Oracle is my focus profession and the big kahuna among transactional databases on the market today. This category features in-depth technical posts regarding Oracle, musings, projects, and Oracle related news.
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We all have that list of features we just wish Oracle would adopt in their latest version: alterable redo log files, command history in SQL*Plus, DBA_OOPS package with various rollback options when you screw something up… One of my biggest wishlist items is detachable sessions. In Oracle 10g we got
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Obligatory Melodrama No matter how much time goes by I still remember it. The day my database was crippled beyond reckoning. That moment when I saw my hopes for a bright and shining future with my database spill through my fingers like so many cracker crumbs falling on a clean
It’s the only explanation! Related Ace has dealt with problems before… Default blame accepter?
All work and no play makes us dull DBAs. Being a DBA can be a really thankless job. From Jr. Shutdown Immediaters to Sr. Rockstar Oracle DBA ACE OCM PMP LOL A+ BBQs, we’ve all trudged into work at some point in our careers only to find that we have
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April is almost over, and you know what that means… Oracle really, REALLY wants to talk to you about some of their products. It’s no secret that the end of Oracle’s fiscal year (May 31st) marks a flurry of activity for Oracle sales, and doubtless many of you have met
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Bulk binds and bulk loading are nothing new; in fact, the feature came out in Oracle 8i. This was a time when Oracle Parallel Servers roamed the land, pfiles were all the rage, and connecting internal was a fading fad. But like the rest of Oracle, the features have grown
