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Great Oracle Sites to Visit

$Date: 18-Jul-2005 $
$Revision: 3.66 $
$Author: Frank Naudé $

• Oracle Corporation Home Page
• Oracle's Personalized Web Portal
• Oracle Support
• Oracle MetaLink (you need a CSI#)
• Oracle Technology Network - OTN (formerly Oracle's Developer Resource)
• Oracle Academic Initiative
• Oracle OTN eXchange
(Development Community/ Skills Marketplace)
• Oracle Publishing - Oracle Magazine and Profit magazine
• Oracle NC (Network Computer)
• Oracle Free/ Trial Software available for download
• Oracle Store
• Oracle Documentation Sales
• Oracle University (formerly Oracle Education)
• Oracle AppsNet
• Oracle Partner Program (formerly Business Alliance Program)
• Oracle Press Releases
• Oracle Service Industries Extranet (formerly Oracle Government)
• OracleMobile.com
• USA FTP site for downloading Patch Sets
• Another USA FTP site for downloading Patch Sets
• UK FTP site for downloading Patch Sets (User and password: suppftp/suppftp)

• Oracle Argentina
• Oracle Australasia
• Oracle Asia Pacific
• Oracle Belgium
• Oracle China
• Oracle Deutschland GmbH/ Oracle Germany
• Oracle do Brasil/ Oracle Brazil
• Oracle Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Oracle France
• Oracle Japan
• Oracle Korea
• Oracle Nederland
• Oracle Russia
• Oracle Suid-Afrika/ Oracle South Africa
• Oracle United Kingdom
• Oracle United States
• Oracle Canada

International/ Continental

• IOUG-A - International Oracle Users Group - Americas
• EOUG - Europe, Middle East & Africa Oracle Users Group
• APOUG - Asia Pacific Oracle Users Group

Africa

• EGOUG - Egypt Oracle Users Group
• SAOUG - South African Oracle Users Group
• Oracle Contractors South Africa
• ZOUG - Zimbabwe Oracle User Group

Asia

• EAOUG - Euro-Asian Oracle Users Group
• HKOUG - Hong Kong Oracle Users Group
• JOUG - Japan Oracle User Group

Australia

• AUSORA - Australian Oracle Users Group (formerly ANZORA)
• ONZUG - New Zealand Oracle Users Group
• ACTOUG - Australian Capital Territory Oracle Users Group
• NSWOUG - NSW ORAcle Users group
• QOUG - Queensland Oracle Users Group
• SAOUG - South Australian Oracle Users Group
• VOUG - Victoria Oracle Users Group
• Australian Northern Territory Oracle Users Group

Europe

• AOUG - Austrian Oracle Users Group
• CyOUG - Cyprus Oracle User Group
• HrOUG - Croatia Oracle User Group
• OGh - Dutch Oracle Usergroup
• DOAG - German Oracle Users Group
• OUG/DK - Oracle User Group Denmark
• OUGF - Oracle Users Group Finland
• AUFO - France Oracle User Group
• OUGIT - Oracle Users Group Italy
• MOUG - Macedonia Oracle User Group
• OGH/N - Netherland's Oracle User Group
• OAUG/N - Netherland's Oracle Applications User Group
• OUGN - Oracle Users Group Norway
• POUG - Poland Oracle User Group
• APO - Portugal Oracle User Group
• SIOUG - Slovania Oracle User Group
• SOUG - Swiss Oracle Users Group
• CUORE - Spain Oracle User Group
• UKOUG - United Kingdom Oracle Users Group

America (USA)

