Scheduler (DBMS_SCHEDULER) is included in Oracle Database and is a tool for the automation, management, and control of jobs. It enables users to schedule jobs running inside the database such as PL/SQL procedures or PL/SQL blocks, as well as jobs running outside the database like shell scripts. Scheduler ensures that jobs are run on time,...
The REX School/Symposium *A Decade of Concurrency - Reflections and
Perspectives' was the final event of a ten year period of cooperation between three
Dutch research groups working on the foundations of concurrency. Ever since its
inception in 1983. the goal of the project has been'to contribute to the
crossfertilization...
Almost thirty years ago, Bruno Solnik published an article entitled "Why not diver.
sify internationally rather than domestically?" in the Financial Analysts Journal
Uuly/August 1974). At the time, US. pension funds had never invested outside of
the United States. The situation was not very different in most other countries...
The contribution of the Dutch craftsman and scholar Isaac Beeckman to early modern scientific thought has never been properly acknowledged. Surprisingly free from the constraints of traditional natural philosophy, he developed a view of the world in which everything, from the motion of the heavens to musical harmonies, is explained by...
This text records and interprets some important existing theories, models and practices in the IT Governance domain and aims to contribute to the understanding of IT Governance.
In many organizations, Information Technology (IT) has become crucial in the support, the sustainability and the growth of the business. This pervasive use of...
Dreamweaver is used by 1.7 million developers and is the world’s most popular web development tool. With this book you’ll learn how to use the latest version – Dreamweaver MX – to create professional websites that you’ll be proud to publish.
Our fast-paced tutorials walk you through building three complete...
The most comprehensive introduction to the core concepts and methods of data warehousing
Data warehouses provide a much-needed strategy for organizations to collect, store, and analyze vast amounts of business data. As businesses expand both brick-and-mortar and online activities, the field of data warehousing has become increasingly important....
Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography--how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today's top digital pros...
How would you like to create your own impressionist landscape, a van Gogh still life, or a surrealist Salvador Dali dream world? Or perhaps a classic Ansel Adams photograph of Yosemite or an authentic-looking 19th century Daguerrotype? You can do all of that and more with Photoshop Fine Art Effects...
This book is the result of more than ten years of research and teaching about the themes of the gift and solidarity. It all started in 1992 when, in conversations with anthropologist Willy Jansen, I was put on the track of the gift literature. This was followed by an invitation from the Dutch newspaper Trouw on the occasion of its fiftieth...
A great many varied and interesting visual effects can be achieved with computer graphics, for which a fundamental understanding of the underlying mathematical concepts – and a knowledge of how they can be implemented in a particular programming language – is essential.
The 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED-2005) is being held July 18–22, 2005, in Amsterdam, the beautiful Dutch city near the sea. AIED-2005 is the latest in an on-going series of biennial conferences in AIED dating back to the mid-1980’s when the field emerged from a synthesis of artificial...
