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New and Updated Utility Packages   Code Tips and Undocumented Oracle Nuggets  
       
  • 30th April 2008
    A new package exposing an API to describe a ref cursor using PL/SQL - XUTL_REFCURSOR

  • 15th January 2007
    Now introducing XUTL_FINDFILES - list files in directories with pure PL/SQL (10g only)

  • 11th December 2006
    Version 14 of XUTL_FTP is now available for download. This includes a number of bug fixes and has proven compatibility with MS IIS FTP. This release also includes a new 10g specific version!

  • 25th April 2006
    A new statspack administration package for DBA's which you can get here
    A new package that implements FTP from PL/SQL is now available. This API will transform your data loading operations – get XUTL_FTP here

  • 3rd April 2006
    At long last, the Power version of XUTL_NET is available! Now with nbtstat functionality, check out the ability to perform a NetBIOS name table status query from PL/SQL here

 

 
  • 02nd May 2008
    Use Datapump to quickly create a user as a clone without writing to an export file with this new tip

  • 31st May 2007
    Create a view to extract Job queue errors from the alert log with this new tip

  • 29th May 2007
    An update to an old tip: list directory contents with PL/SQL

  • 8th January 2007
    Determine server side environmental values with this PL/SQL tip that documents more of the undocumented world of Oracle
  • 9th October 2005
    Emulate 10g functionality in 9i and 8i with this DBA tip that ensures database archiving
  • 13th January 2005
    Automatically backup a Last Known Good version of your SPFILE after every successful database startup  with this DBA tip
 
       
Download the latest Trial version of XUTL_NET, the Oracle database PL/SQL API for sending 'Net Send' messages:
  • send net send messages from PL/SQL!
  • platform independence - works on UNIX, LINUX and MS Windows platforms!
  • easy to install - no configuring of external procedures or loading extra java classes!

Try for yourself NOW - download a FREE trial version here!

 

 
       
 

 

 

 

 
   

 

 
 
 
 

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