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2. Create an Efficient Database Development Process

Jon Heller1 
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Clive, IA, USA
 

Most Oracle database development environments are set up like fragile china shops. There’s an intricate structure that must be maintained at all costs, and the smallest change can break things and stop everyone from working. Nobody knows exactly how the database got to be the way it is, and everybody is worried they won’t know how to fix it when it breaks. Typical Oracle database development processes are woefully behind industry norms.

This chapter shows a better way to work. There are simple processes that can help us create, scale, learn, and experiment, without interrupting ...

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