Oracle PL/SQL expert, evangelist, author and trainer
Areas of Expertise:
- PL/SQL
- Oracle
- stored procedures
- consulting
- speaking
- training
- writing
Biography
Books
Blog
Steven's blog posts are hosted at:
http://feuerthoughts.blogspot.com
http://www.toadworld.com/sf
http://feuerthoughts.blogspot.com
http://www.toadworld.com/sf
Sister and Moshe: a phase of our lives ends
November 29 2008
For many years now, we have had three cats in our house: Sister Itsakat (aka, Dinosaur Kitty), Moshe Jacobawitz (aka, Baby Seal Cat) and Mica (aka, Kangaroo Cat). Now, sadly, there is just one survivor: Mica.Back in August, we put Moshe to sleep. He had diabetes and we have long… read moreNovember 26 2008
At the beginning of November, my wife and I traveled to Portugal for a week. I gave a two day training in Lisbon sponsored by my friends at Dutec; we also spent a weekend in Porto, which is 2.5 hours north of Lisbon, and the home of port wine.We had… read moreTwo thoughts about the economic meltdown
November 26 2008
ONEOne thing about the government bailouts make me happy: for years, our so-called leaders have told us that there simply isn't enough money to pay for universal health care, decent education for our children, repairing our infrastructure...and many other services that would help millions of our own citizens.Well, now we… read moreNovember 26 2008
I have uploaded hundreds of photos from trips to Europe and India I have token in the past few years. You can find them all at my flickr site:http://flickr.com/photos/60694364@N00/I am sorry that I do not have comments about these photos (some don't even have real names). I hope you can… read moreNovember 15 2008
OK, so Barack Obama was elected President of the United States.THAT MAKES ME SO VERY HAPPY.I don't expect that he will be able to reverse the decline of the American Empire, but he sure is a sight for sore eyes and ears and brains and conscience. And to think that… read morePlay games to become a better developer
November 09 2008
I recently posted two entries on my ToadWorld blog that I thought you might like to see: Play games to become a better developer!Software development is one heck of a serious job. It turns out, however, that there are several games you can play to improve the quality of code… read moreOptimizing SQL Part 3– Generating more SQL alternatives for simple SQL statements
November 06 2008
Written by Rene Woody This blog is a continuation of a series about the SQL optimization process in the Batch Optimizer and the Tuning Lab modules of Quest SQL Optimizer for Oracle. It covers how to generate more SQL alternatives. When you optimize a simple SQL statement, Quest SQL Optimizer may… read moreGetting to know the Query Builder in Toad for Data Analysis
November 05 2008
Query Builder is the heart and soul of Toad for Data Analysis. We've spent lots of time and effort working to make it very useful and intuitive. Recently, in version 2.0 of Toad for Data Analysis, we introduced a few new features including reverse engineering SQL to a Query Builder… read moreNovember 05 2008
I’ve always been a huge fan of Cary Millsap’s “Method-R” technique for Optimizing Oracle Performance via detailed analysis of all of the business process wait states. It is fundamentally sound since it’s based on genuine business concerns and detailed analysis of a mission critical business processes’ overall execution time (and… read moreNovember 03 2008
Migrating to a database that supports Unicode is a challenge. You are safe if you are currently using US7ASCII for you Oracle database because Oracle provides a mechanism with ALTER DATABASE SET CHARACTERSET UTF8 which allows you by just bouncing the database to switch to this new character set. But… read moreNovember 03 2008
Warsaw to London and then London to Frankfurt. And then a train up to Cologne. Welcome to business travel in the world of code shares! I’m in the first leg of that journey right now, and so I thought I’d take a few minutes to jot down some thoughts while… read moreCongratulations to the newest Oracle Magazine PL/SQL Developer of the Year!
November 03 2008
As I travel certain parts of the globe doing presentations on PL/SQL, I meet many extremely talented PL/SQL programmers – people who meet the most complex challenges you can imagine with a deft combination of intense creativity, hard work, and of course Oracle PL/SQL. Oracle Magazine names only one as the… read moreOctober 31 2008
Welcome to my inaugural blog on Toad World. I’m a part of the Toad business here at Quest. I’m going to be focusing on more of the business aspects of DB2 and Oracle database management, although I’m sure I’ll stray every so often into my techie roots. My goal is… read moreOracle + VMware = Success Part III
October 30 2008
A few weeks ago I wrote about how simply adjusting various virtualized infrastructure default settings that a database could perform up to 440% better. Of course “your mileage” will vary, but the key point is that taking the time to properly layer your virtual infrastructure settings can have substantial impacts… read morePlay games to become a better developer!
October 28 2008
Part 2: The Game of Mastermind Software development is one heck of a serious job. It turns out, however, that there are several games you can play to improve the quality of code you write. This is the second of two blog entries that introduce you to two of my favorite… read moreAlso find Steven on:
