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SCN change tips -   28 October, 2012

Find function-based indexes -  26 October, 2012

Find function-based indexes - 26 October, 2012

Limiting Oracle table size - 26 October, 2012

Data Guard fal_client and fal_server - 25 October, 2012

RMAN backup of ASM disk - 24 October, 2012

RMAN convert file to ASM storage -   24 October, 2012

Calling COBOL from PL/SQL -  24 October, 2012

ORA-01153: an incompatible media recovery is active tips - 22 October, 2012

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ORA-01722: invalid number & SQL*Loader - 22 October, 2012

ORA-16792 Tips -  17 October, 2012

ILM clause Tips - 17 October, 2012

12c Transaction Guard Tips - 17 October, 2012

Hybrid Histograms tips - 16 October, 2012

adaptive execution plan tips - 16 October, 2012

Pluggable Database Tips - 15 October, 2012

Oracle data copy speed - 15 October, 2012

Display maxsize for a data file - 11 October, 2012

dbms_scheduler dictionary views - 9 October, 2012

Obsolete Import Utility Parameters - 9 October, 2012

RMAN convert clause tips - 9 October, 2012

TOAD: ORA-01031: Insufficient privileges - 9 October, 2012

Create tablespace using ASM - 9 October, 2012

Invalidating SQL after running dbms_stats - 8 October, 2012

Index full scan tips - 7 October, 2012

RMAN section size tips -  7 October, 2012

RMAN maxpiecesize tips -   7 October, 2012

import schema with impdp Tips -  6 October, 2012

ORA-01276: Cannot add file Tips -  6 October, 2012

dba_parallel_execute_chunks Tips -  4 October, 2012

Negative value in an AWR report -  4 October, 2012

Using substr with multibyte character sets - 2 October, 2012

Guaranteed Restore Point tips - 1 October, 2012

Oracle extent overhead tips - 27 September 2012

awr_sql_report_text tips - 27 September 2012

Oracle table performance tips - 26 September 2012

dbms_workload_repository topnsql Tips - 26 September 2012

Increase the maximum number of open file descriptors in Linux - 26 September 2012

AWR: high water mark of sessions - 25 September 2012

df command in Oracle - 23 September 2012

Oracle: Using the UNIX mount command - 23 September 2012

Find UNIX file blocksize - 23 September 2012

Oracle lsof command tips - 23 September 2012

identity column tips - 21 September 2012

RMAN ORA-01403 No Data Found Tips - 20 September 2012

File management between primary and standby database Tips - 20 September 2012

db_file_name_convert Tips - 20 September 2012

Shutdown Timeout Tips - 19 September 2012

Oracle change execution priority - 18 September 2012

Oracle display RAM - 18 September 2012

Oracle controlfile I/O Tips - 18 September 2012

SQL*Loader bad file vs discard file - 18 September 2012

Real-time ADDM -   15 September 2012

SQL Commonality Index Tips -   15 September 2012

Recursive PL/SQL -  15 September 2012

Remote file copy tips -  15 September 2012

ASH Analytics -  11 September 2012

Recursive PL/SQL - 9 September 2012

How to execute multiple sql files in DOS Windows - 6 September 2012

v$shared_pool_reserved tips -  5 September 2012

Row cache enqueue lock tips -  5 September 2012

ORA-31693: Table data object failed to load/unload error - 5 September 2012

ASM intelligent file placement Tips - 2 September 2012

v$asm_disk_iostat Tips - 2 September 2012

Oracle index rebuild online  - 2 September 2012

Oracle defragmentation Tips - 1 September 2012

Copy Oracle BLOB -  31 August, 2012

How to insert a video into an Oracle database  -  31 August, 2012

Difference between CONSISTENT and OBJECT_CONSISTENT parameter -  30 August, 2012

Data Recovery Advisor tips -  29 August, 2012

Reset SYS password tips - 29 August, 2012

Oracle block format tips - 27 August, 2012

Oracle merge hint tips -  23 August, 2012

Oracle alter table shrink compact -  22 August, 2012

Oracle library cache SQL hash value -  22 August, 2012

Automatic re-start of Oracle on Windows -  21 August, 2012

Alert when Oracle refuses connections -  19 August, 2012

Alert on hung Oracle database -  19 August, 2012

Alert oracle database crash -  19 August, 2012

Backup oracle files with tar -  19 August, 2012

Copy tnsnames.ora file tips -  19 August, 2012

Oracle file soft link tips -  19 August, 2012

Change Oracle file permissions with chmod -  19 August, 2012

Materialized view refresh group tips -  17 August, 2012

ASM Background Processes -  11 August, 2012

ASM Instance Management -  11 August, 2012

Tablespace Alert Script -   11 August, 2012

Masking Oracle table rows -  11 August, 2012

Masking Oracle columns Tips - 11 August, 2012

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ORA-00494 enqueue [CF] held for too long tips - 8 August, 2012

Oracle SCAN listener tips - 7 August, 2012

Oracle Bulk Collect Tips -  7 August, 2012

PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments tips - 5 August, 2012

delete all data rows from Oracle table tips -  2 August, 2012

unexpire Oracle password tips -  1 August, 2012

Reset forgotten password -  1 August, 2012

ORA-28002 tips - 1 August, 2012

Oracle fusion middleware job duties tips  -  1 August, 2012

Oracle Weblogic job duties tips - 1 August, 2012

Oracle client 32 bit or 64 bit? - July 28. 2012

Oracle one-way replication tips  - July 26. 2012

Create snapshot tips - July 26. 2012

Oracle 11g new CBO Optimizer Features- July 23. 2012

undo advisor Tips  - July 22. 2012

MTTR Advisor Tips  - July 22. 2012

dbms_xplan.display_cursor Tips  - July 22. 2012

utl utilities list  - July 22. 2012

utl_coll Tips  - July 22. 2012

Oracle UTL_ENCODE Tips - - July 22. 2012

PL/SQL Boolean Examples - July 22. 2012

difference between RAC public IP, private IP and Virtual VIP - July 18, 2012

DMSYS Schema tips -  July 18, 2012

log_archive_local_first tips - July 12, 2012

standby_log_archive_dest & log_archive_dest tips - July 12, 2012

ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("SYS"."AUDIT_DDL"."DICT_OBJ_TYPE") tips - July 11, 2012

create_stored_outlines tips - July 10,. 2012

dbms_space create_index_cost tips - July 10, 2012

dba_dimensions tips - July 8, 2012

dba_constraints tips - July 7, 2012

dbms_advisor tips - July 7, 2012

dbms_workload_capture tips - July 7, 2012

ORA-25152: TEMPFILE cannot be dropped tips - July 4, 2012

dbms_space_admin tips - July 4, 2012

Why does SQL not choose the lowest cost plan? - July 4, 2012

generate index DDL tips - July 3, 2012

Generate PL/SQL stored procedures from Oracle - July 3, 2012

Generate database DDL tips - July 3, 2012

dbms_redefinition example - July 3, 2012

Import entire schema Tips- July 3, 2012

Import entire tablespace Tips- July 3, 2012

Search a CLOB column tips - July 3, 2012

impdp parameter tips - July 2, 2012

Optimize impdp performance - July 2, 2012

fastest way to join two tables  - July 2, 2012

ORA-26689 Column Type Mismatch tips - June 30, 2012

SQL*Plus timing start and timing stop tips - June 30, 2012

Copying Oracle statistics tips -  June 29, 2012

ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file tips -  June 29, 2012

estimate_percent tips  -  June 27, 2012

gc cr current grant busy tips - -  June 26, 2012

gc cr multi block request tips -  June 26, 2012

db link usage script tips -  June 25, 2012

/etc/sysconfig/oracleasm tips - June 25, 2012

ocfs2console tips - June 25, 2012

orastack tips - June 24, 2012

renice tips - June 24, 2012

Tips for Tracing Oracle - June 20, 2012

Share tnsnames.ora tips - June 20, 2012

Share tnsnames.ora tips - June 20, 2012

NETCA tips -  June 19, 2012

Oracle restart tips -  June 18, 2012

How Oracle users are mapped to tablespace files - June 18, 2012

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Capturing server information in Linux/UNIX - June 14, 2012

Common UNIX/Linux commands - June 14, 2012

Linux dircmp command example - June 14, 2012

TNS connectivity example -  June 14, 2012

Difference between multiplexing and mirroring - June 13, 2012

Oracle Windows binary executables list - June 11, 2012

Oracle UNIX Linux binaries list - June 11, 2012

Oracle packages list - June 11, 2012

Export expdp command syntax - June 9, 2012

expdp parameters for procedures functions and and packages - June 9, 2012

The value of MAXTRANS parameter ignored tips - June 7, 2012

SP2-1503: Unable to initialize Oracle call interface tips - June 6, 2012

oracleasm command tips - June 4, 2012

ASM create diskgroup tips  - June 4, 2012

ASM external redundancy  - June 4, 2012

dcmctl command tips - May 31, 2012

Oracle relink command tips - May 31, 2012

Oracle file striping tips - May 31, 2012

dbms_stats compare statistics tips -  May 29, 2012

dbms_stats incremental statistics tips - May 29, 2012

ORA-12008 tips - May 26, 2012

raw vs. cooked Oracle file tips - May 25, 2012

Change SYSDATE display value Tips - May 25, 2012

/etc/sysconfig/clock zone values - May 25, 2012

ORA-00308 cannot open archived log tips - May 16, 2012

 ASM allocation units for RAC - May 13, 2012

Oracle: display euro symbol € - May 10, 2012

Oracle Linux server sizing tips - May 10, 2012

AWR Global RAC report tips -  May 9, 2012

olsnodes command tips -  May 9, 2012

RAC Policy managed database tips - May 8, 2012

RAID 10 vs RAID 0+1 Tips - May 8, 2012

Consistent read block tips - May 8, 2012

Dirty block tips - May 8, 2012

Purpose of the large pool -  May 8, 2012

RAC global resource directory tips -  May 8, 2012

RAC heartbeat tips -  May 8, 2012

11g hint list - May 8, 2012

RAC voting disk tips -  May 7, 2012

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Debugging utl_smtp email tips -   May 6, 2012

Oracle trigger validation tips -  May 2, 2012

Oracle incremental checkpoint tips -  May 2, 2012

  Oracle RAC Grid Differences -  May 2, 2012

Oracle cluster tables tips

Oracle cluster index tips -   May 1, 2012

Select rows per block in Oracle -   April 29, 2012

Select first 10 rows from an Oracle table -   April 28, 2012

Select last 100 rows from an Oracle table -   April 28, 2012

Server room standards Tips -   April 20, 2012

ORA-00028 Tips -   April 20, 2012

Oracle export import character set differences -  April 19, 2012

Find Oracle system roles-  April 19, 2012

SQL*Plus single logon attempt Tips -  April 19, 2012

SQL*Plus restriction Tips -  April 19, 2012

ref cursor examples  -  April 18, 2012

ORA-06504 ref cursor OUT Tips -  April 18, 2012

Running WebCenter from Weblogic tips -  April 17, 2012

ORA-00904 when select nvarchar from SQL Server -  April 17, 2012

ORA-30683: failure establishing connection to debugger tips -  April 16, 2012

ASM disk does not exist or is not instantiated tips -  April 15, 2012

extract data files from RMAN tips -  April 14, 2012

RAC: IP address has already been used tips -  April 14, 2012

authid current_user Tips -  April 13, 2012

Oracle PAE Tips -  April 13, 2012

Oracle HACMP Install Tips -  April 13, 2012

Oracle Total Recall Tips -  April 11, 2012

RAC CRS will not start tips -  April 11, 2012

Oracle estimate percent tips -  April 10, 2012

Recover a missing control file tips -  April 9, 2012

ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile -  April 9, 2012

Recover Oracle after losing a data file  - April 9, 2012

Oracle control file tips - April 9, 2012

dba_hist_undostat tips - April 7, 2012

DBA_DATAPUMP_JOBS Tips - April 4, 2012

SQL to convert a day of the week to a number - April 4, 2012

ORA-31626 tips - April 4, 2012

Why is my index not being used? - April 3, 2012

Oracle mlog$ tips - April 2, 2012

Oracle drop tips - April 2, 2012

Oracle sqlcode tips - April 1, 2012

Oracle sqlcode = 100 tips  - April 1, 2012

sqlnet.inbound_connect_timeout tips - April 1, 2012

v$transaction tips - April 1, 2012

alter database backup controlfile to trace - April 1, 2012

for update nowait tips - April 1, 2012

for update wait tips - April 1, 2012

pls_integer tips - April 1, 2012

v$locked_object tips - April 1, 2012

elsif tips  - April 1, 2012

Oracle multi-column subquery tips -   March 31, 2012

Oracle correlated subquery tips -   March 31, 2012

Oracle memory usage tips -   March 31, 2012

v$sql scripts -   March 31, 2012

Oracle Bulk Insert tips -  March 31, 2012

Oracle VARRAY Table tips -  March 31, 2012

Oracle Nested Table tips -  March 31, 2012

parallel hint tips -  March 31, 2012

update multiple columns tips -  March 31, 2012

Calling an Oracle function -  March 31, 2012

Calling an Oracle stored procedure -  March 31, 2012

index range scan tips -  March 30, 2012

index fast full scan tips -  March 30, 2012

SQL plan not reproducible -  March 30, 2012

Oracle Constraint Tips - March 29, 2012

nvl vs. nvl2 - March 28, 2012

lnnvl Tips - March 28, 2012

Update table Oracle tips - March 27, 2012

v$sqltext tips - March 27, 2012

sys.aud$ tips -  March 27, 2012

Oracle spool tips - March 27, 2012

ORA-01820 tips - March 26, 2012

obtool command tips - March 23, 2012

Oracle SQL nested subqueries tips - March 19, 2012

v$sesstat tips - March 19, 2012

PL/SQL function examples - March 18, 2012

PL/SQL assignment statement examples - March 18, 2012

PL/SQL constant examples - March 17, 2012

 PL/SQL accept command tips - March 17, 2012

Format Report output with PL/SQL - March 17, 2012

SQL*PLus print command tips - March 17, 2012

Display blank lines with PL/SQL - March 17, 2012

PL/SQL: join tables together tips - March 10, 2012

Find SQL with excessive hard parses - March 3, 2012

Global temporary table example - March 3, 2012

Oracle: How to drop a histogram - March 3, 2012

11gr2 cursor_sharing=force bug causes contention - March 3, 2012

Tuning WHERE NOT EXISTS Tips - March 3, 2012

Convert to a blob tips - February 27, 2012

PL/SQL function restriction tips -   February 26, 2012

PL/SQL read file tips -  February 25, 2012

PL/SQL object type examples -  February 23, 2012

PL/SQL associative array examples -  February 23, 2012

PL/SQL function examples -  February 23, 2012

PL/SQL implicit cursor examples -  February 23, 2012

PL/SQL FOR Loop examples -  February 23, 2012

PL/SQL Collection tips -  February 22, 2012

PL/SQL associative array tips -  February 22, 2012

PL/SQL nested table tips -  February 22, 2012

SQL*Plus set command tips -  February 21, 2012

Oracle SQL Tuning Quick Reference cheat sheet -  February 21, 2012

Inserting Chinese character set tips -  February 21, 2012

Size threshold for partitioning tips - February 20, 2012

dbms_auto_sqltune tips - February 11, 2012

AWR dba_hist_colored Table - February 11, 2012

11.2 new v$ WLM views - February 11, 2012

11.2 new v$ QMON views - February 11, 2012

11.2 new v$ iostat views - February 11, 2012

Oracle 11.2 new GoldenGate v$ views - February 11, 2012

Oracle 11.2 new v$ dnfs views - February 11, 2012

11.2 new v$ diag views - February 11, 2012

Oracle 11.2 new AWR Tables - February 11, 2012

11.2 new v$ views - February 11, 2012

column "set unused" drop column tips - February 9, 2012

SQL to select tables with rows - February 9, 2012

Streams Logical Standby as propagator the receiver - February 6, 2012

How to display and show referential integrity constraint violations - February 3, 2012

What does TKPROF stand for? - February 2, 2012

Difference between db block gets and consistent gets and physical reads?  February 2, 2012

SQL to exclude rows without strings - January 31, 2012

Oracle sharding tips - January 31, 2012

x$ir incident reporting tips -  January 27, 2012

x$ir incident reporting tips -  January 27, 2012

ORA-22835: Buffer too small tips -  January 27, 2012

x$ kernel service & cache table tips -  January 26, 2012

v$memory_dynamic_components tips EOI-  January 26, 2012

11g Streams v$ Views  EOI-  January 26, 2012

Oracle 11g RMAN v$ Views  EOI-  January 26, 2012

Oracle 11g ASM v$ Views  EOI-  January 26, 2012

11g SQL Tuning v$ Views - EOI-  January 26, 2012

Oracle 11g SGA Pool v$ Views - EOI-  January 26, 2012

Oracle 11g RMAN v$ Views - EOI-  January 26, 2012

parallel/partition aware SQL tips January 25, 2012

Oracle packet analyzer tips - January 24, 2012

Display directory file sizes - January 24, 2012

Get root system user privileges on a Windows server - January 20, 2012

example stored procedure - January 20, 2012

extproc: no such file or directory - January 19, 2012

alter database datafile resize Tips - January 19, 2012

SQL 2nd highest row value tips - January 19, 2012

incremental statistics tips - January 18, 2012

ORA-00704 bootstrap process failure tips - January 18, 2012

alter database create datafile - January 17, 2012

alter database add logfile - January 17, 2012

alter database add datafile tips - January 17, 2012

add tempfile temp tips - January 17, 2012

add partition tips - January 17, 2012

User password encryption tips - January 17, 2012

Physical Standby Database tips - January 17, 2012

Data Guard archive redo gap tips - January 12, 2012

Server side Data Guard broker tips - January 12, 2012

Data Guard standby database recovery mode tips - January 12, 2012

Flashback Sizing - January 12, 2012

Example Data Guard Configuration - January 12, 2012

Data Guard operational constraints - January 12, 2012

Data Guard Background processes tips  - January 12, 2012

Data Guard Standby Tips - January 12, 2012

Data Guard Logical Standby Tips - January 12, 2012

Data Guard Manual Failover Tips - January 12, 2012

Data Guard Disaster Recovery tips - January 12, 2012

Oracle-02236 Tips - January 11, 2012

Virtual Circuit wait tips - January 11, 2012

 Justify migrating from Windows to Linux - January 10, 2012

Windows DOS vs. Unix commands - January 10, 2012

v$datafile_header tips - January 9, 2012

dbms_stats.set_column_stats tips - January 9, 2012

dbms_stats.set_index_stats tips - January 9, 2012

dbms_stats.set_table_stats tips - January 9, 2012

dbms_sqldiag tips - January 8, 2012

v$iostat_file tips - January 8, 2012

v$iostat_consumer_group tips - January 8, 2012

v$iostat_function tips - January 8, 2012

publish pending stats tips - January 8, 2012

v$sql_plan_monitor tips - January 8, 2012

dba_audit_exists Tips - January 7, 2012

dba_audit_trail Tips - January 7, 2012

 dba_audit_session Tips - January 7, 2012

Oracle Auditing Tips - January 7, 2012

dba_audit_statement tips - January 6, 2012

dba_audit_object tips - January 6, 2012

dba_obj_audit_opts tips - January 6, 2012

dba_priv_audit_opts tips - January 6, 2012

dba_stmt_audit_opts - January 6, 2012

Monitoring TEMP tablespace activity - January 5, 2012

Monitoring tablespace usage tips- January 5, 2012

oraenv tips - January 5, 2012

Automatic Oracle startup on Windows Tips - January 5, 2012

Automatic Oracle startup on HP/UX Tips - January 5, 2012

Automatic Oracle startup on AIX Tips - January 5, 2012

Automatic Oracle startup on Linux Tips - January 5, 2012

Automatic Oracle startup on Solaris Tips - January 5, 2012

CDC with CLOB example - January 5, 2012

RMAN-06059 Tips - January 4, 2012

RMAN crosscheck Tips - January 4, 2012

db_recovery_file_dest_size Tips - January 4, 2012

Oracle ROWID Tips - January 2, 2012

See All Roles Granted to a User Tips- January 2, 2012

db_lost_write_protect tips - January 2, 2012

db_block_checksum tips - January 2, 2012

db_ultra_safe Tips - January 2, 2012

Fix frequent log switches - January 1, 2012

Delete shared memory segments in Windows - January 1, 2012

SOPA Act to shut-down foreign web sites! - January 1, 2012

Mismanaging data queues with dbms packages  December 27, 2011

Translate dropped recycle bin table tames - December 27, 2011

Becoming an OBIEE or SAS Data Analyst - December 26, 2011

dbms_packages util release dates - December 21, 2011

Save transportable tablespace database link - December 21, 2011

Save Secure Oracle Passwords online - December 17, 2011

Example of RMAN shell script - December 17, 2011

display all years between two dates - December 16, 2011

Add Datafile to Oracle - December 16, 2011

Alter Tablespace Add Datafile - December 16, 2011

Foreign Key Constraint Tips - December 16, 2011

Unique Constraint Tips - December 16, 2011

Primary Key Constraint Tips - December 16, 2011

NOT NULL Constraint Tips - December 16, 2011

Check Constraint Tips - December 16, 2011

Oracle TCL Tips - December 16, 2011

Oracle DCL Tips - December 15, 2011

Make a custom Oracle error message - December 14, 2011

ORA-24010 tips - December 13, 2011

JMS-178 Invalid Queue name - December 12, 2011

Oracle Inactive Session Tips - December 12, 2011

Concurrent DML & DDL Tips - December 9, 2011

nested_table_set_refs Tips - December 9, 2011

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TNS-12502 Tips - December 5, 2011

Oracle SQL tuning with cardinality estimates - December 4, 2011

Stop unauthorized connections to Oracle - December 3, 2011

Oracle 2012 Salary Tips - December 3, 2011

ADRCI Error 19809 creating archive log file - December 1, 2011

SQL to display all months between two dates - December 1, 2011

dbms_assert tips - December 1, 2011

Oracle convert ANSI to UTF8 - November 27, 2011

Oracle convert function - November 27, 2011

ORA-00924 Missing BY keyword tips - November 23, 2011

v$asm views and x$ tables for ASM - November 23, 2011

Oracle ASM Parameters - November 23, 2011

ASM data file name tips - November 23, 2011

ORA-12514 on Data Guard Switchover - November 21, 2011

dbms_apply_adm.set_schema_instantiation_scn tips - November 21, 2011

dba_segments tips - November 20, 2011

dbms_libcache tips - November 19, 2011

ORA-15064 tips - November 19, 2011

ORA-26840 tips - November 19, 2011

Oracle Reinstantiation Tips - November 19, 2011

emcli command tips - November 19, 2011

List all table and column privileges  - November 19, 2011

How to export/unload a BLOB/CLOB  - November 19, 2011

Oracle instance_role tnsnames tips - November 19, 2011

ORA-29702 ksuitm: waiting - November 19, 2011

Shrink TABLESPACE Tips - November 19, 2011

Add a foreign key constraint to a table with duplicates - November 18, 2011

Oracle e-mail attachment tips  - November 18, 2011

RMAN could not locate the LNM save file tips - November 18, 2011

Using the RMAN Duplicate command - November 18, 2011

How to encrypt data to one listener - November 17, 2011

Difference between dbms_output.put_line and utl_file.put_line  - November 17, 2011

