It's a lovely night for some reading....

...why not skim (or peruse, or pore over, or even study deeply) a couple of neat articles about relational database storage and concurrency?

Scalable SQL and NoSQL Data Stores

Concurrency Control and Availability in Multi-Datacenter Datastores

In-Query String Manipulation

Nifty!

Oracle SQL may have the occasional snapshot isolation gaffe, but its in-query string manipulation is a downright lifesaver. Here are a few references to get started:

http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/replace.php

http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/substr.php

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions134.htm

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions196.htm#i1501659

Java File I/O Quick References

You're Java'ing in a hurry and I/O syntax fails you...it happens to us all. Lookee here for a quick reference and some fresh copypasta:

http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-write-to-file-in-java-bufferedwriter-example/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12350248/java-difference-between-filewriter-and-bufferedwriter

http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/JavaIO/article.html

Chock Full of Examples

Many "learning" sites are a little sparse on the example dept. Not so here: http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/
Great for web dev and databases.

Regex Cheatsheet: Clear and Concise

DaveChild's Regex Cheatsheet

 http://www.cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/regular-expressions/

^ A quick win for you. I don't know about you, but regex often leaves me struggling. We could all use a hand, and this one's as handy as they come.

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