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SQL Server: More light shed on "non-yielding scheduler" and Indexes stats

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SSIS tip: Set variables' values interactively in SSIS packages

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Oracle

Moving Oracle Datafiles to a ZFS Filesystem with the Correct Recordsize

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Oracle's OPT_ESTIMATE hint: Usage Guide

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Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure -- Memory Footprint

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Exadata's Best Kept Secret: Storage Indexes

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AQ Notifications in Oracle 11gR1

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Exadata TPC Benchmarks

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Cloning Oracle Home from RAC to Stand-Alone

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DBD::Oracle and Windows 64bit

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Running querys against multiple SQL Server AND Oracle instances

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HOWTO: Oracle Cross-Platform Migration with Minimal Downtime

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Oracle GoldenGate Installation, Part 1

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Oracle: Limiting Query Runtime Without Killing the Session

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Patching an 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure Home

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Oracle 11g SE Switch-Over

Recently, I tested a switchover on Oracle 11g SE1.

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Setting up Network ACLs in Oracle 11g… For Dummies

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Microsoft SQL Server

Check URL status from SQL server

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MySQL

Using the Sphinx Search Engine with MySQL

MySQL Full Text Search Limitations

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MySQL

Notes on Learning MySQL (as an Oracle DBA)

I spent some time last month getting up to speed on ...

Oracle

Questions you always wanted to ask about Flashback Database…

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MySQL

MySQL on Debian and Ubuntu

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Debian Linux (the underlying ...

Oracle

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

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A few months ago, we had a test ...

Oracle

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

I recently reformatted my laptop with the latest

Oracle

Designing for Exadata: Maximizing Storage Indexes Use

Oracle

Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part III

This is the third post in the ...

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Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part I

Since GoldenGate has been declared as a strategic ...

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Oracle: What is an Unrecoverable Data File?

A data file is considered unrecoverable if an ...

Oracle

ORA-01555: snapshot too old, When Running Flashback Query

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Oracle

A grand tour of Oracle Exadata, Part 2

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Featured blog posts

SQL Server: More light shed on "non-yielding scheduler" and Indexes stats

SSIS tip: Set variables' values interactively in SSIS packages

Debugging

Moving Oracle Datafiles to a ZFS Filesystem with the Correct Recordsize

Oracle's OPT_ESTIMATE hint: Usage Guide

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Running querys against multiple SQL Server AND Oracle instances

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Introduction

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Using the Sphinx Search Engine with MySQL

MySQL Full Text Search Limitations

Notes on Learning MySQL (as an Oracle DBA)

Questions you always wanted to ask about Flashback Database…

MySQL on Debian and Ubuntu

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

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

Designing for Exadata: Maximizing Storage Indexes Use

Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part III

Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part I

Oracle: What is an Unrecoverable Data File?

ORA-01555: snapshot too old, When Running Flashback Query

A grand tour of Oracle Exadata, Part 2

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