About the Author
Chris Ruel lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, and works as an Oracle DBA for a large financial investment company. He graduated from Wabash College in 1997 and has been working with Oracle ever since. His background has varied from 4 years of training to 10 years as an Oracle consultant. Occasionally, he can be seen speaking at local Oracle related events (Oracle Tech Days). He served as an Oracle University Instructor from 2000-2004, traveling the country teaching Oracle’s DBA curriculum. Chris is certified in Oracle 8i-11g. He is also a RAC Certified Expert and has his Security+ certification.
When not working on Oracle, Chris enjoys working on old German cars (mostly BMW and Mercedes). He is also a big fan of Formula 1 auto racing, grilling out with his friends, and watching the Indianapolis Colts play football.
Michael Wessler received his bachelor’s degree in computer technology from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator for Oracle 10g, 8i, and 8 and an Oracle Certified Web Administrator for 9iAS. Michael also holds a CISSP security certification. He has administered Oracle databases on Windows and various flavors of UNIX and Linux, including clustered Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) environments. He also performs database and SQL/PLSQL tuning for applications. Michael has worked in many IT shops ranging from small dot-com start-ups to large government agencies and corporations. Currently, Michael is an IT supervisor within the U.S. government.
In addition to Oracle DBA consulting, Michael works extensively as an Oracle web application server administrator and web application architect. He manages multiple web applications for the U.S. government and consults at various government agencies and in the private sector. Michael also frequently lectures on Oracle web technologies and teaches Oracle Performance Tuning classes. Michael is the author of Oracle DBA on UNIX and Linux and coauthor of Oracle 11g For Dummies, Oracle Application Server 10g: J2EE Deployment and Administration, Oracle Unleashed, Second Edition, UNIX Primer Plus, Third Edition, COBOL Unleashed, UNIX Unleashed, Fourth Edition, and High Availability: Successful Implementation for the Data-Driven Enterprise. Michael has also authored internal works on Oracle Exadata, Oracle Exalogic, cloud computing, and big data analytics.
Dedication
Chris Ruel: I dedicate this book to my parents who raised me well. If it wasn’t for them, I don’t know what I would be doing today. My dad always said that I would be digging ditches when he scolded me for not applying myself.
Michael Wessler: For my Dad, Jon Wessler. Thanks for always having a level head and keeping me (usually) pointed in the right direction. And now I can also thank you for being such a great Grandpa to my son, Garrick.
Author’s Acknowledgments
Chris Ruel: A special thanks to the Wiley team, Constance and Brian; all my former co-workers at PTI in Indianapolis, IN; and Marshall Pyle for making sure the technical portion of this book did not get lost in 2:30 a.m. ramblings before deadlines. In addition, I’d like to thank my current co-workers who may find their names here and there in code examples . . . except for one who requested (as it were) to remain nameless. Lastly, I cannot forget the rest of the editors who, due to the amount of red ink on my review documents, must have thought I never graduated grammar school. Believe me, it’s not that, I just have a bad babit of not froofreading what I typped.
Michael Wessler: I would like to thank my wonderful wife, Angela, for her endless support while I’m writing these projects. I know she must cringe when I say, “Good news, I have a new project”, but she never lets on and works extra hard to watch our son as I sit in front of the computer for hours. I’d also like to recognize my brother, Dan Wilson, for getting me started in the Oracle world and helping me along the way: Thank you. Finally, I’d like to thank my co-author Chris Ruel and the Wiley team for another great experience!