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Notes on Learning MySQL (as an Oracle DBA)

Notes on Learning MySQL (as an Oracle DBA)

Jun 14, 2010 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Installing Oracle 11gR2 Enterprise Edition on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

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

Jun 11, 2010 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Ultimate SQL Tune-off with Jonathan Lewis and Kyle Hailey

Ultimate SQL Tune-off with Jonathan Lewis and Kyle Hailey

Jun 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Fixing the Dreaded *.mk Error in DBD::Oracle insalls

Fixing the Dreaded *.mk Error in DBD::Oracle insalls

Jun 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Cloning Oracle Home from RAC to Stand-Alone

Cloning Oracle Home from RAC to Stand-Alone

Jun 1, 2010 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Applying Oracle 11.2 April 2010 PSU for Single-Instance ASM and DBMS

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

May 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM 7 min read
Patching an 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure Home

Patching an 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure Home

May 3, 2010 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
DBD::Oracle and Windows 64bit

DBD::Oracle and Windows 64bit

Apr 20, 2010 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Deferrable constraints in Oracle 11gR2 may lead to corrupted data

Deferrable constraints in Oracle 11gR2 may lead to corrupted data

Mar 15, 2010 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure -- Memory Footprint

Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure -- Memory Footprint

Mar 6, 2010 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
When the ALTER TABLE privilege is not enough to run ALTER TABLE

When the ALTER TABLE privilege is not enough to run ALTER TABLE

Mar 1, 2010 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Oracle GoldenGate Installation, Part 1

Oracle GoldenGate Installation, Part 1

Feb 18, 2010 12:00:00 AM 6 min read
Oracle: What is an Unrecoverable Data File?

Oracle: What is an Unrecoverable Data File?

Feb 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part III

Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part III

Feb 3, 2010 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part II

Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part II

Jan 26, 2010 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part I

Oracle GoldenGate Extract Internals, Part I

Jan 21, 2010 12:00:00 AM 8 min read
Check URL status from SQL server

Check URL status from SQL server

Nov 25, 2009 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
SQL Server: More light shed on "non-yielding scheduler" and Indexes stats

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

Nov 12, 2009 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
SSIS tip: Set variables' values interactively in SSIS packages

SSIS tip: Set variables' values interactively in SSIS packages

Nov 11, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
MySQL on Debian and Ubuntu

MySQL on Debian and Ubuntu

Nov 10, 2009 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Questions you always wanted to ask about Flashback Database…

Questions you always wanted to ask about Flashback Database…

Nov 6, 2009 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Running querys against multiple SQL Server AND Oracle instances

Running querys against multiple SQL Server AND Oracle instances

Nov 3, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
MySAR, a Sidekick for Other Monitoring Tools

MySAR, a Sidekick for Other Monitoring Tools

Oct 19, 2009 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
AQ Notifications in Oracle 11gR1

AQ Notifications in Oracle 11gR1

Oct 15, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Oracle Restart Silent Installation

Oracle Restart Silent Installation

Oct 14, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
ORA-01555: snapshot too old, When Running Flashback Query

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

Oct 13, 2009 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Free and Easy Schema diff for Oracle

Free and Easy Schema diff for Oracle

Oct 9, 2009 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
MySAR: A sar-like Utility for MySQL

MySAR: A sar-like Utility for MySQL

Oct 5, 2009 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Using the Sphinx Search Engine with MySQL

Using the Sphinx Search Engine with MySQL

Aug 31, 2009 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
HOWTO: Oracle Cross-Platform Migration with Minimal Downtime

HOWTO: Oracle Cross-Platform Migration with Minimal Downtime

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