Automate export to test instance - November 17, 2011

Intermittent ORA-01017 errors - November 17, 2011

Display disabled instances in CRS - November 17, 2011

Intermittent Oracle client connect problem - November 17, 2011

 

Count by year in a date columns - October 31, 2011

Count by month in a date columns - October 31, 2011

Count by day in a date columns - October 31, 2011

Loadjava sql/oracle/BLOB jar file not found - October 31, 2011

Find the SID for a dbms_job dbms_scheduler job - October 30, 2011

dba_lobs tips - October 30, 2011

dbms_lob.getlength - October 30, 2011

Oracle Network Adapter could not establish the connection tips - October 29, 2011

Dynamic query for column min and max values - October 29, 2011

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Copying Oracle datafiles between Linux and Windows servers - October 29, 2011

Oracle adding dates - October 29, 2011

Oracle storage parameter exceptions - October 29, 2011

Estimate Size of Last RMAN Backup - October 27, 2011

Oracle RMAN Number of Days Since Last Backup - October 26, 2011

Oracle Best Fastest Way to Delete Data from Large Table Tips - October 25, 2011

Building a Dynamic SQL Statement - October 25, 2011

Detecting Misspelled Row Column Data in Oracle - October 22, 2011

Name Validation Using Oracle Regular Expression Syntax - October 22, 2011

Find Numeric Data in Oracle Character Column - October 22, 2011

Oracle Storage Parameter Exceptions - October 11, 2011

filesystemio_options Tips - October 4, 2011

Oracle Introduces Sunfire SSD Firmware Appliance - October 4, 2011

trcasst Tips - October 3, 2011

Oracle sql_trace Tips - September 30, 2011

trcsess Tips - September 28, 2011

Oracle Linux Introduces Zero Downtime Operating System Upgrades - September 27, 2011

Oracle Urges Fix for Apache Killer - September 26, 2011

Integrating HP Data Protector with Oracle - September 21, 2011

ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE vs ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVELOG CURRENT - September 21, 2011

Find All References to an Oracle Table - September 16, 2011

ORA-00020: maximum number of processes exceeded - September 15, 2011

Fastest Way to Rebuild Oracle Index - September 15, 2011

Get Length of a Row - September 15, 2011

Difference Between Compiled and Interpreted PLSQL - September 14, 2011

Foreign Bribery Expense Legality - September 9, 2011

Oracle Copy Schema Tips - September 9, 2011

RMAN v$archived log NULL - September 6, 2011

Display the Difference Between Two Dates in Oracle - September 5, 2011

Creating Multiple Listeners Tips - September 3, 2011

dbms scheduler alter running chain Tips - September 1, 2011

Add a Comment to a View - August 31, 2011

Save Oracle Email Tips - August 31, 2011

Oracle SQL Where 1 Equals 1 - August 31, 2011

TNS 00510 Internal Limit Restriction Exceeded - August 29, 2011

ORA-39146 Directory Object Parameter Tips - August 29, 2011

Linking Oracle with Teradata - August 28, 2011

Dangerous Commands to Disable Linux UNIX Server - August 27, 2011

Monitor Performance of Oracle Parallel Server - August 27, 2011

Scripting UNIX Commands  - August 27, 2011

UNIX Add OS Date to Filename - August 27, 2011

Access MySQL with Bash Shell Script - August 27, 2011

Access MySQL Database with Perl Script - August 27, 2011

Understanding Oracle Explain Plan - August 26, 2011

Optimal Value for job_queue_processes - August 25, 2011

Oracle RAC Cache Fusion - August 12, 2011

Oracle Virtual Columns - August 12, 2011

ORA 39726 Tips - August 11, 2011

Find Oracle Archive Logs - August 11, 2011

Oracle Dictionary select any dictionary and select_catalog_role - August 10, 2011

ORA 19815 Warning - August 9, 2011

Reading an Oracle Shell Script - August 9, 2011

How to Write an Oracle Shell Script - August 9, 2011

Restart a Failed Daemon Process - August 8, 2011

ORA-20000 ORU-10027 buffer overflow limit of 2000 bytes - July 21, 2011

Oracle RAC vs Grid - July 20, 2011

Oracle Find First Row - June 30, 2011

Oracle Find Latest row - June 30, 2011

Oracle Find Last Row  - June 30, 2011

ORA-14552 Cannot Perform a DDL Commit or Rollback - June 29, 2011

Oracle Pragma Autonomous Transaction - June 29, 2011

Oracle Analyze Function Based Index Not Working - June 29, 2011

QSM 02077 Materialized View Log is Newer Than Last Full Refresh - June 29, 2011

Tuning Correlated Subqueries for Fast Speed - June 23, 2011

How to Make PLSQL Updates Restartable - June 21, 2011

Oracle Export Import Tips - June 21, 2011

Oracle Flashback Status - June 21, 2011

dba_flashback_archive Tips - June 21, 2011

Oracle RAC etc resolv conf file Tips - June 20, 2011

Oracle IO Per Second IOPS Tips - June 20, 2011

Oracle RAC etc named conf File Tips - June 20, 2011

RAC root sh Failure at Final Check of Oracle CRS Stack - June 19, 2011

Find Slow Oracle SQL - June 17, 2011

The Best Oracle Commit Frequency - June 17, 2011

Oracle Scope Options - June 17, 2011

Oracle Deadlock Waits - June 17, 2011

Oracle Row Lock and Row Level Locking - June 16, 2011

ORA-03135 Connection Lost Contact Tips - June 15, 2011

emoms properties File Tips - June 14, 2011

Convert Oracle Integer to Time - June 14, 2011

ORA-01152 File 1 was Not Restored From a Sufficiently Old Backup - June 14, 2011

ORA-04033 Insufficient Memory to Grow Pool - June 14, 2011

Oracle Hash Tips - June 14, 2011

ORA-10878 Parallel Recovery Slave Died Unexpectedly Tips - June 14, 2011

Oracle Hints - June 13, 2011

pct_direct_access Tips - June 13, 2011

Oracle Pre-upgrade Utility Tips - June 13, 2011

Oracle JPA Tips - June 13, 2011

Oracle Boolean Expressions in Check Constraints - June 10, 2011

Oracle SVC Replication - June 9, 2011

Oracle Purge Tablespace - June 9, 2011

Create SQL Plan Baseline Tips - June 9, 2011

Query Oracle Partition Size - June 9, 2011

DBMS Space Usage Tips - June 8, 2011

Oracle Purge Recycle Bin - June 8, 2011

ORA-27090 Unable to Reserve Kernel Resources Error Tips - June 8, 2011

Oracle Read Only User - June 8, 2011

ORA 28545 Oracle to MySQL Connection Error Tips - June 7, 2011

Oracle Deadlock Difference Between 10g and 11g - June 7, 2011

Oracle Mutex Tips - June 7, 2011

Oracle Silent Mode - June 7, 2011

ORA-12155 Internal TNS Error Tips - June 6, 2011

Convert UNIX Epoch Date to Oracle Display Value - June 6, 2011

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RJDBC Tips - June 4, 2011

ROracle Tips - June 4, 2011

Tuning Oracle Wait Events - June 4, 2011

RMAN COPY Command Tips - June 4, 2011

Oracle Cardinality Tips - June 4, 2011

ORA-06530 Reference to Uninitialized Composite Tips - May 30, 2011

Oracle Large Pages - May 30, 2011

Historical Bind Variable Storage  - May 30, 2011

How to Install Discoverer with a Windows DOS Command Script - May 27, 2011

enq TX - Row Lock Contention Error - May 27, 2011

New Schema or New Instance - May 19, 2011

Pause SQL Execution at Screen Display Time - May 18, 2011

Estimate Rows Returned by SQL - May 18, 2011

Oracle Range Partioning - April 29, 2011

GoldenGate suppresstriggers Tips - April 28, 2011

Oracle Installer File Location - April 27, 2011

Oracle Dirty Reads - April 26, 2011

Oracle Isolation Level Tips - April 25, 2011

Oracle GoldenGate 11g - The Bridge to Everywhere - April 25, 2011

Oracle Deprecates cursor sharing equals similar - April 25, 2011

How to Add Space to an Oracle Linux Directory  - April 25, 2011

Page Not Found on OEM Tips - April 22, 2011

Oracle UDP Tips - April 22, 2011

recv_buf_size and send_buf_size tips - April 20, 2011

Oracle BDP tips - April 20, 2011

Data Guard synchronous (SYNC) vs asynchronous (ASYNC) modes - April 20, 2011

LNS wait on SENDREQ tips - April 19, 2011

Materialized View with Object Type Fails with ORA 00904 - April 18, 2011

RMAN-06429 Database is Not Compatible With This Version of RMAN - April 14, 2011

index_fss Hint - April 13, 2011

use_concat Hint - April 12, 2011

Oracle DDL Auditing - April 11, 2011

ORA-00344 Unable to Re-create Online Log - April 9, 2011

Oracle SQL Profiles - April 8, 2011

ORA-00344 Unable to Re-create Online Log - April 7, 2011

Oracle Display Controlfiles - April 7, 2011

Backup Controlfile Recovery - April 7, 2011

ORA-01578: ORACLE data block corrupted - April 7, 2011

ORA-28575 Tips - April 7, 2011

How to export between releases of Oracle - April 7, 2011

Pass Parameter to Oracle SQL - April 6, 2011

Windows OS Authentication in 11g - April 6, 2011

ORA-12713 Character Data Loss NCHARCHAR Conversion - April 6, 2011

ORA-01122 Database File Failed Verification - April 4, 2011

Oracle Add Controlfile Tips - April 4, 2011

OPN PartnerCasts - Tool or Infomercial - April 4, 2011

ORA-30657 External Table Tips - April 4, 2011

OERR Action - Do Not Do That - April 1, 2011

Oracle and COBOL return - April 1, 2011

Table to Display db time from AWR - March 31, 2011

TNS-12514 on Windows - March 30, 2011

Oracle Quota Error Tips - March 29, 2011

Oracle Deferred Segment Creation Tips - March 29, 2011

Oracle Surrogate Key Tips - March 29, 2011

Oracle Flash Recovery Area FRA Tips - March 25, 2011

Oracle Column Default Value Tips - March 25, 2011

Oracle Daylight Savings Time DST Date Conversion Tips - March 25, 2011

ORA 01456 May Not Perform Operation Inside a READ ONLY Transaction Tips - March 24, 2011

Oracle Candidate Key Tips - March 23, 2011

RMAN 05001 Auxiliary Filename Conflicts with a File Used by the Target Database Tips - March 21, 2011

