Books and recent publications

Books and Recent publications

Books

MySQL Stored Procedure Programming (with Steven Feurstein), OReilly, 2006
Read the slashdot review.

Oracle SQL High Performance Tuning, Prentice Hall, 2001,1997

Oracle Desk Reference, Prentice Hall, 2000

Recent Articles and publications

Articles and other items published over the last few years which are (hopefully) still somewhat relevent:

Application Insight, monthly column in Database Trends and Applications, 2004-2008 (see below)
Monthy series on Oracle performance Toadworld, Jan-Aug 2008

Aug 2008:  Tracing SQL Statement performance
Jul 2008: Tuning PL/SQL code
Jun 2008: Make Oracle work smarter, not harder
May 2008: Network Contention
Apr 2008:   Buffer Cache Contention
Mar 2008:   Latch Contention
Feb 2008:   Lock Contention
Jan 2008:   Introduction to contention

I was quoted here in DBTA on the predictive SQL technology we developed in Spotlight on Oracle.
End of the one-size fits all RDBMS?, Database Trends and Applications, July 2008
Is the Next DBMS Revolution Looming?, Database Trends and Applications, June 2008
Predictive SQL Tuning, Quest Software Webcast, June 2008
Predictive SQL Performance Tuning, Quest Software whitepaper, April 2008
RDBMS industry and technology Trends, Collaborate 2008, Denver Collorado, April 2008
MySQL Stored Functions, Quest Pipelines, March 2008
I was quoted in this article on KPIs for developers in Builder.Au magazine
MySQL 5 Stored Procedures: Relic or Revolution?, Linux Journal December 2007
Oracle Open World 2007:
- Systematic Performance Tuning
- RDBMS industry and technology trends
Optimizing new Oracle Architectures : Quest Web Seminar August 2007
Systematic Oracle Performance Tuning, SELECT Magazine, Q4 2006
Optimizing MySQL Stored procecedures, MySQL AB Web seminar, June 2006
I'm quoted in this article in the Melbourne age that highlights the Spotlight on RAC product.
Does the optimizer still need a hint?, NoCOUG newsletter, May 2006
Optimzing Oracle RAC : Quest Web Seminar April 2006
Can your project win the database race? Software Test and Performance, November 2005
Resolving Oracle latch contention, Quest pipelines, April 2005

Recent Application Insight articles

Since 2004 I've been writing a monthly column on application trends for Database Trends and Applications.

Sep 2008 Scaling the Web 2.0
Aug 2008 Software architecture: Why it matters
Jul 2008 J2EE Application Servers 10 Years On
Jun 2008 Google’s Entry into the Cloud Computing Land Grab
May 2008 Amazon takes early lead in Cloud computing
Apr 2008 OpenSocial aims to open up Social Networks
Mar 2008 Development as a Service with Salesforce.com
Feb 2008 Oracle Fusion: Not your grandads ERP
Jan 2008 Desktop Virtualization

Nov 2007 The future of application interfaces
Oct 2007   Application Development gets more agile
Aug2007   Google Gears, the iPhone, and the Future of Mobile Applications
Jun 2007 Flex and Flash Still Drive Richest Web experience
May 2007 ODF is More Than a .DOC replacement
Apr 2007 Lessons Learned on the Quest for the perfect PIM
Mar 2007 The Ruby on Rails Paradigm shift
Feb 2007 SAS Delivers the 'I' in 'BI'
Jan 2007 .NET 3.0

Dec 2006 Sun and Oracle Approach Grid Computing
Nov 2006   Mash-Ups Deliver What Web Services Only
Oct 2006   As Virtualization Technology Improves,
Sep 2006 Wikipedia, Wikis and Web
Aug 2006  The Shifting Economics of the Software business
Jul 2006    Does Microsoft Want to Replace SQL?
Jun 2006   Commercial Vendors May Embrace Open source reporting
May 2006  Borland has been Eclipsed in the IDE
Apr 2006   Oracle's 'Cold' Fusion?
Mar 2006  Making Real Money in the Virtual world
Feb 2006 Is Java at the Crossroads?


