The PL/SQL Challenge website has been down for most of the day, as we recover the database from 02:00 UTC 4 July. Our apologies for the inconvenience and lost opportunity to compete.
The results for 4 July will not be used in rankings and determining qualification in the Q3 championship playoff.
So if you are an American, it's just our way of saying: "Don't work (or 'play' with your technology)! Get away from your computer and celebrate the founding of your nation!"
Sigh.....
The PL/SQL Challenge (www.plsqlchallenge.com) offers a daily quiz on the PL/SQL language, through which thousands of Oracle technologists demonstrate and deepen their knowledge of PL/SQL. This blog contains posts by the PL/SQL Challenge founder, Steven Feuerstein, as well as comments from players.
It is now 23:25 4 July - and the restore of the database continues. It is very likely in fact that the downtime will extend into 5 July. But I do NOT expect it to last long enough to void results for 5 July.
ReplyDeleteHello Steven,
ReplyDeleteI just heard on the Radio that yesterday was the hottest
4-th of July in Chicago in the last 100 years :) :)
And then, this web site issue ...
Good to know that you have survived :) :)
Best Regards,
Iudith
I was not able to pass July 4 quiz, but as for now my rank has fallen down from 78 (yesterday) to 188 (today), why?
ReplyDeleteYou may see rankings for 4 July initially, but after the materialized views refresh, that data will disappear.
ReplyDeleteThank you
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