Hypercharge Oracle with Intelligent Indexes - March 21, 2011

Execute Simultaneous Synchronous Oracle Jobs - March 21, 2011

How to Recover an Oracle Dropped Column - March 21, 2011

ORA 00119 with DBCA - March 21, 2011

Oracle Built in PLSQL exceptions - March 21, 2011

Ignoring Oracle ORA Errors in PLSQL - March 21, 2011

dbms_stats.create_extended_stats tips - March 19, 2011

Why is Oracle male? - March 19, 2011

RMAN ORA-12520 Connect Error Tips - March 17, 2011

Oracle Cloud File System Tips - March 17, 2011

Using Export exclude equals index Tips - March 16, 2011

ORA-24345 Null Fetch Tips - March 16, 2011

Oracle SQL Join Factorization Transformation (JFT) Tips - March 15, 2011

Oracle UNION Tips - March 15, 2011

Oracle UNION ALL Tips - March 15, 2011

Oracle add_years Tips - March 15, 2011

ORA-12504 TNS Listener Not Given SID - March 15, 2011

BEWARE: Oracle 11g New Feature Causes AMM to Restart - March 14, 2011

Oracle Checkpoint Not Complete Tips - March 9, 2011

Hung Database Analysis Tips - March 9, 2011

PLS-00421 and ORA-04055 Encountered Tips - March 9, 2011

sqlplus: command not found Tips - March 8, 2011

RMAN-20202 tips - March 8, 2011

dbms_xmlgen.getxml Output Spans Multiple Lines - March 8, 2011

PLS-00642: Local Collection Types Not Allowed in SQL Statement - March 7, 2011

Changing of the Guard at Oracle Corporation - March 4, 2011

ORA-30625: Method Dispatch on NULL SELF Argument Is Disallowed -March 2, 2011

ORA-02327: Cannot Create Index on Expression with Datatype - March 1, 2011

ORA-01659: Unable to Allocate MINEXTENTS Beyond String in Tablespace String - February 28, 2011

ORA-01445: Cannot Select ROWID from a Join View without a Key-Preserved Table - February 25, 2011

ORA-19502: Write Error on File Tips - February 24, 2011

ORA-16055: FAL Request Rejected - February 23, 2011

ORA-29902: Error in Executing ODCIIndexStart Routine - February 22, 2011

Using dbms_output.put_line in Scheduled Job Script - February 22, 2011

Dumbest Oracle Error Message - February 22, 2011

OS-Error: OS 5 Access is Denied Tips - February 22, 2011

ORA-00824: Cannot Set sga_target Due to Existing Internal Settings - February 21, 2011

ORA-24344: Success with Compilation Error - February 18, 2011

ORA-01720: Grant Option Does Not Exist - February 18, 2011

Passing SQLPlus Variable in Shell Script - February 17, 2011

ORA-16014: Log sequence# not archived, no available destinations - February 17, 2011

database_properties tips - February 17, 2011

ORA-12899: Value too Large for Column - February 17, 2011

ORA-27300: OS System Dependent Operation failed with status - February 16, 2011

ORA-01801: Date Format is too Long for Internal Buffer - February 15, 2011

ORA-01012: job fails when placed in crontab - February 14, 2011

Removing Oracle RAC sequence contention - February 14, 2011

ORA-15033: disk belongs to diskgroup - February 14, 2011

ORA-12012: Error on Auto Execute of Job - February 11, 2011

Downgrading Oracle Enterprise Edition (EE) to Standard Edition (SE) - February 10, 2011

Single Quote Apostrophe Marks Change to Upside Down Question Marks - February 10, 2011

ORA-01756: Quoted String Not Properly Terminated -February 9, 2011

Oracle RAC CRS Services - February 9, 2011

ORA-29285 - File Write Error - February 8, 2011

Oracle Concurrent statistics gathering - February 7, 2011

Learn Oracle’s Hidden Kernel Subsystem Designators - February 7, 2011

Oracle response time components - February 7, 2011

ORA-22804: remote operations not permitted on object tables or user-defined type columns - February 1, 2011

Re-create oraInventory with Oracle Universal Installer - January 26, 2011

ORA-04084: cannot change NEW values for this trigger type - January 17, 2011

ORA-27191: sbtinfo2 returned Error Tips - January 10, 2011

Oracle SQL profile Tips - January 7, 2011

SQL to change all in a table -  January 7, 2011

Remove all special characters from table rows -  January 7, 2011

Foreign key on delete cascade tips -  January 6, 2011

Foreign key indexing tips -  January 6, 2011

Tightly packing table rows onto data blocks -  January 6, 2011

SQL Server vs Oracle terminology -  January 4, 2011

Download Oracle Table Rows Into Separate Excel Spreadsheets - January 3, 2011

Non-correlated subquery tips - January 3, 2011

Save and re-set an Oracle user password - January 3, 2011

Oracle drop table if exists - January 1, 2011

ORA-00609: could not attach to incoming connection tips - January 1, 2011

tns_admin tips - January 1, 2011

Compare dates in oracle - January 1, 2011

v$osstat tips - January 1, 2011

Oracle Upgrade Best Practices - December 29, 2010

Oracle Patchset Does Not Update v$version - December 29, 2010

Alternatives to tnsnames.ora File - December 29, 2010

Create tnsnames.ora - December 28, 2010

Create listener.ora - December 28, 2010

Create sqlnet.ora - December 28, 2010

ORA-25141: invalid EXTENT MANAGEMENT clause tips - December 27, 2010

Recovering a Dropped Oracle User with Flashback - December 27, 2010

SQL Alternative to UNION clause - December 23, 2010

Oracle JDBC Connection Testing - December 23, 2010

ORA-39087: directory name is invalid tips - December 23, 2010

SQL*Plus COLUMN FORMAT tips - December 21, 2010

Do not use lsnrctl and sqlplus as SYSDBA in 11g release 2 RAC - December 20, 2010

Removing ASM datafiles from disk - December 20, 2010

ORA-19804: cannot reclaim string bytes disk space - December 17, 2010

Oracle Sniped Session tips - December 16, 2010

Oracle Create Database Parameters tips - December 15, 2010

Oracle ALTER SESSION tips - December 15, 2010

Oracle ALTER SYSTEM tips - December 15, 2010

ORA-03134 tips - December 14, 2010

Oracle SCAN for RAC tips - December 13, 2010

"show errors" tips - December 13, 2010

Oracle SSO tips - December 11, 2010

Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-on (ESSO) tips - December 11, 2010

Configuring X Windows for the Oracle Installer  - December 9, 2010

Oracle Data Dictionary Statistics tips - December 8, 2010

Oracle SYSDBA tips - December 8, 2010

Oracle Hash Join Right Semi tips - December 7, 2010

Oracle listagg Function - December 7, 2010

TNS-12545: Connect Failed Because Target Host or Object Does Not Exist tips - December 6, 2010

SQL*Net Round Trip Tracing tips - December 6, 2010

SQL*Net tracing tips - December 3, 2010

ORA-12014: table does not contain a primary key constraint tips - December 3, 2010

Oracle Hash Aggregation Tips - December 2, 2010

SQL Grouping by Timestamp - December 1, 2010

Create a Materialized View Using a Database Link - November 30, 2010

Oracle ASM Dictionary Tables - November 29, 2010

ORA-01920: user name 'string' conflicts with another user or role name - November 29, 2010

Suppressing NULL Column Values in SQL Output  - November 29, 2010

Oracle port number tips - November 24, 2010

Multiple schema copies on an Oracle server tips - November 24, 2010

Archived redo logs on shared ASM storage - November 24, 2010

ORA-31623: A Job is Not Attached to This Session Via the Specified Handle tips -November 24, 2010

How to Flush AWR Data - November 24, 2010

Disabling Oracle Cartesian Merge Joins - November 23, 2010

Oracle Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)  - November 23, 2010

PL/SQL Execute Immediate and Error Trap Checking  - November 22, 2010

Enterprise Manager is not able to connect to the Database instance  - November 2, 2010

nls_date_format tips - October 2, 2010

SQL wm_concat function - September 19, 2010

Oracle Business Intelligence 11g - September 18, 2010

New Features in Oracle Warehouse Builder - September 18, 2010

Data pumping Convenience - September 18, 2010

Performance Tuning Tools - September 17, 2010

Simplify Code Using PL/SQL - September 17, 2010

Multiple Redo log threads - September 17, 2010

Procedure works in SQL but not the scheduled job - September 16, 2010

Listener Service Registration - September 15, 2010

ORA-01284: file string cannot be opened tips - September 14, 2010

PLS-00109: unknown exception name tips - September 14, 2010

Display row where count(*) is zero? - September 4, 2010

Make a list of public holidays dates - September 3, 2010

Oracle undo_retention tips - September 1, 2010

Oracle Streams to be rolled into GoldenGate - September 1, 2010

Estimating the maximum results from a paginated Oracle SQL query - September 1, 2010

ORA-29260: network error: TNS:lost contact tips - August 27, 2010

Exporting dbms_stats tips - August 27, 2010

ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor - August 27, 2010

Oracle local listener tips - August 27, 2010

Inside the Oracle DBA boot camp scam - August 26, 2010

Add a new instance to a server tips - August 26, 2010

Where does the optimizer find details on disk RAID, stripe size and blocksize? - August 25, 2010

