After using Linux for nearly 30 years, I've created a list of the best Linux distributions I've used since the beginning. Here they are.

Linux's history is littered with distributions that came and went, many of which are long forgotten. There are some, however, that I actually miss, and these are they.

To return a value from a DML command (for example, a newly generated ID from an INSERT), you can use a PL/SQL block with the RETURNING INTO clause. This requires configuring an output bind variable.