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How to decipher oracle Internal datatype storage

How to decipher oracle Internal datatype storage

Dec 11, 2015 12:00:00 AM 9 min read
Benchmarking Google Cloud SQL instances

Benchmarking Google Cloud SQL instances

Dec 10, 2015 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Why locking Oracle accounts is a bad idea

Why locking Oracle accounts is a bad idea

Dec 10, 2015 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Oracle E-business suite: Virtual host names solution

Oracle E-business suite: Virtual host names solution

Nov 27, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Advanced compression option caveat in Oracle 12c

Advanced compression option caveat in Oracle 12c

Nov 24, 2015 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
ORA-10173: Dynamic sampling time-out error

ORA-10173: Dynamic sampling time-out error

Nov 23, 2015 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
Implementing fuzzy search in SQL server - part 2: Levenshtein distance

Implementing fuzzy search in SQL server - part 2: Levenshtein distance

Nov 23, 2015 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
High "cursor: pin S wait on X" waits?

High "cursor: pin S wait on X" waits?

Nov 17, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Oracle ASM rebalance - Turn it up. To 11?

Oracle ASM rebalance - Turn it up. To 11?

Nov 11, 2015 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Oracle upgrade failures due to METHOD_OPT and XDBCONFIG

Oracle upgrade failures due to METHOD_OPT and XDBCONFIG

Nov 11, 2015 12:00:00 AM 7 min read
Nagios authentication with active directory

Nagios authentication with active directory

Nov 4, 2015 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
Online resizing of ASM disks

Online resizing of ASM disks

Nov 4, 2015 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Issues with Plan Cache Reuse & Row Goal Optimization

Issues with Plan Cache Reuse & Row Goal Optimization

Oct 8, 2015 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Oracle E-Business Suite: Virtual host names

Oracle E-Business Suite: Virtual host names

Oct 6, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Import/export multiple SSIS packages

Import/export multiple SSIS packages

Sep 30, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Oracle 12c - adaptive query optimization

Oracle 12c - adaptive query optimization

Sep 30, 2015 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Windows containers: installing SQL server

Windows containers: installing SQL server

Sep 21, 2015 12:00:00 AM 8 min read
Part 1: Oracle cloud database backup service

Part 1: Oracle cloud database backup service

Sep 9, 2015 12:00:00 AM 18 min read
Magic of "\d" in Vertica

Magic of "\d" in Vertica

Sep 9, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Oracle EBS R12.2: Restarting online patching enablement patch

Oracle EBS R12.2: Restarting online patching enablement patch

Sep 3, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Migration of Oracle Database to Amazon RDS using Golden Gate

Migration of Oracle Database to Amazon RDS using Golden Gate

Aug 28, 2015 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
RMAN 11g : How to restore / duplicate to a more recent patchset

RMAN 11g : How to restore / duplicate to a more recent patchset

Jul 20, 2015 12:00:00 AM 5 min read
Making existing SQLPLUS Scripts 12c and Container DB (PDB) compatible

Making existing SQLPLUS Scripts 12c and Container DB (PDB) compatible

May 26, 2015 12:00:00 AM 7 min read
EM12c : Login to GUI with the correct password causes authentication failure

EM12c : Login to GUI with the correct password causes authentication failure

May 21, 2015 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Licensing Oracle in a public cloud: the CPU calculation impact

Licensing Oracle in a public cloud: the CPU calculation impact

Apr 10, 2015 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Disable Lock Escalation in SQL Server

Disable Lock Escalation in SQL Server

Apr 10, 2015 12:00:00 AM 1 min read
Cassandra 101 : Understanding what Cassandra Is

Cassandra 101 : Understanding what Cassandra Is

Mar 16, 2015 12:00:00 AM 3 min read
Monitoring Cassandra with Grafana and Influx DB

Monitoring Cassandra with Grafana and Influx DB

Mar 16, 2015 12:00:00 AM 4 min read
ORA-28043: Invalid bind credentials for DB-OID connection

ORA-28043: Invalid bind credentials for DB-OID connection

Dec 18, 2014 12:00:00 AM 2 min read
Oracle Database: script to purge aud$ table using dbms_audit_mgmt package

Oracle Database: script to purge aud$ table using dbms_audit_mgmt package

Sep 2, 2014 12:00:00 AM 2 min read