Oracle Stress Testing Tips - August 24, 2010

Oracle System Testing tips  - August 24, 2010

Large DML insert/update hanging tips - August 24, 2010

Local vs. global partitioned index query tips -  August 23, 2010

How to move an Oracle database between platforms -  August 20, 2010

Oracle time display mismatch tips -  August 20, 2010

Generating dates from dbms_scheduler  -  August 19, 2010

ORA-12058: materialized view cannot use prebuilt table tips  -  August 18, 2010

ORA-30678 too many open connections tips -  August 18, 2010

SAMPLE FAST FULL SCAN Tips -  August 16, 2010

Oracle composite index column ordering -  August 16, 2010

Send text message e-mails from OEM -  August 15, 2010

Send e-mails from Oracle to cell phone mobile SMS devices -  August 15, 2010

America's top Oracle experts -  August 13, 2010

ORA-25001: cannot create this trigger type on views tips -  August 13, 2010

RAC cluster verify (cluvfy) utility tips  -  August 13, 2010

Trace RAC CRS tips  -  August 12, 2010

Oracle convert number to float tips -  August 11, 2010

Oracle disable partitioned index tips -  August 11, 2010

Oracle disable index tips -  August 11, 2010

skip_unusable_indexes tips -  August 11, 2010

Troubleshooting slow SQL -  August 9, 2010

Script to remove old trace files in Windows -   August 8, 2010

Removing old archived redo log files in Windows -  August 8, 2010

Materialized Views and Database Links -  August 8, 2010

Oracle move partition tips -  August 8, 2010

Plugging-in a tablespace -  August 8, 2010

RMAN Recoverable Image Copy tips -  July 30, 2010

nmccollector.exe program tips -  July 30, 2010

Multiple alert logs in RAC -  July 29, 2010

Oracle TOAD technical support -  July 28, 2010

Oracle predictive modeling software -  July 28, 2010

Step to create NFS/NAS disks for ASM -  July 26, 2010

import ORA-04030 error tip -  July 25, 2010

dbms_ddl.wrap procedure tips -  July 24, 2010

Wrapping an Oracle package body  -  July 24, 2010

Force a materialized view refresh -  July 23, 2010

Oracle sessions parameter tips - July 23, 2010

Multiple instances on a server tips - July 23, 2010

Suspending a schedule job tips - July 22, 2010

Data Pump sqlfile parameter tips - July 22, 2010

ddl_lock_timeout tips - July 22, 2010

dbms_datapump metadata_remap tips - July 21, 2010

Oracle Storage Indexes - July 21, 2010

Oracle redo log usage tips - July 20, 2010

Order by NULLS first tips - July 19, 2010

Oracle test cases vs. benchmarks - July 18, 2010

accuracy vs. precision examples - July 18, 2010

ORA-01194: file needs more recovery to be consistent tips - July 17, 2010

How to get the exact time in Oracle - July 17, 2010

Excessive empty space within a table tips - July 16, 2010

Oracle Bug Code List - July 15, 2010

Locally Managed Tablespaces (LMT) benefits -  July 14, 2010

Oracle OCA requirements tips - July 13, 2010

Oracle UGA Tips -  July 9, 2010

Oracle design third normal form -  July 9, 2010

ORA-01994: GRANT failed orapwd file tips -  July 6, 2010

ORA-01743: only pure functions can be indexed Tips -  July 5, 2010

Oracle DBUA Upgrade Tips -  July 3, 2010

Sample tnsnames.ora file -  July 2, 2010

Sample sqlnet.ora file -  July 2, 2010

Sample listener.ora file -  July 2, 2010

TNS-01192 SID listener tips - July 2, 2010

Apex cannot print PDF with ORA-12570 error - July 1, 2010

ORA-12570: TNS:packet reader failure tips -  July 1, 2010

open source oracle reporting software -  June 29, 2010

Move a file to ASM storage tips -  June 27, 2010

Create a standby database using RMAN -  June 25, 2010

David Ellison: Heir to the Oracle throne? -  June 21, 2010

Oracle whistleblower asks for $42,000,000 reward - June 18, 2010

oracle log switch frequency - June 17, 2010

Oracle table fragmentation - June 16, 2010

Overloading oracle functions and stored procedures  - June 15, 2010

Display stored procedure arguments  - June 15, 2010

ORA-16608: One or more databases have warnings -  June 14, 2010

RMAN-06172 no autobackup found tips -  June 14, 2010

Using v$datafile to track database growth -  June 14, 2010

dba_hist_tablespace_stat tips -  June 12, 2010

Remove trailing spaces with trimspool -  June 11, 2010

2010 Oracle offshoring a disaster - June 10, 2010

ORA-29702 and ORA-15032 caught in ASM I/O path - June 10, 2010

Startup error ORA-16433 after RMAN cloning - June 10, 2010

2010 Oracle layoffs may exceed 10,000 - June 9, 2010

Oracle global vs. local partitioned indexes - June 4, 2010

Startup error ORA-48175 tips  - June 3, 2010

Two Phase Commit 2PC Tips - June 2, 2010

Named subqueries in Oracle SQL - May 29, 2010

Ideal personality type for a production support DBA - May 29, 2010

Import impdp ORA-39083 fix - May 29, 2010

Oracle view temp tablespace segment tips - May 28, 2010

How to use bad credit reports against employees - May 27, 2010

Transparent Data Encryption TDE with export import tips - May 27, 2010

Transporting TDE encrypted columns with export import encryption_password parameter - May 27, 2010

Oracle ZFS holding RAM memory - May 27, 2010

dbms_stats analyze index syntax - May 26, 2010

Releasing PGA RAM from xmldata - May 26, 2010

11g RMAN cloning  - May 26, 2010

Screening job applicants for immoral behavior - May 26, 2010

Database resident connection pooling (DRCP) vs Shared Servers (MTS) - May 26, 2010

Tuning execution plans for global temporary table and WITH clause materializations - May 26, 2010

Oracle sequence cache misses tips - May 23, 2010

Streams propagation error ORA-26851 - May 23, 2010

Oracle active database duplication - May 23, 2010

11g encrypted tablespace tips - May 23, 2010

Oracle transparent data encryption - TDE Tips - May 23, 2010

11g compound triggers - May 23, 2010

11g dynamic SQL Tips - May 22, 2010

Oracle unlimited licenses have limits? - May 21, 2010

ORA-04061: Existing state of string has been invalidated Tips - May 21, 2010

Uninstall/deinstall OEM Enterprise Manager - May 21, 2010

Oracle read only table  - May 20, 2010

Oracle: The requested URL was not found on this server - May 20, 2010

Oracle SQL WITH clause connect by isleaf - May 20, 2010

ORA-12532: TNS: invalid argument tips - May 19, 2010

dba_sql_plan_baselines tips - May 19, 2010

Oracle 11g upgrade performance problems - May 18, 2010

Oracle 11g resource_manager_plan new features - May 18, 2010

ORA-01926: cannot GRANT to a role WITH GRANT OPTION - May 17, 2010

Oracle 11g OEM new features - May 16, 2010

ORA-01466: Unable to read data -- Table definition has changed - May 15, 2010

Flashback error ORA-06553: PLS-213: package STANDARD not accessible - May 14, 2010

I/O bandwidth monitoring for multiple instances - May 14, 2010

Complex SQL Query Nesting Tips - May 14, 2010

Oracle Partitioning Pruning Tips - May 14, 2010

Oracle Global Index vs. Local Index - May 14, 2010

SQL*Plus Timing Start command tips - May 14, 2010

Streams Heartbeat Tips  - May 13, 2010

dbms_metadata.set_remap_param tips   - May 13, 2010

dbms_metadata.set_transform_param tips  -   May 13, 2010

ORA-26672: timeout occurred while stopping STREAMS process Tips -  May 12, 2010

Oracle lexical parameter Tips -  May 11, 2010

FRM-40509: Unable to UPDATE record Tips -  May 11, 2010

Kamran Agayev wins Oracle ACE award -  May 10, 2010

RMAN backup Optimization -  May 10, 2010

SP2-0310 unable to open file tips  -  May 10, 2010

ORA-30042: Cannot offline the undo tablespace tips -  May 10, 2010

There is no irreplaceable man poem  -  May 8, 2010

Oracle rlwrap tips  -  May 8, 2010

Computer Database sex gender codes  - May 7, 2010

Sizing the Data Guard SQL Apply LCR cache - May 7, 2010

Trace a RAC deadlock  - May 7, 2010

Oracle UNDO management tips - May 6, 2010

Insert Oracle CLOB column - May 5, 2010

Oracle ASM with NSF - May 4, 2010

_parallel_min_table_threshold tips - May 2, 2010

parallel_degree_policy tips - May 2, 2010

RAC Node affinity with parallel instance groups - May 1, 2010

ADRCI command tips! - May 1, 2010

Massachusetts State Privacy Law to effect hundreds of Oracle databases - April 29, 2010

Oracle societies & clubs - April 29, 2010

Oracle cardinality feedback tips - April 29, 2010

Installing Oracle on Oracle Enterprise Linux - April 26, 2010

Drop UNDO tablespace with active segment - April 26, 2010

Oracle server Internal file cache vs. JFS cache - April 25, 2010

dbms_utility.get_parameter_value tips - April 25, 2010

ORA-00267: name of archived log file not needed tips - April 25, 2010

Oracle with multiple physical disk blocksize - April 15, 2010

Oracle Wallet Secure external password file - April 15, 2010

Secure an external password file in Oracle - April 15, 2010

Oracle Pro*C SQL Array processing - April 15, 2010

Optimizer statistics for temporary tables - April 15, 2010

Oracle fixed statistics tips - April 15, 2010

ASM background timer tips - April 15, 2010

v$sql scripts - April 14, 2010

SQL Jokes! - April 14, 2010

Migrate Oracle OCR to ASM - April 12, 2010

Oracle Compatibility Matrix - April 12, 2010

Oracle Performance Management - April 12, 2010

Oracle Performance Tuning Guide - April 12, 2010

Oracle Performance Tips - April 12, 2010

Oracle Performance Tuning tools - April 12, 2010

ORA-56920 tips - April 12, 2010

Oracle dbms_dst Database is using a timezone file older than version 11 tips - April 12, 2010

ORA-39714: upgrade script utlmmig.sql failed tips - April 11, 2010

Oracle data modeling tips - April 11, 2010

utlrp.sql ORA-04020 error on dbms_standard - April 11, 2010

Inventor of Java resigns Oracle - April 11, 2010

sqlpath Windows Registry Entry tips - April 11, 2010

2010 Top Computer Information Systems jobs - March 15, 2010

Corporate travel etiquette manners - March 9, 2010

RMAN catalog command tips - February 21, 2010

set timing on tips - February 17, 2010

Measure run time for Oracle SQL - February 17, 2010

Oracle recover with missing redo log - February 15, 2010

SQL*Loader (sqlldr) example syntax - February 15, 2010

Linux Antivirus for Oracle Tips - February 15, 2010

Migrating Oracle SQL Profiles  February 12, 2010

ORA-00445 background process PMON did not start tips - February 11, 2010

ORA-1115 IO error reading block from file - February 11, 2010

Find the high water mark of parallel query processes - February 11, 2010

How to read distributed SQL execution plans - February 11, 2010

Oracle n-way Streams replication -   February 9, 2010

ORA-00279: change string generated tips -   February 2, 2010

Oracle metric table tips -  February 1, 2010

Importing data from Excel into Oracle -   January 30, 2010

Fix unnecessary full-table scans -  January 29, 2010

Oracle internal_function tips -  January 28, 2010

How to find Oracle deprecated parameters -   January 25, 2010

Oracle 10g deprecated parameters -  January 25, 2010

Oracle parameter list - January 25, 2010

SQL "partition" Analytic Function tips-  January 25, 2010

Oracle "over" Analytic Function tips -  January 25, 2010

Oracle analytic function examples -  January 25, 2010

Oracle top-n SQL -  January 25, 2010

AMM vs. manual RAM allocation tips -  January 19, 2010

Oracle applications scripts -  January 18, 2010

Oracle hugemem kernel tips -  January 17, 2010

Oracle select tips -  January 17, 2010

Oracle join elimination tips -  January 16, 2010

Disk calibrate_io tips -  January 16, 2010

Oracle 11g multiblock read tips - January 16, 2010

Spooling Oracle data to Excel - January 10, 2010

Find infrequently used indexes - January 10, 2010

Oracle design tuning - January 9, 2010

Oracle application tuning - January 9, 2010

Oracle startup I/O error - January 9, 2010

Oracle bitmap index maximum distinct values - January 8, 2010

Oracle Database File Systems (DBFS) tips - January 8, 2010

Oracle 11g connect as sysdba causes ORA-01031 - January 7, 2010

Oracle 2010 salary survey - January 6, 2010

Find SQL with highest disk reads - January 6, 2010

Find SQL with longest elapsed time - January 6, 2010

Upgrade 9i App Server to Oracle 10g Application Server - January 6, 2010

Oracle good hints list - January 6, 2010

Display Oracle background processes in windows - January 6, 2010

Oracle select for update tips - January 5, 2010

Oracle deadly embrace tips - January 5, 2010

Can an Oracle session deadlock itself? - January 5, 2010

Oracle fast recovery area tips - January 2, 2010

ignore_row_on_dupkey_index tips - January 1, 2010

Using dba_outstanding_alerts - December 29, 2009

alter database set standby to maximize protection tips - December 28, 2009

alter database set standby to maximize availability tips - December 28, 2009

alter database set standby to maximize performance tips - December 28, 2009

Oracle SQL ignores hint - December 26, 2009

Compare two CLOB columns - December 26, 2009

Oracle: Display optimizer features - December 24, 2009

Start the Windows Oracle service - December 24, 2009

ORA-28500: connection from ORACLE to a non-Oracle system tips - December 23, 2009

Oracle High Availability Services (OHAS) - December 22, 2009

Missing sequence gap in archived redo log - December 22, 2009

Setting the optimal disk RAID stripe size - December 21, 2009

ASM and RAID-10 stripe size - December 19, 2009

ASM hidden parameters - December 18, 2009

Oracle ASM internals - December 18, 2009

RAC failover_interval and failover_delay tips - December 18, 2009

RAC load balancing advisor tips - December 18, 2009

clb_goal and goal in dbms_service tips - December 18, 2009

FAN (fast application notification) - December 18, 2009

Technological feasibility and Oracle - December 17, 2009

v$flashback_database_log tips - November 25, 2009

Fixing ORA-00060: deadlock detected while waiting for resource - November 24, 2009

