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Iggy Fernandez covers the topic of who is better suited to tune SQL - Developers or DBAs. Also listed are 5 Dangerous Beliefs which may influence the answer to that question.

http://iggyfernandez.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/who-should-tune-sql-the-dba-or-the-developer/

-Dave Read more about Food for thought - Who Should Tune SQL - DBA or Developer?

Here is a link to a Cary Millsap presentation -- a must read for developers who interact with Oracle Databases. This article can save you some time and heartache!

http://method-r.com/downloads/doc_details/10-for-developers-making-frien...

From the Abstract: Read more about For Developers: Making Friends with the Oracle Database - presentation by Cary Millsap

I've been using TextPad for writing Perl programs forever. TextPad is a pretty lightweight editor with a lot of decent features. Its nice because you can set up a PL document class with a syntax file to enable highlighting whenever you edit a *.pl file.

But today I'm working on a more complicated script with multiple functions. My main requirement is that there be an outline view so I can quickly jump between functions. Read more about Perl has been Eclipsed...

I've recently been working on improving the Database Change procedures and Deployment procedures where I work. We like to turn around releases every 2-4 weeks or so but sometimes the friction of keeping a sane and organized development process slows us down. At this point I would rather be slow than to introduce errors to our production environments but I am always looking for ways to improve accuracy and speed of our processes. Read more about Agile Development for Database Schemas