Home Books and publications Blog Email MySQL Book Stuff	Books and Recent publications Books MySQL Stored Procedure Programming (with Steven Feurstein), OReilly, 2006 Read the slashdot review. Oracle SQL High Performance Tuning, Prentice Hall, 2001,1997 Oracle Desk Reference, Prentice Hall, 2000 Recent Articles and publications Articles and other items published over the last few years which are (hopefully) still somewhat relevent: Application Insight, monthly column in Database Trends and Applications, 2004-2008 (see below) Monthy series on Oracle performance Toadworld, Jan-Aug 2008 Aug 2008: Tracing SQL Statement performance Jul 2008: Tuning PL/SQL code Jun 2008: Make Oracle work smarter, not harder May 2008: Network Contention Apr 2008: Buffer Cache Contention Mar 2008: Latch Contention Feb 2008: Lock Contention Jan 2008: Introduction to contention I was quoted here in DBTA on the predictive SQL technology we developed in Spotlight on Oracle. End of the one-size fits all RDBMS?, Database Trends and Applications, July 2008 Is the Next DBMS Revolution Looming?, Database Trends and Applications, June 2008 Predictive SQL Tuning, Quest Software Webcast, June 2008 Predictive SQL Performance Tuning, Quest Software whitepaper, April 2008 RDBMS industry and technology Trends, Collaborate 2008, Denver Collorado, April 2008 MySQL Stored Functions, Quest Pipelines, March 2008 I was quoted in this article on KPIs for developers in Builder.Au magazine MySQL 5 Stored Procedures: Relic or Revolution?, Linux Journal December 2007 Oracle Open World 2007: Systematic Performance Tuning RDBMS industry and technology trends Optimizing new Oracle Architectures : Quest Web Seminar August 2007 Systematic Oracle Performance Tuning, SELECT Magazine, Q4 2006 Optimizing MySQL Stored procecedures, MySQL AB Web seminar, June 2006 I'm quoted in this article in the Melbourne age that highlights the Spotlight on RAC product. Does the optimizer still need a hint?, NoCOUG newsletter, May 2006 Optimzing Oracle RAC : Quest Web Seminar April 2006 Can your project win the database race? Software Test and Performance, November 2005 Resolving Oracle latch contention, Quest pipelines, April 2005 Recent Application Insight articles Since 2004 I've been writing a monthly column on application trends for Database Trends and Applications. Sep 2008 Scaling the Web 2.0 Aug 2008 Software architecture: Why it matters Jul 2008 J2EE Application Servers 10 Years On Jun 2008 Google’s Entry into the Cloud Computing Land Grab May 2008 Amazon takes early lead in Cloud computing Apr 2008 OpenSocial aims to open up Social Networks Mar 2008 Development as a Service with Salesforce.com Feb 2008 Oracle Fusion: Not your grandads ERP Jan 2008 Desktop Virtualization Nov 2007 The future of application interfaces Oct 2007 Application Development gets more agile Aug2007 Google Gears, the iPhone, and the Future of Mobile Applications Jun 2007 Flex and Flash Still Drive Richest Web experience May 2007 ODF is More Than a .DOC replacement Apr 2007 Lessons Learned on the Quest for the perfect PIM Mar 2007 The Ruby on Rails Paradigm shift Feb 2007 SAS Delivers the 'I' in 'BI' Jan 2007 .NET 3.0 Dec 2006 Sun and Oracle Approach Grid Computing Nov 2006 Mash-Ups Deliver What Web Services Only Oct 2006 As Virtualization Technology Improves, Sep 2006 Wikipedia, Wikis and Web Aug 2006 The Shifting Economics of the Software business Jul 2006 Does Microsoft Want to Replace SQL? Jun 2006 Commercial Vendors May Embrace Open source reporting May 2006 Borland has been Eclipsed in the IDE Apr 2006 Oracle's 'Cold' Fusion? Mar 2006 Making Real Money in the Virtual world Feb 2006 Is Java at the Crossroads?