Oracle startup search order for spfile and pfile - November 24, 2009

Difference between dba_tables and dba_segments - November 24, 2009

Oracle ROWNUM and ROWID difference - October 28, 2009

Modeling irrational human decision processes - October 26, 2009

first_rows optimizer mode deprecated? -   October 20, 2009

SIMS Raleigh golf tournament 2009 -  October 20, 2009

Detect Oracle redo log gaps - October 19, 2009

See Oracle CPU by user session - October 19, 2009

Oracle YUM server - October 17, 2009

Oracle file watcher tips -  October 15, 2009

Oracle SQL Test case builder tips - October 15, 2009

Log actively being archived by another process tips - October 12, 2009

optimizer_use_pending_statistics tips - October 11, 2009

Linux optimal shmmax and shmall for Oracle - October 11, 2009

optimizer_use_invisible_indexes tips - October 11, 2009

Restricting oracle access tips - October 8, 2009

ORA-20003: File could not be opened or operated on as requested - October 7, 2009

SQL*Loader with tab delimited data - October 6, 2009

2009 Oracle security survey released - October 2, 2009

Oracle OS statistics - October 2, 2009

Understanding Oracle knowledge engineering - October 2, 2009

Oracle: Track table history - September 25, 2009

11g flash_cache changes to Oracle buffer pool management - September 25, 2009

Definition of spinning rust - September 25, 2009

Procedure to write comma-delimited table rows into a OS file - September 23, 2009

ORA-27069: skgfdisp: attempt to do I/O beyond the range of the file - September 21, 2009

Version tracking of PL/SQL code changes - September 21, 2009

See SQL details (rows processed) for a specific user session - September 19, 2009

Relating RAT, SPA and STS tuning components - September 18, 2009

Backup controlfile to trace places file into wrong directory - September 18, 2009

Using PL/SQL with DB2 - September 17, 2009

ORA-20000: index or partition of such index is in unusable state - September 15, 2009

Oracle Sun on Flashfire SSD - September 13, 2009

Oracle SQL execution plan cost column tips - September 12, 2009

The benefits of Oracle remote DBA support - September 12, 2009

Oracle's states goals of Sun takeover - September 12, 2009

Oracle 11g r2 new parallel query management enhancements - September 9, 2009

re-start here

SQL tuning with flash memory (solid state disks SSD RAM) - September 8, 2009

Oracle delayed block cleanout tips - September 8, 2009

PL/SQL one time only procedure tips - September 7, 2009

Recursive subquery factoring using the SQL WITH clause - September 6, 2009

Oracle Instance Caging tips - September 6, 2009

Oracle Omotion tips - September 6, 2009

RAC One Node tips - September 6, 2009

Oracle 11gr2 column level compression - September 5, 2009

Oracle flash_cache tips - September 5, 2009

High throughput vs. fast response time - September 4, 2009

Tuning SQL to invoke nested loops joins -  September 4, 2009

Information Technology (IT) speaker - September 3, 2009

Information Technology (IT) professional management organizations - September 3, 2009

Hardware advances and changes in Oracle technology - September 3, 2009

tnsnames.ora tips - August 30, 2009

Oracle business intelligence Tips - August 29, 2009

How to save your job from an Oracle layoff - August 29, 2009

Hardware advances and changes in Oracle technology - August 29, 2009

Oracle Utilities Tips - August 29, 2009

Hypercharging SQL by restructuring complex queries using intermediate results - August 29, 2009

Benchmark showing the difference in performance of complex SQL subqueries rewritten with intermediate tables - August 29, 2009

Oracle 11g changes to "order by" and "group by" performance - August 18, 2009

Oracle database products - August 16, 2009

Best practices for security policies for accessing production data - August 16, 2009

The force_matching_signature column - August 15, 2009

remote_os_authent tips - August 15, 2009

Best practices for scaling Oracle VLDB systems - August 14, 2009

Oracle wallet manager tips - August 13, 2009

Inside Oracle 2020 - August 13, 2009

Troubleshooting a hung Oracle database - August 12, 2009

dbms_stats.set_table_prefs tips - August 12, 2009

Equivalent of UNIX mtime for Windows - August 12, 2009

Oracle RAC SGA sizing - August 11, 2009

Oracle: lower table high water mark tips - August 11, 2009

Scheduling oracle index rebuilding - August 9, 2009

v$session_longops tips - August 4, 2009

ORA-16401: archivelog rejected by RFS tips - August 4, 2009

Oracle disaster recovery details - August 3, 2009

Oracle: Counting the number of table changes - August 3, 2009

Costs of SQL Server vs. Oracle - August 3, 2009

Updating tables with Oracle 11g compression - July 31, 2009

Swapping SQL Profiles - July 30, 2009

Inserts become slow as table grows - July 29, 2009

Oracle row_number analytic function - July 28, 2009

Oracle index hint syntax - July 28, 2009

Steps for Oracle performance tuning - July 28, 2009

Oracle redo log corruption - July 27, 2009

Oracle SQL Tuning tricks - July 26, 2009

Oracle hikes tuning pack prices - July 26, 2009

Oracle Windows listener error: System error 3 has occurred - July 25, 2009

Reuters says Oracle hacking will become easier - July 24, 2009

Tuning SQL with "rownum=1" - July 24, 2009

Oracle cross platform replication - July 24, 2009

Escaping special characters in PL/SQL - July 24, 2009

Oracle documentation best practices - July 22, 2009

Rewrite exists subquery using rank and partition analytics - July 21, 2009

Oracle patch set update (PSU) tips - July 20, 2009

SQL tuning and execution statistics - July 19, 2009

CNN reports DBA jobs in high demand in 2010 - July 18, 2009

ORA-04031: unable to allocate bytes of shared memory tips - July 17, 2009

Statistics and function-based indexes - July 12, 2009

DBA's arrested for stealing millions - July 10, 2009

Oracle derived parameters - July 9, 2009

Oracle processes parameter tips - July 9, 2009

SQL GROUP BY for time periods - July 9, 2009

Oracle on Google Chrome OS tips - July 8, 2009

dbms_space.object_growth_trend tips - July 8, 2009

Formatting numbers in Oracle SQL - July 8, 2009

Formatting numbers in Oracle SQL - July 8, 2009

Windows PowerShell for Oracle - July 7, 2009

The effect of optimizer_mode on SQL execution plans - July 6, 2009

Oracle alter system check datafile tips - July 6, 2009

Rewriting SQL for faster performance - July 5, 2009

Oracle SQL execution plan is incorrect - July 5, 2009

The NetApp Snap Manager for Oracle - July 4, 2009

Oracle SQL query chooses wrong index - July 3, 2009

Tuning Oracle dictionary SQL - July 2, 2009

Tuning Oracle SQL that has views - July 2, 2009

oracle optimizer costing equations - July 2, 2009

RMAN delete obsolete does not remove all files -  June 19, 2009

Oracle column-level security -  June 18, 2009

Tablespace size & initial extent size - June 18, 2009

SQL coalesce function tips - June 17, 2009

utl_file umask permission tips - June 15, 2009

Oracle Advanced Queuing tips - June 15, 2009

db_block_checking tips - June 15, 2009

Sequence of steps in oracle SQL explain plan - June 15, 2009

Hide Oracle password for SQL*Plus - June 12, 2009

Location of Oracle shutdown script - June 12, 2009

Oracle software license compliance consulting support

Debugging dbms_scheduler jobs - June 9, 2009

Oracle: Tracking failed logon attempts - June 9, 2009

See Oracle SQL execution details over time - June 8, 2009

Viewing SQL execution details over time - June 8, 2009

Oracle resource manager tips - June 7, 2009

Forcing partition pruning on a distributed query using a db-link - June 7, 2009

Default database writer processes tips - June 7, 2009

Performance of multiple schemas in a single instance - June 6, 2009

ORA-01450: maximum key length (string) exceeded tips - June 6, 2009

Advanced Oracle troubleshooting - June 5, 2009

Oracle Exadata benchmark uses bizarre initialization parameters - June 5, 2009

Understanding direct path read waits - June 5, 2009

ORA-12054: cannot set the ON COMMIT refresh attribute for the materialized view tips - June 4, 2009

Mapping Oracle data file extents to segments - June 3, 2009

Why is Oracle SQL query not using an index? - June 3, 2009

Convert SQL Server T-SQL to Oracle PL/SQL - June 3, 2009

database worst practices -  June 2, 2009

alter system start rolling upgrade tips - June 2, 2009

Low downtime Oracle upgrade secrets - June 2, 2009

Tracking Oracle blocking sessions - June 2, 2009

Don Burleson as a cult hero! - June 2, 2009

The role of the OS oracle user - June 2, 2009

dba_scheduler_job_log tips - June 1, 2009

Using v$sys_optimizer_env and v$sess_optimizer_env - June 1, 2009

Using dbms_shared_pool.purge to remove a single task from the library cache - June 1, 2009

Visualizing Oracle performance data to spot trend changes - June 1, 2009

Oracle to desupport RAW data files - May 30, 2009

Oracle ACE warns about optimizer bug - May 29, 2009

FRM-40510: ORACLE error: unable to DELETE record. - May 29, 2009

Oracle index performance - May 29, 2009

Tracking & auditing changes to your init.ora parameters - May 29, 2009

Create your own multidimensional interface for Oracle - May 29, 2009

Oracle Windows DOS script to detect and remove all trace files that are over 30 days old - May 28, 2009

Managing multiple Oracle instances -  May 27, 2009

Microsoft issues bizarre Oracle workaround - May 26, 2009

v$sysaux_occupants Tips - May 26, 2009

dbms_space.create_index_cost tips - May 26, 2009

Find Oracle blocking sessions - May 26, 2009

Oracle RAC blocking sessions - May 26, 2009

Oracle colored command line backgrounds - May 20, 2009

Oracle indexes tips - May 20, 2009

Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in Oracle Database 10g - May 19, 2009

Oracle redo log sizing advisor - May 19, 2009

ORA-39802: ADT not allowed in direct path mode tips - May 18, 2009

Real application testing tips - May 17, 2009

Oracle SR tips - May 17, 2009

dbms_stats.gather_table_stats tips - May 17, 2009

v$sql_feature tips - May 15, 2009

Oracle acquires Virtual Iron - May 14, 2009

Display all Oracle schemas - May 13, 2009

enq: TX - allocate ITL entry tips - May 13, 2009

Oracle Windows script to check alert log messages - May 13, 2009

Oracle OFA for Windows tips - May 13, 2009

Monitor index usage - May 12, 2009

ORA-24550: unhandled signal received tips - May 12, 2009

Oracle 12i upgrade

RMAN incremental backup tips - June 15, 2009

Oracle flashback database tips - May 11, 2009

ORA-14074 tips - May 11, 2009

ORA-16009: remote archive log destination must be a STANDBY database tips - May 10, 2009

