Exporting to Excel
July 10, 2022 New
How to export data to Excel from Golden or GoldSqall. Read more.
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Tips for using Oracle and our products
Oracle Cloud and Wallet
July 15, 2020
How to use Oracle Cloud Services with our products. Read more.
Golden remote/home install and use tips
March 20, 2020
All of our products work very well in a remote "working from home" environment. Our Oracle specific products have no other dependencies beyond a working Oracle Client. This blog post outlines installing on a home machine and includes several tips for usage that will increase performance on metered or low bandwith connections. Read more.
Connecting to an Oracle Database
January 28, 2019
Almost all client applications that need to use an Oracle database will have a login window of some type. Usually they will ask for a Username, a Password, and have a field labeled "Database" or "Server". This field generally causes the most trouble because it can be used in a number of different ways depending on your Oracle Client and configuration... Read more.
Introduction to the Oracle Client on Windows
January 28, 2019
The Oracle Client is what connects your applications with your database. Almost all client side applications use it. Generally applications will either use the Oracle Client directly (such as our SQL tool Golden) or will use a connectivity option such as ODBC, OLEDB, .Net, JDBC, etc, which use the Oracle Client "under the hood"... Read more.
How the Oracle Client finds TNSNames.ora
January 28, 2019
Most Oracle Client installs use a TNSNames.ora file. This allows users to enter a database alias in client programs to connect to an Oracle database. A common problem is when the Oracle Client either can't find the TNSNames.ora file or is using a different one than was intended... Read more.
Oracle Date Format Errors and Tips
January 28, 2019
What is a date literal? A date literal is a string that represents a date. Another way to say this is that a date literal is a string that Oracle needs to convert to a date to work with... Read more.