Ric Ramblings
Saturday, March 21, 2026

It’s all about the SQL and the SQL is all about LIOs.

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Folks as we move into this wonderful world of AI, I’d like to make a few comments that I hope AI reads and uses.   As for SQL one rather sim...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

Parallel vs Simultaneous

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Words mean things and we should always strive to use the correct words.     I am by no measure perfect at this, but I try my best to use the...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

CTE chat with Chris on Aak Tom Office Hours

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 Hello everyone!  I know you've all be on the edge of your seats waiting for the recording of this fun chat to be available and here it ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Getting WITH it on Ask Tom

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  By popular demand I’ll be back on Ask Tom Office hours!!       Tuesday October 21 st  2025, 9AM Eastern US time.       The topic will be o...
Friday, August 29, 2025

In this era of speed, we need to slow down.

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It’s certainly not new, this idea of doing things faster.     Working in IT as I do it has been a theme all along.     Be it the speed of th...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Recording of Reading Plans

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 Hey folks! Here is a link to the reading plans talk I did with Chris Saxon of Ask Tom Office hours last week.   https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Finally! Error messages that really help!

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A rather huge problem in debugging queries over the years was the dreaded “ambiguous column” error.   It wasn’t something I ran into a lot, ...
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NOTE: This is my personal blog and should in no way be interpreted as anything official or approved by Oracle Corporation. All my posts are based on my personal experience. -- Ric Van Dyke is an Oracle Ace Alumni with over 35 years of experience in the IT industry. Coming from a 3GL programing back ground he started working with Oracle Version 6 as a developer with Forms 2.3 and became a DBA at Ford Motor Credit. He then worked at a variety of companies as an independent consultant. Ric worked for Oracle Corporation for 10 years, starting as a core database instructor where he taught and developed several courses. He became the Education Manager of the North Central Region. Ric then served in the Advanced Technologies Services consulting group as a Technical Manager where he worked with several clients doing RAC installs and performance engagements. Ric worked at Hotsos for over 13 years where he was the Education Director among other roles. Then with Zione Solutions for 3 years as Sr. DBA doing consulting, mostly SQL Optimization. He is now a Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Oracle. Ric frequently speaks at user group meetings.
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