• AOUG - Austin Oracle Users Group
• AZORA - Arizona Oracle Users' Group
• BROUG - Baton Rouge Oracle Users' Group
• CAOUG - Central Alabama Oracle Users Group
• CFOUG - Central Florida Oracle Users Group
• COUG - Chicago Oracle Users Group
• DEVOUG - Delaware Valley Oracle Users Group
• DOUG - Dallas Oracle Users Group
• DOUG - Detroit Oracle Users Group
• ED.ORA - Edmonton Oracle User Group
• ETOUG - East Tennessee Oracle Users Group
• FWOUG - Fort Worth Oracle Users Group
• GOusers (Georgia Oracle Users Group)
• GCOUG - Greater Cincinnati Oracle User's Group
• GCOUG - Gulf Coast Oracle Users Group
• HOUG - Houston Oracle Users Group
• INOUG - Indiana Oracle Users Group
• JOUG - Johnstown Oracle Users Group
• KCOUG - Kansas City ORACLE User's Group
• LAOUG - Los Angeles Oracle Users Group
• MAOP - Mid-Atlantic Association of Oracle Professionals (formerly MAOUG)
• MSOUG - Maine'S Oracle Users Group
• MidSOUG - Mid-South Oracle Users Group
• NCOUG - North Carolina Oracle Users Group
• NEOAUG - New England Oracle Applications User Group
• NJOUG - New Jersey Oracle Users Group
• NoCOUG - Northern California Oracle Users Group
• NOOUG - New Orleans Oracle User Group
• NOUG - Northeast Oracle User Group
• NWOUG - NorthWest Oracle Users Group
• NYOUG - New York Oracle Users Group
• OOUG - Ohio Oracle Users Group
• OOUG - Orlando Oracle Users Group
• POUG - Pittsburgh Oracle User Group
• PPOUG - Pikes Peak Oracle Users Group
• PSOUG - Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
• RMOUG - Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group
• SACOUG - Sacramento Oracle Users Group
• SCOUG - South Central Oracle Users Group
• SEOUG - Southeast Oracle Users Group
• SDOUG - San Diego Oracle Users Group
• SFOUG - South Florida Oracle User Group
• SLOUG - St. Louis Oracle Users Group
• TAOUG - Tallahassee Area Oracle Users Group
• TVOUG - Tennessee Valley Oracle Users Group
• TMOUG - Toledo Metropolitan Oracle Users Group
• TCOUG - Twin Cities Oracle Users Group
• TOUG - Tulsa Oracle Users Group
• Tampa Bay Oracle Users Group
• VOUG - Virginia Oracle Users Group
• WAOUG - Wichita Area Oracle Users Group
• WMOUG - West Michigan Oracle Users Group
• WOUG - Wisconsin Oracle Users Group

Americas (non U.S. Countries)

• COUG - Calgary Oracle Users Group
• COUG - Eastern Caribbean Oracle Users Group
• NOUG - Newfoundland Oracle Users Group
• OOUG - Ottawa Oracle Users Group
• ORA*GEC - Oracle Group, Eastern Canada
• TOUG - Toronto Oracle Users Group
• VICOUG - Victoria Oracle Users Group, Canada

• Oracle/ Windows NT Users Group
• Oracle Linux Special Interest Group
• Oracle VMS Special Interest Group
• Oracle MVS Special Interest Group
• Oracle Applications Users Group
• Oracle Development Tools User Group (formerly Oracle CASE SIG)
• DC Oracle Applications Users Group
• North Central Oracle Applications Users Group
• Oracle Worldwide Internet Special Interest Group
• OcTuG - Oracle CASE Tools User Group (Ottawa Chapter)

• The Underground Oracle FAQ List - The mother of all Oracle FAQ's :-)
  A valuable resource for all Oracle professionals! You may not get the Oracle company line, but you will get an answer to just about any question concerning the software giant and its products.

• Oracle Non-DBA FAQ
• Kevin Loney's New Oracle DBA FAQ
• West Australian Oracle FAQ
• The old FAQs (David T Bath's comp.databases.oracle FAQ Pages, last updated in 1996)

• ANSI - American National Standards Institute
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• ODMG - Object Database Management Group
• SQL Standards Home Page
• Data Mining
• Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) Endowment

• comp.databases.oracle.server - Oracle database administration/ server topics
• comp.databases.oracle.tools - Oracle database tools/ applications
• comp.databases.oracle.marketplace - Oracle-related jobs, resumes, etc.
• comp.databases.oracle.misc - Oracle miscellaneous topics
• comp.databases.rdb - Oracle Rdb
• comp.databases - General database discussions
• comp.databases.theory - Database theory
• comp.databases.olap - Analytical Processing and Data Warehousing
• comp.client-server - Client/Server issues

Notes:

• One can access news groups via a news reader program or from www.deja.com
• The newsgroup comp.databases.oracle was discontinued on 9 December 1996.

• Oracle-L - Oracle DBA Discussion List
  Send an e-mail message to oracle-l-request@freelists.org with 'subscribe' in the Subject field.

• Oracle-L - General Oracle Information Discussions
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ORACLE-L your_real_name" in message body

• OraJobs-L - Career Opportunities/ Contracts/ Resumes
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE OraJobs-L your_email_address" in message body

• OAUG List - Oracle Applications User Group's mailing list
  send empty message to subscribe.

• OraApps-L - Oracle Financials/ Manufacturing/ Human Resources/ Project Accounting
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE OraApps-L your_real_name" in message body or visit their Web Subscription page.

