Stephane Faroult是Oracle技术畅销书籍《The Art of SQL》的作者，这本书在国内的译本是《SQL语言艺术》。
Stephane Faroult经营着RoughSea公司，从事数据库咨询业务，致力于帮助客户从数据库投资中获得最佳性能。他的SQL经验开始于1983年。Oracle法国的第一个性能及调优课程就是他1987年编写的。
他同时也维护Konagora网站，这是一个致力于网上教学的站点，在该站点中可以找到他本人录制的很多关于Oracle数据库知识的视频教学短片，同时这些短片也可以在Youtube中找到。
鉴于在国内访问Youtube的障碍和网络速度，ACOUG通过和Stephane Faroult本人的邮件沟通，尝试将其所有Oracle教学视频上传到国内的视频站点（目前暂定为土豆网），这样应该更能方便国内的Oracle技术爱好者去浏览这些视频。
Stephane的短片有别于你们以前见到的任何视频教学片，相比起来，那些以前的片子是如此枯燥而刻板。而Stephane的短片给我们的感觉是简洁、直接、形象、印象深刻。另外，Stephane正在为所有短片准备英文字幕，一旦完成，我相信参照英文字幕学习短片，对于国内的DBAs来说，无论是在Oracle技术上还是在英文水平上都应该会大有帮助。
经过授权，ACOUG也取得了这些视频的原素材PPTX以及DOC文件，如果有希望尝试为这些视频制作中文字幕，甚至是中文解说的朋友可以发邮件到admin#acoug.org详谈。
以下为视频链接地址。
1. Oracle Architecture
2. Oracle Database Performance
3. Database Design – Part I
4. Database Design – Part II
5. Index Primer
6. SQL Joins
7. Oracle Performace Monitoring – Part I
8. Oracle Performace Monitoring – Part II
9. Rewriting SQL Queries for Performance
感谢山东科技大学中法计算机科学与技术专业的仇实同学，在他所负责的学校Oracle实验室多位同学的共同努力下，对于Stephane的这些视频进行了翻译和字幕制作，现在将陆续提供中文字幕版视频。我们很欣喜地看到有这样一群年轻的充满学习激情和分享热情的在校大学生投入到Oracke数据库技术的推广工作中来，我们相信在帮助别人的同时也一定会提高自己的水准。
Stéphane Faroult：
My apologies for not speaking any Chinese – I read what is above with a translation tool. Two Chinese proverbs are really famous where I live – one is the proverb that says that giving a fish to a man feeds him for one day, but teaching him how to fish feeds him for all his life. I have spent years improving database code, and whenever I can I try to explain why I did this or that, so that developers learn in the process and can benefit in the future. The other famous proverb is that one picture is worth one thousand words, and I have found animated pictures very convenient for explaining principles. I came to China one year and a half ago to talk for Oracle University, but I only talked in Beijing and Shanghai before flying to Hong Kong, then Singapore. I really wish I had talked in more cities. But the Internet is a wonderful means to reach many people, and I’m grateful to the ACOUG for giving me this opportunity to share what I’ve learned and understood over more than 25 years of SQL and more than 23 years of Oracle with a larger audience.
Stéphane Faroult
Kamus：
1st Chinese proverbs is: 授人以鱼不如授人以渔
2nd is: 一图胜千言
Thanks, Stephane. Thanks for your contribution and hard working.
Zianed：
我想说：
扎实的基础是成功之母。
Thanks.
Kevin：
能否提供英文字幕？
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