Category Archives: OSCON

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MySQL 4.x to Oracle 10g Migration Notes

About once a year I need to migrate a medium-sized web application using MySQL to Oracle. Usually it’s to prepare a successful intranet application for a move to a formally supported production environment – and in Silicon Valley, that usually … Continue reading

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OSCON July, 2006 – Portland

OSCON 2006 was in Portland, Oregon again this year, in the cavernous Oregon Convention Center. I stayed in the Inn at the Convention Center as usual: it’s both the cheapest and closest hotel to the Convention Center, and the Red … Continue reading

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OSCON Aug, 2005 – Portland

OSCON 2005 was in Portland, Oregon again this year. This time it was held in the cavernous Oregon Convention Center instead of the cramped hotel conference center as in the previous 2 years. That allowed for a proper area for … Continue reading

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OSCON 2004 – Portland

Attended OSCON 2004. This one was cramped indeed, but the wireless worked better than the previous year. Some of the talks I attended (they were all short but excellent) were: Building Your Own Storage Engine for MySQL, Brian Aker MySQL … Continue reading

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OSCON July 2003 – Portland

Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:15 PM I attended at the O’Reilly Perl Conference in Portland, Oregon. Once again everybody had a great time. It’s great rekindling friendships that spark up annually at the conference with people from different states and … Continue reading

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