• ODTUG-L - General Designer/ Developer/ Discoverer Discussions
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-DES2K-L - Designer/2000 topics
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-DES2K-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-DEV2K-L - Developer/2000 topics
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-DEV2K-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-DISC2K-L - Discoverer/2000 topics
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-DISC2K-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-METHODS-L - Methodology topics
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-METHODS-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-Warehouse-L - Data Warehousing Discussions
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-Warehouse-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-REPORTS-L - Oracle Reports
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-Reports-L your_full_name" in message body

• ODTUG-SQLPLUS-L - SQL*Plus
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ODTUG-SqlPlus-L your_full_name" in message body

• OMO-USERS-L - Oracle Media Objects
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE OMO-USERS-L your_real_name" in message body

• DecRdb-L - General Oracle Rdb Information Discussions
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE decrdb-l your_full_name" in message body

• Oracle-sig-SUN - Oracle on SUN
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE Oracle-sig-SUN your_full_name" in message body

• Oracle-sig-IbmRs6000 - Oracle on IBM RS6000
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE Oracle-sig-IbmRS6000 your_full_name" in message body

• Oracle-sig-DEC - Oracle on DEC
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE Oracle-sig-DEC your_full_name" in message body

• Oracle-sig-HP - Oracle on HP
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE Oracle-sig-HP your_full_name" in message body

• ORACLE-LINUX-L - Oracle on Linux
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE ORACLE-LINUX-L your_full_name" in message body

• SUSE-ORACLE-L - Oracle on SUSE Linux
  send message with "SUBSCRIBE SUSE-ORACLE-L your_full_name" in message body

• Room #oracle on DALnet, port 6667
• Room #oracle-dba on DALnet, port 6667

• Oracle Corporation via FTP
• David T Bath's Oracle FAQ via Anonymous FTP
• Euro-Asian Oracle Users Group's (EAOUG) FTP area
• Oldenburg University's Computer Science Department

• TPC Benchmark Results
• IDEAS' Top Performers Lists
• Dan Druker's RDBMS Server Feature Matrix
• RDBMS REPOSITORY - Comparing Oracle to other databases
• UNIX versus NT Organization

Books:

• Oracle Books on-line from Amazon.com
• Oracle Press (Osborne/McGraw-Hill)
• O'Reilly Books & Software
• The Primary Key Bookstore (used by the IOUG-A)
• The Illuminations Book Store
• Books for Oracle Developers

• Oracle Publishing - Oracle Magazine and Profit magazine
• Oracle Internals Magazine
• Oracle View - Independent Voice of the Oracle Community (previously OTJ & OReview)
• Oracle Professional Online - Solutions for High-End Oracle DBAs and Developers
• DBMS Magazine
• Database Programming & Design
• Exploring Oracle
• DBA Mentor

• Oracle OCP - Oracle's OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Program
• SoftCert - Oracle OCP Web based boot camp
• Brainbench E-Certifications (formerly Tekmetrics)
• dbaPREP - Prepare for the DBA certification exam (sample questions!!!)
• Learning Tree - Hands-on IT Training
• Animated Learning - Multimedia courseware to for DBA's and Developers
• MAX IT - Computer Based Training

• Search the Oracle FAQ Jobs Database (This site)
• OCPjobs.com - Jobs for Oracle Certified Professionals
• OraStaff Inc. - Specialize in recruiting Oracle Applications and Database candidates
• OracleDBA.NET = Dedicated online recruiting site for Oracle DBAs
• Oracle.Computerwork.com
• Oracle Jobs On-Line
• The Oracle Job Network
• Opportunities at Oracle Consulting
• ORAsearch - a dedicated search engine of available ORACLE professionals world wide!
• IT Jobs - Oracle Job Opportunities on the Internet
• The Software Job Home Page
• JustOracleJobs - frustrated with sifting through thousands of irrelevant job postings, well, visit this site!
• ERP Jobs
• H.U.S.B.A Telecommuting Jobs - jobs that can be done from home

• ODAT - Small Oracle performance monitoring program
• DBATool - Easy way to generate DDL re-creation scripts from an Oracle database
• http://www.wangz.net - Help DBAs and Developers to deal with common administration tasks
• DBAToolZ.com - Free SQL Scripts for Oracle DBA and Developer, SQL Script Management Utility SQLDIR
• DBA helper - DBA-helper is a professional shareware tool helping Oracle DBA's managing database storage.
• JFin for Oracle Financials - Server side status monitor for Oracle Financials
• TOra - Toolkit For Oracle
• Alexey Danchenkov's Home - Statspack Viewer utility to build graphical charts based on performance data gathered by Oracle Statspack Utility
• Mamba for Oracle - Luminate's real-time monitoring and alerting solution for Oracle databases
• DeZign for databases - DB development tool using an ER-diagram. It displays entities and relations visually and automatically generates SQL-schemas
• SQL*XL - Bridge between Excel and Oracle databases (previously Oraxcel)
• OraSoft - GTK-based tools for DBAs and Developers (SQLWork, Session Monitor, Tablebrowser, etc)
• FormsMate - Utilities to make developing Forms applications easier and faster (Find, Template, and Destroy)
• EZSQL- Development and Administration Tool
• Knight Writers Software, INC. - Check out their DataBase Assistant, DBA and programmer tool!
• Material Dreams
• TOAD - The Tool for Oracle Application Developers
• OIC Oracle Shareware (PLUS)
• Peter Koletzke's Shareware Utilities
• John Lennon's Shareware Utilities
• Mark Ford's Shareware Programs
• Steve Cosner's Table Access Utility

