Fahd Mirza

I have been in love with Oracle blogging since 2007. This blogging, coupled with extensive participation in Oracle forums, plus Oracle related speaking engagements, various Oracle certifications, teaching, and working in the trenches with Oracle technologies has enabled me to receive the Oracle ACE award. I was the first ever Pakistani to get that award. From Oracle Open World SF to Foresight 20:20 Perth. I have been expressing my love for Exadata. For the last few years, I am loving the data at Pythian, and proudly writing their log buffer carnivals.

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Simple and Quick Way to Get SQL_ID of Query in Oracle

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ORA-01156 when adding standy redo log in dataguard configuration

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Log buffer #551: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

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How to Update JDK on Oracle Enterprise Linux from Version 1.6 to 1.7

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Migration of Oracle Database to Amazon RDS using Golden Gate

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Log buffer #549: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This log buffer edition covers Cloud, Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.

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Log buffer #548: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

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Log buffer #561: A carnival of the vanities for DBAs

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Magic of "\d" in Vertica

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Log buffer #555: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This log buffer edition covers Cloud, Oracle and MySQL.

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Enabling achivelog mode in 12c RAC database

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Log buffer #556: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This log buffer edition covers Cloud, Oracle and MySQL.

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Log buffer #559: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This Log Buffer Edition covers Cloud, Oracle and MySQL.

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Changing Failgroup of ASM Disks in Exadata

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Oracle Passwords: How to Use Punctuation Symbols

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Physical Disk, Cell Disk, Grid Disk, and ASM Disk in Exadata

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Fahd Mirza

Posts by Fahd Mirza

PRKO-2002 : small things, large shadows

This short blog post is a reminder to remember the syntax.

Step-by-step guide to January 2016 PSU patch apply on 12c drid and RDBMS homes in Linux

A Step-by-Step Flashback of RAC database to Restore Point

The following is the step-by-step process of Flashback of RAC database to a Restore Point.

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Log buffer #555: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

Enabling achivelog mode in 12c RAC database

Log buffer #556: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

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Log buffer #559: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

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ORA-00214 and Control File Mismatch

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