Oracle recover standby database until cancel tips - May 10, 2009

Oracle Windows TNS error: No Listener found - May 9, 2009

What are Oracle statistics - May 9, 2009

How to create a duplicate database in Oracle - May 9, 2009

Script to query multiple Oracle servers & instances - May 9, 2009

Oracle standby database tips - May 8, 2009

Oracle recover standby database until cancel tips - May 8, 2009

Oracle interval partitioning tips - April 31, 2009

Difference between chained and migrated rows - April 31, 2009

Advanced scheduling of STATSPACK snapshots - April 30, 2009

_cursor_features_enabled tips - April 30, 2009

Monitor Oracle I/O with PL/SQL and gv$sysstat - April 29, 2009

Oracle nologging tips - April 28, 2009

Oracle row count for all tables in schema - April 28, 2009

Grant access to Oracle trace and dump files - April 28, 2009

Learning Oracle in plain English - April 27, 2009

Oracle transportable database tips - April 27, 2009

How to extract a jpg image from Oracle - April 27, 2009

Oracle system and session _fix_control tips - April 26, 2009

Oracle driving table tips - April 26, 2009

Oracle timed_statistics tips - April 26, 2009

The importance of communications skills for the Oracle DBA - April 25, 2009

Oracle monitoring with the vmstat wa column - April 25, 2009

Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert - April 25, 2009

ORA-04045: errors during recompilation/revalidation - April 24, 2009

Oracle on Nehalem - April 22, 2009

String parsing in Oracle - April 22, 2009

Invoking FTP from PL/SQL - April 22, 2009

Using dba_hist_log - April 21, 2009

Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems for $7.4b - April 20, 2009

Oracle vs. DB2 UDB - April 20, 2009

Plotting Oracle CPU Utilization percentage - April 20, 2009

PL/SQL script to shut down Oracle Windows server - April 20, 2009

Avoiding bad Oracle advice on the web - April 20, 2009

_ash_size and ASH data buffer size - April 19, 2009

Buffer cache size factors into Oracle optimizer execution plans - April 19, 2009

Oracle performance software tips

Display Oracle session volume per minute - April 18, 2009

Oracle Text: Map Linux to Windows path - April 16, 2009

DBA fer rednecks - April 14, 2009

The best Oracle blogs - April 13, 2009

2008 Oracle DBA salary survey - April 12, 2009

Fast data transfer between instances - April 11, 2009

Fix error ORA-39097: Data Pump job encountered unexpected error - April 11, 2009

Inside Oracle 11g fully automated SQL tuning - April 9, 2009

Days to previous day of the week in SQL - April 7, 2009

Display OS variables with dbms_system.get_env - April 6, 2009

Oracle 11g hidden undocumented parameters - April 5, 2009

Using v$sql_hint - April 5, 2009

Placing a date in a data pump export file name - April 1, 2009

Find historical SQL by date - March 27, 2009

Oracle memory leak troubleshooting - March 27, 2009

Alert log x$dbgalertext tips - March 26, 2009

What's the value of a professional DBA? - March 25, 2009

How to Display Oracle CLOB columns - March 6, 2009

Execute a shell script from a PL/SQL procedure - March 4, 2009

Oracle diagnostic tips

How to get more out of Oracle support -  March 2, 2009

Over-allocation of Oracle resources -  March 2, 2009

Restore a single table in RMAN -  March 1, 2009

Oracle SQL execution steps -  February 25, 2009

Remove spaces and special characters from Linux file names - February 24, 2009

How to extract a timestamp date from a LOB - February 24, 2009

Information Systems college major tips -  February 23, 2009

Find RAC waiting sessions - February 23, 2009

t_rman_insufficient_privileges.htm - February 7, 2009

Using v$memory_dynamic_components with AMM - June 1, 2009

Oracle performance management tips

Fix Oracle Hanging - February 4, 2009

Oracle Windows XP Tips - February 3, 2009

Oracle performance software tips

Oracle versioning tips - February 1, 2009

Disabling Automatic Memory Management and execution plan changes - January 31, 2009

parallel_adaptive_multi_user tips - January 31, 2009

Find an Oracle table column size -  January 22, 2009

What SQL is included in AWR tables? - January 22, 2009

Remove Oracle Windows registry -  January 22, 2009

Oracle DBA personality Quiz! - Not ready for release!

Upgrade Oracle 9i to Oracle 11g - January 21, 2009

Upgrade Oracle 8i to Oracle 10g - January 21, 2009

Oracle SQL Plan Regression -  January 20, 2009

Managing legacy Oracle databases - January 19, 2009

Oracle RAM Disk performance Tips - January 19, 2009

Cartoon illustrations for explaining technical topics - January 17, 2009

Oracle patch tracking & patch management - January 16, 2009

Oracle log switch SQL reports - January 15, 2009

Custom RMAN catalog reports - January 12, 2009

Historical analysis of SQL execution plans - January 9, 2009

Differences between Data Pump impdp and import utility -  January 3, 2009

Oracle data pump impdp import modes -  January 3, 2009

Oracle Data Pump expdp export modes -  January 3, 2009

Oracle software engineer duties - January 2, 2009

Fix ASMCMD slow performance - January 1, 2009

Import: Tablespace does not exist tips - December 30, 2008

Oracle export query option tips - December 29, 2008

How to index on a SQL CASE statement - December 29, 2008

How to remove an expired backupset with RMAN - December 29, 2008

Oracle SQL for padding leading zeros - December 28, 2008

ORA-00845: MEMORY_TARGET not supported on this system tips - December 27, 2008

Understanding a key preserved table - December 27, 2008

Script to identify index fragmentation - December 23, 2008

Oracle Windows tnsnames.ora location - December 26, 2008

ORA-1652: unable to extend temp segment tips - December 23, 2008

Oracle script to detect index fragmentation - December 23, 2008

Fix hanging SHUTDOWN: waiting for active calls to complete - December 22, 2008

opmnctl gives IP port conflict error - December 19, 2008

Export Import optimizer statistics with dbms_stats - December 19, 2008

BC papers - Collaborate 2009

Origin of nowt so queer as folk

SQL to Display fields of two tables in tabular form - December 18, 2008

How to buy Rampant Oracle books in India - December 18, 2008

Supplementing Oracle technical support - December 17, 2008

Oracle service request support - December 17, 2008

How to reclaim space from a temp segment - December 16, 2008

driving_site hint tips - December 16, 2008

Fix SQL Developer vendor error 17002 - December 15, 2008

How to remove a database instance - December 14, 2008

A script to detect when indexes require rebuilding - December 13, 2008

How to read a text file into an Oracle table - December 13, 2008

Create Oracle listener on a non-standard port number - December 13, 2008

Oracle technical support and archivelog mode - December 13, 2008

A case study in incomplete recovery - December 13, 2008

Managing swap in Oracle Linux & UNIX - December 13, 2008

Handy awk commands - December 13, 2008

How to monitor a data pump import - December 12, 2008

Find large files in a UNIX/Linux directory - December 10, 2008

Find recent files in a directory - December 10, 2008

Script to clean up Oracle trace & dump files - December 10, 2008

UNIX/Linux script to remove old archived redo log files - December 10, 2008

EXP-00056: ORACLE error 6502 encountered - December 10, 2008

Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) performance benchmark test - December 9, 2008

Accessing an ASM instance from DB Console - December 8, 2008

Blocking access to Oracle - December 8, 2008

How to store a PDF file into Oracle? - December 6, 2008

Oracle merge performance issues - December 5, 2008

Oracle default tablespace tips - December 5, 2008

Oracle Visualization techniques

Resolving the ORA-02050: transaction string rolled back error - December 3, 2008

Parallel_index hint tips - December 3, 2008

What session has locked a PL/SQL package? - December 3, 2008

Display distinct multiple columns with SQL - December 2, 2008

Display all Oracle privileges within a schema - December 2, 2008

Crontab entries for holidays - December 2, 2008

Tuning Oracle parallel updates - December 2, 2008

Why use an American Oracle Training Class? - December 1, 2008

Oracle optimal parallel degree tips - November 30, 2008

Oracle MDM: Master Data Management - November 30, 2008

Loading large datasets with SQL*Loader - November 28, 2008

v$recovery_file_dest and v$flash_recovery_area_usage give bad results - November 26, 2008

Using v$sort_usage tips - November 26, 2008

Oracle enqueue wait tips - November 26, 2008

Oracle 11g upgrade bug causes unnecessary disk sorts - November 26, 2008

How much rollback segment spaced is used by a SQL session? - November 25, 2008

Using v$version in Oracle scripts - November 25, 2008

ORA-27092 tips - November 21, 2008

Using DDL in PL/SQL - November 20, 2008

Oracle eBusiness Suite r12 Workflow Training Class

Oracle EBS-R12 Training Classes

Identifying Oracle professionals for layoffs - November 20, 2008

Oracle Management Downsizing Tips - November 19, 2008

Using the Linux/UNIX fuser command with Oracle - November 18, 2008

What is a "fuzzy" Oracle file? - November 16, 2008

Preventing Oracle chained migrated rows - November 15, 2008

What is the difference between a chained row and a migrated row in Oracle? - November 15, 2008

Shell script to check the Oracle alert log - November 13, 2008

Best scripting language for Oracle? - November 12, 2008

Oracle release dates - November 11, 2008

dbms_lob.getlength gives incorrect length - November 11, 2008

Using Linux Hugepages with Oracle - November 10, 2008

How to display your Oracle session ID number - November 10, 2008

Using Oracle ASM with RAC tips - November 6, 2008

PL/SQL debugging tips - November 5, 2008

How to become an Oracle programmer / developer - November 5, 2008

Space management with LOB tables using PCTVERSION and RETENTION - November 5, 2008

ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file tips - November 4, 2008

How often should I apply Oracle CPU patches? - 3 November 2008

Oracle parallel recovery tips - July 15, 2008

Oracle active data guard tips - July 15, 2008

How to insert a BLOB image from a client PC - July 15, 2008

Script to monitor the alert log - July 16, 2008

Creating XML with PL/SQL - July 16, 2008

RAC JDBC tips - July 17, 2008

Oracle Monitoring Best Practices - July 21, 2008

Differences between Oracle 9i and 10g - July 23, 2008

Oracle workload tips - WIP

Burleson Regional DBA

Oracle data recovery support

Oracle x$dbgdirext tips

Oracle Discoverer releases and desupport dates

Oracle tuning For Windows

Remove archived redo log files in Windows - August 12, 2009

Oracle Windows consulting support

Oracle database recovery support

Oracle recovery support

Oracle data recovery tips - August 5, 2009

 SQL Server Scripts

Oracle disaster planning

show current SQL tips

Oracle auditing tips -  July 29, 2008

How to Monitor CPU usage in UNIX  -  July 29, 2008

TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name tips -July 31, 2008

Get faster performance with composite bitmap indexes - August 1, 2008

Repair corrupt Oracle blocks - August 6, 2008

Using Cube Oriented Materialized Views - August 6, 2008

Oracle RAC instance affinity tips - August 8, 2008

Scheduling job on specific instances - August 8, 2008

Origin "Meanwhile back at the ranch" - August 11, 2008

ASM Cluster Filesystem (ACFS) in 11gR2 -  August 11, 2008

Oracle 11g release 2: Cluster Voting Disk and Cluster Registry in ASM -  August 11, 2008

Oracle 11g R2: ASM Dynamic Volume Manager -  August 11, 2008

ASM Cluster File System Snapshots -  August 11, 2008

ASM Optimal Disk Placement (ODP) -  August 11, 2008

Renaming ASM Disk Groups -  August 11, 2008

How to find leading and trailing spaces - August 12, 2008

Limitations of Apex? - August 23, 2008

ORA-12542: TNS:address already in use tips - August 24, 2008

How to do a loop in Oracle SQL - August 24, 2008

Troubleshooting Oracle performance - August 26, 2008

SQL to find the previous word in a text string - August 27, 2008

Oracle Pivot examples - August 28, 2008

Invoking an Oracle bat file from dbms_schedule

 

Understanding Oracle troubleshooting - September 4, 2008

Creative STATSPACK and AWR scripts - September 6, 2008

Auditing Oracle features used with dba_usage_features_statistics - September 6, 2008