• http://www.orakle.com/ - Atul Mehtas's finest collection Orakle links
• http://www.surrex.com/oracle/
• Suju's Oracle links
• searchDatabase.com - Free portal devoted to the administration and development of enterprise database management systems including Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server. Thousands of free resources!
• OraGeeks - Contains Oracle articles and a large searchable web directory of Oracle scripts and technical notes
• DMOZ - Open Directory Project
• OraclePower.com - A resource for finding information on Oracle and related products
• OraDev.com - Oracle links, books, tips and tricks
• Tom's Oracle Links - Excellent list of Oracle links
• Rama K. Nalam's Links to Oracle Resources
• Oracle Links & Libraries page
• Rhubarb's Oracle Links
• Oracle Resources Center at TechnoSolutions
• NetSmith's Oracle Links Page
• Kjetil's Oracle and database stuff page

• Oracle in Maine State Government
• Carnac Systems: Information Technology Solutions

• SQLExpert.co.uk - A source of database expertise!
• OraNails - Oracle Database & Tools solutions, tips and examples
• Oracle Techniques - Sameer Wadhwa's collection of articles, tips, scripts and links
• DBA-Village - virtual information store for Oracle Database Specialists
• Anthon Matteman's Oracle Page
• Jeff and Melody's Oracle Web Site
• Jim Lopatosky's Oracle DBA Homepage
• Allan Seabrook's Oracle page
• Rhubarb's Oracle Tips
• Steve Rea's Oracle Tips, Tricks, and Scripts
• Biju's Oracle tips and scripts page
• Ken Atkins' Oracle Tip of the Week
• Gary & Julie Piper's Oracle and Oracle Applications Tech Tips

• Oracle Internet Server Products
• The Unofficial Oracle Web Server Site
• Oracle-PL/SQL-WWW Interface - Virginia Tech: Research and Graduate Studies
• MOWI - Web to Oracle interface
• ORALink: Web-Oracle Gateway
• Oracle World Wide Web Interface Kit
• JORA - a Java-Oracle driver

Technical Resources:
• ECOstructure Blueprints - EMC, Cisco, and Oracle Infrastructure initiative
• RevealNet - Hosting the DBA Pipeline and PL/SQL Pipeline
• AllExperts.com - Volunteers answer all your Oracle questions for free
• Deepak Chebbi's Concepts Reference - Oracle and Unix experiences
• RDBMS.ORG - dedicated to the Oracle Professional
• Adelante Ltd. - Oracle DBA's & Consultants to the UK'a top companies!
• Neptun Developers' Site - Useful tips, techniques & white papers about Oracle products
• kevinloney.com - Info about Oracle books written by Kevin Loney, along with free technical articles
• ORACLE-HOME - Oracle Information Starts Here! - Books, links and information about Oracle
• www.layzydba.com - Some interesting DBA discussions
• The OracleGuru's Home Page
• The Database Domain (formerly OraWorld) - Education for Oracle Professionals
• OraPub of Earth - Read/ submit Oracle related white papers
• People Helping One Another Know Stuff - Resources for comp.databases.oracle
• Oracle Desktop Support Utilities and Samples - Check it out!!!
• The SSC Developer Resource - Including the popular "All things Oracle" page
• OraFans.com - ORACLE User Forum and Fan Club (great message forums)
• Oracle Fans Home Page - Focus on technical issues
• DBASupport.com - Useful information about Oracle
• DBA Guild - A community of Oracle professionals in the Washington, DC metro area.
• Compuserve
  GO ORACLE - Oracle's Users Group Forum;
  GO ORAUSER - IOUG Oracle User's Forum;
  GO ORASUPPORT - Oracle Worldwide Customer SupportLink

Oracle Manuals/ Product References:

• Oradoc.com - On-line Database Documentation
• Oracle9i Database Online Documentation
• Oracle Database On-Line Manuals - Expert system for Oracle Documentation
• Oracle 8i Documentation Library
• Oracle 8.0.5 Documentation Library

Tuning/ Performance:

• Yet Another Performance Profiling (YAPP) Method - Analyze BSTAT/ ESTAT output
• Ixora = Unix + Oracle

Tips and Traps Pages:

• DBAonCall.net
• Carib Data Limited
• The Oracle of Hapert

Scripting Languages:

• Perl DBI::Oracle - Perl DataBase Interface driver for Oracle
• The OraPerl Home Page - OraPerl only works with Perl v4
• REXX SQL interface to Oracle
• OraTCL interface to Oracle / Download OraTCL
• DCOracle - Python DB-API interface to Oracle