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Updating Elasticsearch indexes with Spark

Updating Elasticsearch indexes with Spark

Jan 3, 2018 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Vagrant re-packaging and ssh

Vagrant re-packaging and ssh

Jan 3, 2018 12:00:00 AM 8 min read
Oracle 12.2 ASM filter driver installation

Oracle 12.2 ASM filter driver installation

Dec 29, 2017 12:00:00 AM 8 min read
Oracle GoldenGate microservices architecture - first try.

Oracle GoldenGate microservices architecture - first try.

Dec 27, 2017 12:00:00 AM 11 min read
How to move or clone a Microsoft Azure virtual machine?

How to move or clone a Microsoft Azure virtual machine?

Dec 19, 2017 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Top three considerations when documenting a microservice

Top three considerations when documenting a microservice

Dec 13, 2017 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Minimal Twitter to Google Pub/Sub example with Scala

Minimal Twitter to Google Pub/Sub example with Scala

Dec 13, 2017 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Replicating in Google Cloud SQL using Tungsten

Replicating in Google Cloud SQL using Tungsten

Dec 12, 2017 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Apache Beam pipelines with Scala: part 3 - dynamic processing

Apache Beam pipelines with Scala: part 3 - dynamic processing

Dec 12, 2017 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Apache beam pipelines With Scala: Part 2 - Side Input

Apache beam pipelines With Scala: Part 2 - Side Input

Dec 12, 2017 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Apache beam pipelines with Scala: part 1 - template

Apache beam pipelines with Scala: part 1 - template

Dec 12, 2017 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Oracle service secrets: more performance with less load-balancing

Oracle service secrets: more performance with less load-balancing

Dec 11, 2017 12:00:00 AM 6 min read
MySQL crashes on DDL statement: a lesson on purge threads

MySQL crashes on DDL statement: a lesson on purge threads

Dec 5, 2017 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Oracle database upgrade on RDS AWS and SPM baselines

Oracle database upgrade on RDS AWS and SPM baselines

Dec 5, 2017 12:00:00 AM 9 min read
The Natural Evolution of Data Warehousing—Where We Are Today

The Natural Evolution of Data Warehousing—Where We Are Today

Dec 4, 2017 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Locating most current record using ROW_NUMBER() vs. Index Full Scan (Min/Max)

Locating most current record using ROW_NUMBER() vs. Index Full Scan (Min/Max)

Dec 1, 2017 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Cosmos DB Geo-replication - SQL on the edge episode 14

Cosmos DB Geo-replication - SQL on the edge episode 14

Nov 22, 2017 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
The importance of Oracle database related kernel parameters (aio-max-nr) (with bonus track)

The importance of Oracle database related kernel parameters (aio-max-nr) (with bonus track)

Nov 21, 2017 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
Standardizing the Oracle GoldenGate Home Path (OGG_HOME)

Standardizing the Oracle GoldenGate Home Path (OGG_HOME)

Nov 15, 2017 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
A serverless audio transcription pipeline

A serverless audio transcription pipeline

Nov 14, 2017 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
gh-ost hooks for better visibility

gh-ost hooks for better visibility

Oct 24, 2017 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Sending email from Oracle with utl_smtp via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Sending email from Oracle with utl_smtp via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Sep 21, 2017 12:00:00 AM 10 min read
Dbatools and a SQL Agent

Dbatools and a SQL Agent

Sep 14, 2017 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
How to fix an AWR Warehouse after credentials change

How to fix an AWR Warehouse after credentials change

Sep 11, 2017 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
How to analyze SQL server stack dumps

How to analyze SQL server stack dumps

Aug 22, 2017 12:00:00 AM 9 min read
Automating Oracle RMAN backup configuration on Linux with Ansible

Automating Oracle RMAN backup configuration on Linux with Ansible

Aug 17, 2017 8:35:00 AM 26 min read
Chart your course with sar

Chart your course with sar

Aug 15, 2017 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
Creating Ansible Custom Module for AWR report generation

Creating Ansible Custom Module for AWR report generation

Aug 2, 2017 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
What you should know about Docker Containers for Oracle Data Integrator

What you should know about Docker Containers for Oracle Data Integrator

Aug 1, 2017 12:00:00 AM 12 min read
Automation, PowerShell and Word Templates - let the technician do tech

Automation, PowerShell and Word Templates - let the technician do tech

Jul 27, 2017 12:00:00 AM 4 min read