Kevin Loney and Rich Zapata to give Oracle Presentation
Dan Looby
Information Systems/Office of Information Technology at the Georgia
Inst. of Technology present two very special presentations with
assistance from TUSC (http://www.tusc.com), a recognized leader in the
Oracle consulting industry. The presentations will be in the College of
Architecture Large Auditorium in Georgia Tech's College of Architecture
located at 247 Fourth Street, Atlanta GA (see below for directions and
map links) starting at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 14th. This month's
presentations are:
1. 'Phi Beta Portal' by Rich Zapata of TUSC. Rich contributed the
Portal chapter in Brad Brown's 'Oracle 9i Web Development' book.
2. 'Online Database Block Size Rebuilds in Oracle 9i' by Kevin Loney of
TUSC. Kevin is one of the top DBAs in the country and most recently
the co-author of the 'Oracle 9i DBA Handbook' (with Marlene Therault).
Here is a short description of Kevin's presentation:
Oracle 9i offers support for multiple database block sizes in the same
tablespace. DBAs can use this feature to support rebuilding their
databases to a higher database block size while the database remains
online. This presentation will provide a demonstration of the steps
required to increase the database block size for almost all tablespaces
in an Oracle 9i environment. Topics covered include database quiescing,
supporting multiple block caches, using the Oracle-managed files
feature, and online object reorganization.
Don't forget to bring business cards!!! TUSC will have wonderful
posters and books on CD to give away.
Directions:
Southbound on I75/85:
Exit at the 10th Street Exit. Must cross over 14th Street and go past
TBS construction to 10th Street. Turn right on 10th Street. Continue
to Atlantic Drive (red light at intersection). Turn left. Continue on
Atlantic Drive through intersection with Ferst Drive (red light at
intersection). There are a series of raised pedestrian crosswalks you
will go over (careful!). Continue to the intersection of Atlantic and
Fourth Street/Campus Drive. The A09 parking lot will be on your left.
The entrance is gated, but will be open.
Northbound on I75/85:
Exit at the North Ave./Spring Street exit. At end of ramp (red light)
proceed straight to next light and turn left. Again, proceed to the
next light (North Ave.) and turn left. Proceed over interstate to
Techwood Drive (red light at intersection, road closed to the left) and
turn right. Stadium Construction will be on your left. Proceed to
intersection of Campus Drive/Fourth Street and turn left. Follow Campus
Drive/Fourth Street past the College of Architecture to the entrance to
the A09 parking lot on your right (just before intersection with
Atlantic Drive).
Important Maps!
Somewhat of a good directions map -
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/contact/maps/gatechmap.htm
Campus map where you can identify which building is the College of
Architecture -
http://gtalumni.org/campusmap/bldngaddress.html?id=76@navview=0 (click
on picture button).