I recently read SQL Developer 2.1 book by Sue Harper, published by Packt Publishing (thanks Veena).

In a few words: I’m impressed. It’s a must read for everybody who’s working with Oracle.
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well… my colleagues from SQL Dev team will probably take out from the marketplace our competition. Having so many features for free is something that me and all the users are highly appreciating.

SQL Developer 2.1 EA1
Some facts of SQL Developer 2.1 Early Adopter 1: Read the rest of this entry »
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Lots of people landed on my blog by searching for “10g XE disadvantages”, but unfortunately I don’t have such an article. I mean until now
So what are the disadvantages of using 10g XE database? :
- it’s not supported by Oracle support
- it is working on just one processor core, no matter how many you have
- it will not use more than 1 GB of RAM, no matter how much RAM you have
- you cannot store more than 4 GB of user data, hard-coded limitation
- you’ll not find patches for it
- not yet a 11g version
Of course there are lots of advantages:
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I’ve been asked many times if there is possible to install Oracle Application Express on Express Edition of 10g database, both of them being free products. The answer is YES, and the procedure is quite simple, as very well indicated on Oracle website
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