Connect for ODBC - Windows ODBC, UNIX ODBC, Linux ODBC,
Oracle ODBC, and DB2 ODBC
• http://www.perl.com/
• selection of Oracle, VBA and miscellaneous tips, tricks and hints
• Ericp Helps.com | Assorted Programming Links
• Computerhope.com
• Manuipulating Text (perl, sed, regular expressions, cgi
• IDAutomation (barcoding)
• ProgrammersHeaven.com
• CanadaNet411 Q&A Assorted Q&A
• Customizing Reports at Runtime
• Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Call Interface

Interview Q & A | Geekinterview.com


Descriptive FlexFields (DFF) Setup and Use Spring 1997 or DFF Setup &
Use
Generating Sequence Numbers
Use of Sequences
Sequence Numbers (PDF)
Assorted Editors | Personally I suggest Textpad , especially for PL/SQL
ouput
Useful info on Oracle History, SQL, PLSQL, etc
Integrigi's Security resources
Oracle Internationalization & Character Sets
dbms_metadata
How do I become a DBA ?
Date / Time Arithmetic with Oracle 9/10
Pro*COBOL Precompiler Programmer's Guide Release 8.1.5 A68023-01
Guide to File extensions (PDF) | File Extensions ( Windows OS2 Apple
Unix
Oracle Reports Barcode FAQ & Tutorial
Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i

SQL
ORAFAQ SQL+
DEBUGGING APPLICATIONS WITH SQL*TRACE
SQL Character functions | SQL+: Converting Files | SQL online
course/tutorial | Subqueries | Handling Numbers ORA-XXXX errors
assorted | http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/index.htm also pl/sql |
SQL*Plus substution variables

Assorted Code
Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Ed. Supplemental Files | CISY 286 -
Introduction to Oracle: SQL & PL/SQL | Oracle Press | Lowe Lum Carlson
Systems FAQ,Tutorial,Scripts | Oracletuning.com | Oracle Solutions in
Australia - asstd code

Assorted Tutorials
Notes on the Oracle DBMS | Oracle 11i Tutorial (solbourne) | An
Introduction to Oracle: Tutorial Series | 8i Character Functions |
SQLCOURSE2.COM Assortment !!! | SQL Q & A | PL/SQL, Tutorials
(columbia univ.) | programmingtutorials.com | Oracle Forms Developers
Guide | SQL Tutorials w3schools.com | Lowe Lum Carlson Systems
FAQ,Tutorial,Scripts | Oracle 101 (DB Admin, PLSQL, Concepts) |
Codebox: Wide assortment of SQL, PL/SQL | Oracle / Access /
PowerPoint Tutorial and Help Page | PL SQL Tutorial & Reference | Intro
to Oracle | Free Online SQL Documentation, Tutorial, References |
Oracle Discoverer Desktop User's Guide | Oregon State Univ. (Forms, |
http://www.virtualschool4all.com/Oracle | App Development with Oracle
(9i) | Oracle 101 | Oracle Forms 4.5/ 5.0/ 6.0/ 6i and 9i FAQ | CPSC 304 -
Introduction to Relational Databases | Exforsys Inc Free Training wide
assortment besides Oracle stuff

Useful "WHITE" Papers


GOOGLE search
AOUG White Paper Links
District of Columbia Oracle Users Group - PAPERS
Useful documents from Michigan Oracle Applications Users Group |
NorCal OAUG Training Day 2004 Presentation Downloads | Orafaq links
| TUSC Downloads | Wichita Area OUG | BOSS Corportation | Australian
Oracle User Group | | Oracle Development Tools User Group | COAUG
Presentations | NYOUG Presentations | Mid-West Oracle Users Group
papers | Integrigy Security Whitepapers | Quest Software's Document
Library | Univ Waterloo Financial Systems Upgrade Project (alot of 10.7,
NCA, upgrade docs) | Database Specialists | Useful Oracle Articles |
Evergreen Database Technologies White Papers & Presentations

Useful Consulting Web Sites and Training


Yahoo: Business to Business Directory | Assist | Akadia.com | Akadia
publications
Dan Hotka | TUSC The Oracle Experts | Red Rock | Articles | Avisit
Solutions Lts | Tips & Tricks | COMP9311 Database Systems 04s2 | Ask
Tom or Ask Tom | Oracle Reprorts - Red Star Technologies | FINANCIALS-
SERVER.COM | OUTERBAY APPLICATION DATA MANAGEMENT archiving
and other special software

Oracle Error Code prefixes and categories


ORA- Oracle RDBMS errors
DBA- SQL*DBA errors
LCC- Parameter parsing errors
IMP- Import errors
EXP- Export errors
PLS- PL/SQL errors
DBV- DB Verify errors
OBK- Oracle Backup / Restore Utility
RMAN- RMAN error messages
TNS- SQL*Net/Net8 errors
OSD- OSD level errors
SQL- SQLLIB runtime errors
FRM- Oracle Forms errors
REP- Oracle Reports errors
CDI- Oracle Case Dictionary errors
CGEN- Oracle Case Generator (Forms and Reports)
PCC- Precompiler errors
SQL*Loader- SQL*Loader errors

Training, Testing & Certification

Yahoo: Training | Learning Tree | Preparation for Certification | Raritan


Valley Computer Dept | OA Train – Oracle Applications | Self Test
Software | Computertrainingschools.com | Netstar | Object and Data
Labs: Sysadmin | CMIS 565 Oracle Database Administration

Resumes & Interviewing

Assorted Resume samples


Geek Interview.COM
englishinterview.com

Various Installations with Oracle and/or


Applications (APPS)

Rockefeller Univ. Integrated Administrative Systems IAS | Oracle


Navigation User Guide – Rockefeller Univ
http://www.bc.pitt.edu/prism/
UAB Finance Manuals | UAB Oracle Accounting Applications
nbs.nih.gov | UAB.edu
stanford.edu | Oracle 11.5.9 upgrade | Resources / Learning Center
Ithaca
Harvard's ABLE | Harvard's 11i Navigation | Harvard's A/R | Harvard's
General Ledger | Chart of Accounts
Harvard's Financial & Reporting Applications | FAQ's A/R | Assorted AR,
GL and financial documents
Univ of Virginia | How Do I ? | Glossary
US Dept Transportation
Univ Waterloo Financial Systems Project
The University Computer Center (TUCC)
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Binghamton's Pegasus
Univ College London | User guides
Binghamton Training Library
University of Cambridge > University Offices > Finance Division >
Finance Training Good Reference & Training MANUALS

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