Don Seiler

"Oracle database administrator for The Pythian Group, headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I am located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. OCP 10gR2 DBA"

Beware the /var/tmp/.oracle Hidden Directory!

Jul 2, 2010 12:00:00 AM 3 min read

Installing Oracle 11gR2 Enterprise Edition on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

Jun 11, 2010 12:00:00 AM 5 min read

Applying Oracle 11.2 April 2010 PSU for Single-Instance ASM and DBMS

May 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM 7 min read

HOWTO: Oracle Cross-Platform Migration with Minimal Downtime

Aug 20, 2009 12:00:00 AM 6 min read

Setting up Network ACLs in Oracle 11g… For Dummies

Jul 24, 2009 12:00:00 AM 1 min read

Turn Off db_cache_advice To Avoid Latch Contention Bugs

Jun 9, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read

Sending Timezone-Aware Email with UTL_SMTP

Apr 17, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read

ORA-16069? You May Need A New Standby Controlfile

Apr 15, 2009 12:00:00 AM 1 min read

RMAN Redundancy is not a Viable Retention Policy

Mar 4, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read

Oracle

Does Oracle's Block Change Tracking File Shrink?

Aug 21, 2008 12:00:00 AM 2 min read

FLASHBACK TABLE vs. DBA_OBJECTS . LAST_DDL_TIME

Jun 6, 2008 12:00:00 AM 3 min read

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