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NCOUG Fall 2006 Tech Blast!
Friday, October 13th, 12:30-4:30 PM
Cisco Systems
Don't miss our Fall Tech Bash, an afternoon of fun food and learning with three great presentations, Friday, October 13th, from 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
We are planning a banner year of presentations for 2007 and we are planning to solicit some of the world’s top Oracle experts. Since NCOUG does not charge dues, we rely on the generosity of vendor sponsors and speakers.
We have a superb meeting planned for Friday, October 13th, with free food and drink, free books and posters, and lots of networking opportunities. For our next meeting we have a truly great line-up with presentations for everyone, including DBA’s and developers.
Please RSVP to Harry Conway, so we can get enough food and drink!
12:30 - 1:00 PM - Free Lunch! Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Join us at 12:30 for free Pizza, complements of Burleson Consulting.
1:00 – 2:00 PM – Brain Cramps - How common mistakes can cripple your database performance. NCOUG’s own Don Burleson gives us a preview of his Oracle Openworld presentation, and eye-opening look at how common and unobtrusive mistakes can cripple your database performance.
2:00 – 2:30 PM - How to Ace your Oracle Job Interview – The average Oracle professional stays at a job less then 5 years, and everyone needs to be looking out for their next job opportunity. Janet Burleson, a Oracle hiring manager and author of “Win your Computer Dream Job” explores tips and secrets for acing your next Oracle job interview.
2:30 – 3:00 PM – Break, networking and free book raffle.
3:00 – 4:00 PM – PL/SQL Tuning Secrets – Independent consultant and author Kent Crotty guides us through some great tips and tricks for optimizing your PL/SQL. Kent will also raffle five copies of his bestseller “Easy Oracle Application Express (HTML-DB).
4:00 PM – Final Free book raffle.
Directions: Cisco
- From I-40, take the Davis Drive exit
- Go south on Davis Drive (this will be a right if you were going east on 40, a left if you were going west on 40)
- Go 3.8 miles and turn right on Kit Creek Road (there will be a big Cisco logo on the corner here)
- Take the 3rd left
- Building 5 (Creekside Building) will be the 2nd building on the right
Ace your Oracle Job Interview
If you are one of several hundred qualified job applicants, what can you do to set yourself apart from the competition? An expert hiring manager knows secrets for quickly spotting fakers and “posers” and looks for important keywords in your resume. They also employ special techniques to quickly access your strengths and weaknesses.
You must also pass a tough telephone screening before you even get a chance to come on-site for the real interview. Learn from the manager what to expect and what managers are looking for in a telephone interview.
The on-site interview is also challenging and the interviewer will use tools to quickly access you demeanor, technical skills and personality. Learn what unobtrusive questions you might be asked, what the manager is “really” asking, and the most appropriate response.
- Learn to “read between the lines” of innocent job interview questions and write a bullet-proof resume
- Understand how to set yourself apart from the competition
- Hear the questions asked during Oracle telephone interviews
Brain Cramps: How simple mistakes can cripple your database
It’s amazing how simple unobtrusive mistakes can cripple your database. Oracle 10g is the world most robust and flexible database and it’s not uncommon to find inappropriate configurations that perform miserably. This presentation will draw from real-world consulting experiences and show actual examples of Oracle brain cramps and how to detect and the most common Oracle performance issues.
This presentation explores some of the root causes of Oracle performance bottlenecks and offers specific advice for detecting and correcting sub-optimal configurations. Drawn from real-word experiences with actual examples, this presentation shows how simple mistakes in global Oracle settings can have unforeseen side effects. Examples will include sub-optimal initialization parameters, inappropriate parameters for tables & indexes, SQL optimizer traps and external issues such as disk and network configurations. This is a do-not-miss session for anyone who wants to understand how small changes can have a dramatic impact on Oracle performance. Key points include:
- Understand common disk problems
- Watch out for those optimizer settings
- See legacy issues with 10g upgrades
- See “Silly” Oracle configurations
- See what happens when you forget to take your DBA training
PL/SQL Tuning Secrets
PL/SQL is a robust and easy language, but it’s easy to write sub-optimal code. This presentation will examine some of the most common PL/SQL tuning errors and show how to write tight efficient code. Topics will include array management techniques (bulk collect and forall), compiled SQL and lots more.
