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Holi
I have written about many Indian festivals, but never about Holi. It is the Hindu festival of colours, much like Diwali being the festival of lights. For Sikhism, colours are strong depictions of mental state. There is no physical relevance to colours. A Sikh is expected to wear ordinary clothes that do not attract attention. [...]
Oracle: Snapshot too old?
Okay, so you have received the Oracle error ORA-01555 Snapshot Too Old and have no clue how to go about resolving it? This post is made for you then. (The first time an application developer has written about this rather than a DBA.) First, why does this occur? When you run a query, Oracle retains [...]
