These questions are designed to have the reader go beyond the traditional method of answering questions. They involve using the concepts designed in the chapter and doing additional research on the Internet to come up with the best solution to address the questions raised:
Design an algorithm for killing a rogue process that has occurred during a shell out from the database.
You are an enterprise architect and have been asked to recommend an operating system and platform for storing and delivering 10 million digital images over the Internet. Justify the operating system and platform to be used. What is the key business consideration that controls the decision?
Which is the fastest and most efficient method for shelling out of the database,
dbms_scheduler
, Java, or usingutl_http
with PHP?What other methods are there available for invoking an operating system script besides the ones mentioned in this chapter?
Given a novice developer, which Unix shell would you give them to start work...