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Oracle

Tackling time troubles - how to use dates correctly in Oracle

For the Oracle Code series of events I have delivered an older but still relevant talk called "Tackling Time Troubles." ...

Oracle

Oracle parallel query hints - part 1: PQ_DISTRIBUTE

One of the most powerful features of the Oracle database is its ability to leverage multiple CPU cores across many RAC ...

MySQL

MySQL high availability with HAProxy, Consul and Orchestrator

Introduction In this post we will explore one approach to MySQL high availability with HAProxy, Consul and ...

Oracle

Oracle parallel query hints - part 3: PX_JOIN_FILTER

In part one of this series on Oracle Parallel Query Hints, I looked at PQ_DISTRIBUTE, and part two was about ...

Google Cloud

Spark UDF memoization

Memoization is a powerful technique that allows you to improve performance of repeatable computations. Although it ...

Oracle

Oracle 18c Non-CDB databases in the Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODBCS)

Oracle is implementing a cloud first approach and hence the newest releases such as Oracle Database 18c first appear in ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Sharding a SQL Server database

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Oracle

Oracle parallel query hints. A reference series part 2: PQ_REPLICATE

The Mechanics of PQ_REPLICATE in Oracle 12.2 In part 1 of this series, we talked about the basic mechanics of the ...

Oracle

Debugging CBQT OR expansion with 10053 trace

I had been working with a client to add a little bit of functionality to an analytical view that we had been running ...

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Platform quick tip: Cloud Shell boost mode for Docker development

I explained in an earlier post how I am using GCP's Cloud Shell for all of my command-line needs all the time. Whenever ...

MySQL

Graceful master switchover with ProxySQL and Orchestrator

Introduction One of the things I like about Continuent Tungsten is how Tungsten Connector can hold traffic while a ...

Microsoft Azure

Azure Cloud Shell - cloud what?

What is Azure's Cloud Shell? Azure Cloud Shell is a browser-based, interactive shell that comes in two flavors: ...

Oracle

Creating dynamic tasks using Apache Airflow

What's Airflow? Apache Airflow is an open source scheduler built on Python. It uses a topological sorting mechanism, ...

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Infographic: five ways to make analytics for everyone

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Tackling time troubles - how to use dates correctly in Oracle

Oracle parallel query hints - part 1: PQ_DISTRIBUTE

MySQL high availability with HAProxy, Consul and Orchestrator

Oracle parallel query hints - part 3: PX_JOIN_FILTER

Spark UDF memoization

Oracle 18c Non-CDB databases in the Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODBCS)

Sharding a SQL Server database

Oracle parallel query hints. A reference series part 2: PQ_REPLICATE

Debugging CBQT OR expansion with 10053 trace

Google Cloud Platform quick tip: Cloud Shell boost mode for Docker development

Graceful master switchover with ProxySQL and Orchestrator

Azure Cloud Shell - cloud what?

Creating dynamic tasks using Apache Airflow

Infographic: five ways to make analytics for everyone

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