oracle links
I've listed a few of the Oracle sites and blogs I visit regularly (this is by no means an exhaustive list). Of course, I'd like you to spend a bit of time here on oracle-developer.net before you visit any of these!
favourite sites and blogs
- Ask Tom
Do I need to explain why? Is there an Oracle developer out there who doesn’t owe something to this site and the man behind it? - JL Computer Consultancy
If you are completely stumped, have investigated every avenue you can think of, are about to give up and go home, then check Jonathan’s site and I bet you find the answer to your problem. An incredibly useful site with some excellent articles and The Cooperative FAQ. Jonathan also has a blog. - Tanel Poder's Blog
Tanel's excellent blog is purely technical, which to my mind is exactly what an Oracle blog should be. In addition to his technical research, articles and presentations, Tanel has also developed a range of really useful performance utilities. - Oracle-Base
Tim Hall’s site of concise articles and new feature guides is one of the best resources for getting a feel for a new Oracle release, especially for database developers. - William Robertson
William is a major contributor to Oracle developer forums, as well as being an Oracle ACE and a member of the Quest PL/SQL Pipelines panel of experts. His site has a lot of useful scripts and some excellent articles. Read his superb article on the evils of scripting against a database! - Hotsos
Everything you need to know about response time tuning, with excellent articles and a link to one of the best Oracle technical books that I've read. - About Oracle
Rob Van Wijk's excellent blog for Oracle developers, full of technical content and techniques.
oracle forums
- PL/SQL Pipelines
Quest’s hosted PL/SQL forum with two excellent Sysops in James Padfield and William Robertson. - OTN SQL-PL/SQL Forum
Some very high quality Oracle developers share their knowledge on this forum. - OraFAQ
I haven’t been there in a while, but I used to use this quite heavily. Has some good developers answering a lot of questions on a wide range of categories. - DBASupport
Not to be confused with other forums beginning DBA%! I've provided a top-level link here as both the DBA and Development forums are worth a visit.
general oracle resources
- OTN
Articles, news, downloads etc. - Online Documentation
RTFM... - Oracle Metalink
You need a support account to get access to Metalink, but you can't really do your job without access to this site (especially if you are using new features)!