Filtering and Grouping: A Comparison of SQL, Linux Scripting, and Ruby

A version of the Oracle Database for Linux was released in 1998. Since then, other Oracle applications and middleware have become available on Linux. With the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program in place, many organizations are migrating their Oracle installations to the Linux platform. These changes result in more and more DBAs finding themselves in the position of investigating resources, such as scripting, for managing servers running on Linux.

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