Category Archives: Databases

DBD::Oracle on Ubuntu

Some time ago I wrote an article about building DBD::Oracle when my reference platform was still Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS.
Given my switch to Ubuntu, it was time to try it out on that distribution. My first efforts were on 8.04 LTS for x86_64.
Just this morning I tried following those instructions with the latest version of DBD::Oracle [...]

Renaming an organization in Oracle Identity Manager

“They” said it couldn’t be done. Well, not officially, of course. It’s not official until you file an SR and get back the message “Sorry, this is a bug, here is your bug number…”.
As everyone knows, although the documentation for Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) is quite voluminous, it is not always enlightening. While that might [...]