Using Oracle Conditional Compilation (aka Preprocessor) in PL/SQL

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Using Oracle Conditional Compilation (aka Preprocessor) in PL/SQL

Also called: Preparser, Preprocessor, Precompiler

Presentation at OpenWorld San Francisco - Unconference: Wed 9am [Download Presentation]

Used for:

Managing Upgrades
Debugging and Testing
Security
Maintaining different code bases

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Also at OpenWorld

i. Oracle Database 11g Production Case Study

Porting to Oracle Database 11g
Tips, Techniques, and Experiences

Tuesday Sept 23rd 4pm Marriott, Salon 01

Migrating to Oracle Database 11g is not difficult, but there are some points to consider when doing the migration, especially if that migration is from older releases of Oracle including Oracle8. This seminar will cover issues when migrating, migrating techniques, and how to migrate to 11g to take advantage of the new LOB features and performance improvements in PL/SQL. The seminar will cover lessons learnt when migrating customers from Windows and Unix installs, to the latest Oracle release of the database.

ii. Oracle ACE in the OTN Lounge - Tue 23rd 12pm
Covering the following topics:

Multimedia
Mod PL/SQL
Large Databases
Database Upgrade
Gateways

iii. Database Analyst Summit: Customer Panel - Wed 24th 5-6:30pm

Also See

i. Eternal Donut Home Page

ii. Eternal Donut Blog

Listen to Series 1 - June 2007

Introduction [Paper]

1.1 Database Admin [Paper]
1.2 Question Everything [Paper]
1.3 Being Locked in [Paper]
1.4 Intro to Digital Imaging [Paper]
1.5 Mod PL/SQL Best Practices [Paper]
1.6 Multimedia Enable your app [Paper]
Series 1 - Q&A [Paper]

Listen to Series 2 - Sept 2008

Digital Rights Management

2.1 DRM: Key Issues Part 1/2
2.2 DRM: Key Issues Part 2/2

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