Log Buffer #284, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

This Log Buffer Edition is encompassing various blogs across Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL arena. Enjoy the Log Buffer #284.

Oracle:

Dimitrios Stasinopoulos was trying to install new Guest Additions to VirtualBox4.1.14 to 4.1.18 and all of a sudden….

Denes Kubicek has a good blog post about APEX 4.2.

Jonathan Lewis blogs about the bugs once again.

Alex Antonatos has an interesting blog post filled with tips to thrie in our knowledge based economy.

How to Fix Issue “One or More Transformations Used by the Matching Rule Have Not Been Staged“ in iSupplier. Ahmed Bilal has more.

SQL Server:

Melissa Coates has a gem of a blog post about resolving missing records in SSIS from Oracle source.

Shuan Stuart recently upgraded Great Plains from version 10 to Dynamics GP 2010 and ran into some difficulties with the upgrade hanging.

In the database design, the size does matter as put by Thomas LaRock.

Mike Hillwig carries on with the post in his series of How Not to be a Cranky DBA.

Michael Swart is sharpshooting query plans from the cache.

MySQL:

What is the MySQL Performance Schema and Why is It Needed? Jesper Krogh asks and answers.

The MySQL database administration and developing is a very interesting field to be in. If you ever thought about taking your career into that field then here is a guide that might help you get started.

Webyog is having a BOM BOM BOM moment.

Falko Timme is creating simple virtual hosts with mod_mysql_vhost on Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04).

Todd Farmer blogs about the deprecated ignore_builtin_innodb in MySQL 5.6.