Inside Oracle cloud Computing - October 6, 2008

Oracle bloom filter hashing - October 7, 2008

The Oracle "Scott/tiger" User - October 13, 2008

Oracle: set threshold alerts - October 14, 2008

Storing video files in Oracle - October 14, 2008

Managing the Oracle alert log file - October 14, 2008

Oracle bind variable peeking tips - October 14, 2008

Oracle is a profession, not a trade! - October 15, 2008

SQL Profiles to replace stored outlines - October 16, 2008

When CPU speed hinders storage speed - October 16, 2008

Why does OEM import keeps large tablespace size? - October 17, 2008

New Intel SSD for personal computer systems - October 18, 2008

How to write SQL injection-proof PL/SQL - October 18, 2008

Oracle Windows 3GB tips - October 20, 2008

Difference between logical & physical standby database? - October 21, 2008

What does a DBA examine when starting a new job? - October 21, 2008

ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files tips - October 22, 2008

db_flashback_retention_target tips - October 23, 2008

Teradata endorses SSD for future data warehouse systems - October 25, 2008

Oracle delete performance tips -  October 25, 2008

How to start Oracle Windows services - October 26, 2008

Parallel create index tips - October 27, 2008

Optimizing Oracle data file size - October 27, 2008

Setting the priority for Oracle batch jobs - October 28, 2008

Does FORALL improve delete performance? - October 28, 2008

How much PL/SQL context switching with forall and bulk collect? - October 28, 2008

Oracle SQL response time monitoring - October 29, 2008

Insufficient privileges to create a view - October 29, 2008

How to disable Streams synchronous CDC - October 29, 2008

append Oracle tips - October 31, 2008

Oracle sga_max_size tips - October 31, 2008

Why does OEM import keeps large tablespace size? - October 31, 2008

How to schedule image changes on a web site? - October 31, 2008

Using Confio Ignite for reactive tuning - November 1, 2008

ORA-25183: index-organized table top index segment is in a different tablespace tips - November 1, 2008

ORA-01354: Supplemental log data must be added to run this command

dbms_file_transfer.copy_file tips

Oracle XML Formatting tips

Get current date and time tips

How to change the default data format

Forcing a Materialized View to be picked up

Oracle on Windows 7 support

Using the analyze command and DBMS_STATS

Interested Transaction List

ORA-16146 and bug 6004936

Mapping objects to relational tables

Oracle expdp tips

Oracle WebLogic Tips

Oracle tuning For Solaris

dbms_stats.set_table_prefs tips - August 12, 2009

Migrate MySQL to Oracle

Migrate SQL Server to Oracle

RMAN-20098: invalid backup redo log low scn

Oracle NVL

How to re-size an Oracle database

Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) Informix migration

Difference between reloads and pin miss

Changing your Oracle character set

See RAM usage for an Oracle session

See contents of oracle library cache

Spool SYSDATE to a csv spreadsheet name

ORA-19566 Exceeded limit of corrupt blocks tips

Module name in dbms_application_info

_kgl_large_heap_warning_threshold

How to debug sql*net conectivity

Fixing oracle network connect errors

Monitoring growth with dba_hist_tbspc_space_usage

optimizer_dynamic_sampling tips

Tips for using the opt_estimate hint

Using Oracle test cases

Oracle: write a file to to a client PC

Midori OS to displace Windows

ORA-28674: cannot reference transient index-organized table tips

SQL coding best practices

Oracle Checkpointing internals

Oracle SQL Tuning book

ETL tools for transferring Universe DB with Globus to Oracle

SQL Test Case Builder Tips

Sun CMT servers with Oracle

Buffer Exterminate wait tips

Oracle VLAN

On-site SQL Server Training Courses

Finding quality Oracle EBS training

Oracle tuning For Solaris

 

Data Guard Managed Recovery Tips
v$dataguard_status script

v$managed_standby Tips

v$archive_log tips

Data Guard parameters Tips

Data Guard tnsnames and listsner.ora Tips

Starting a standby database tips

Create a Logical Standby Database Tips

Oracle Dataguard Logical Oracle instance LogMiner Switchover Failover Collection Data Types

dba_logstdby_unsupported script

Rely constraint tips

dba_logstdby_not_unique Tips

LogMiner tablespace tips

 

 

Oracle tuning on HP UX UNIX - July 25, 2009

Oracle tuning on Linux - July 25, 2009

Logical backup file name with date

Reset an ASM diskgroup

using the remap_table import option

Oracle DBA advisor tables -  August 1, 2009

Oracle SQL last_day function - August 1, 2009

How to Monitor Oracle Streams

How to migrate from Windows to Linux using RMAN

Oracle RAC node eviction tips

Oracle support services

Optimal Oracle bitmap index values?

Optimal Oracle bitmap index values

Oracle licensing compliance support

Oracle: Display optimizer features - December 24, 2009

Frequent commits and ORA-01555

Oracle numa tips

Oracle library cache contention tips

What to do when you cannot log on to Oracle

Using utl_http for uploading into Oracle

Oracle index skip scan tips

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Fix a broken Oracle db link

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Applying a Fine-Grained Auditing Policy

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New Types of VPD Policies

Extended Flashback Functions

Flashback and RMAN

Transport Layer Security (TLS) Support

Password-Authenticated Enterprise User Login Information Security

Wallet Manager - Using Autologin with Wallets

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Security Risks of Centralized Security Credential Management

Nested MV enhancement Tips

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RAC Recovery Tips

Media Recovery in RAC Instances

Oracle 10g Grid Computing RAC Backup Recovery Raw File System Environment NFS Mount

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Standby Databases with RAC Tips

RAC Log Shipping when the Standby Database Is a Single Node System

Archive Log Gap Resolution and FAL

DBCA Automated RAC Services Configuration

Creating a RAC Database with the DBCA

Oracle 10g Obsolete Parameters

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Benefits of Oracle clusters

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impdp tips - 21 May 2012

Audit_trail parameter tips - 21 May 2012

Smallfile tablespace tips - 21 May 2012

Optimal data buffer cache hit ratio tips - 20 May 2012

Oracle smart scan tips - 17 May 2012

Move RAC redo log files in ASM - 17 May 2012

RMAN Tablespace Report example  - 17 May 2012

ORA-31003 Tips - 16 May 2012

How to read an AWR report - 16 May 2012

v$access tips - 15 May 2012

ORA-01555 in expdp - 14 May 2012

Add a bucket to a frequency histogram - 14 May 2012

Insert Nested Table tips - 14 May 2012

SQL to add row counts from multiple tables - 13 May 2012

How to switch between multiple databases releases on Windows - 9 May 2012

Convert excel files into Oracle Tables - 8 May 2012

execute immediate causes insufficient privileges over a database link   - 8 May 2012

LOB freepools Tips -  8 May 2012

Uninstall Oracle XE Windows Tips - 8 May 2012

Convert VARCHAR2 to CLOB Tips - 8 May 2012

Remove Oracle table row lock - 7 May 2013

Natural vs surrogate keys for Oracle tables - 7 May 2013

How to monitor Data Pump sessions - 7 May 2013 

How to validate that a SQL*Plus script executed successfully - 7 May 2013

How to see if I am licensed to use AWR -  6 May 2013

Public Synonyms Tips- 5 May 2013

current_schema Tips - 5 May 2013

RMAN duplicate database Tips - 5 May 2013

endian format Tips - 4 May 2013

optimizer_sql_plan_baselines Tips - 3 May 2013

ORA-16025 Tips - 3 May 2013

cursor: pin S wait on X Tips - 1 May 2013

impdp specific column tips - 1 May 2013

Oracle Windows job scheduler tips -  30 April 2013

Chain together Oracle jobs - 29 April 2013

Test the Windows Oracle Service - 29 April 2013

Oracle fix_corrupt_blocks - 29 April 2013

Oracle validate structure command - 29 April 2013

Add space to Oracle tablespace - 29 April 2013

Run SQL*Plus script from DOS - 28 April 2013

Run Oracle export script from Windows DOS - 28 April 2013

Standard Linux/UNIX prompt for Oracle - 28 April 2013

Change Oracle environment in UNIX/Linux - 28 April 2013

sample login file for Oracle UNIX/Linux - 28 April 2013

bash .profile for Oracle  - 28 April 2013

ksh .profile for Oracle - 28 April 2013

Get 10g SQL plans - 28 April 2013

Oracle waiting SQL -   27 April 2013

TT0802: Database permanent space exhausted Tips -  27 April 2013

db_writer_processes Tips -  25 April 2013

Reading the XML alert log -  23 April 2013

v$sql_optimizer_env Tips - 22 April 2013

v$sql_shared_cursor Tips - 22 April 2013

PLS-00310 Tips - 22 April 2013

parallel_min_time_threshold Tips  - 19 April 2013

v$waitclassmetric Tips  - 16 April 2013

Query level change notification Tips - 16 April 2013

ORA-01155 Tips - 15 April 2013

sga_target Tips - 30 March 2013

sga_size_factor Tips - 27 March 2013

ORA-26713 Streams Apply Tips - 27 March 2013

Compress Oracle tablespaces - 26 March 2013

Disabling AWR data purging - 25 March 2013

Oracle display tablespace contents - 25 March 2013

index_rs_asc hint tips -   25 March 2013

Convert Oracle dmp file -  23 March 2013

RMAN CATALOG vs. NOCATALOG Mode? - 22 March 2013

default ORACLE_HOME location on Windows - 21 March 2013

ezconnect Tips - 22 March 2013

v$rowcache Tips - 22 March 2013

row cache hit ratio Tips - 22 March 2013

log_archive_dest_2 Tips - 22 March 2013

Cloning ORACLE_HOME Tips - 21 March 2013

Monitor Oracle Connections Tips -  12 March 2013

Oracle IP address history Tips -  11 March 2013

offset fetch first rows only tips - 11 March 2013

How to cancel a concurrent manager request - 28 February 2013

Oracle 12c adaptive optimization of SQL - 26 February 2013

shared pool internals - 22 February 2013

AWR Report CPU Analysis - 20 February 2013

First_rows tips - 19 February 2013

ORA-27085 Tips - 15 February 2013

Extended cursor_sharing tips - 12 February 2013

bind_aware hint tips - 12 February 2013

ORA-29283 with impdp network_link - 11 February 2013

Max partitions in table - 11 February 2013

Get ORACLE_SID from inside PL/SQL - 10 February 2013

Fix shared pool latch contention - 9 February 2013

SQL Optimizer Transformations - 8 February 2013

Find SQL*Plus file path  - 7 February 2013

STARTUP_WAIT_TIME Tips - 6 February 2013

DBGSQL Tips - 4 February 2013

Port number of OEM? -  3 February 2013

Location of DDL files for SQL*Plus- 1 February 2013

ORA-24756 Tips - 1 February 2013

Difference between rman and Oracle Secure Backup -  29 January 2013

ASM Template Tips -  29 January 2013

_optimizer_group_by_placement tips -  27 January 2013

_optimizer_extend_jppd_view_types tips -  27 January 2013

Installation of AWR - 25 January 2013

Parallel_max_servers tips - 25 January 2013

Solaris 32-bit 64-bit for Oracle - 23 January 2013

How to enable automatic statistics collection in 11g r2 - 22 January 2013

Find tables that do not belong in the SYSTEM tablespace - 22 January 2013

Purging AWR statistics from Oracle  - 15 January 2013

Extract SQL from Oracle - 14 January 2013

Add Streams replication to new server node - 11 January 2013

Oracle zombie process Tips - 10 January 2013

Oracle dictionary object time created?  - 10 January 2013

Oracle diagnostic_tuning_pack_installed - 6 January 2013

Oracle export tape tips - 6 January 2013

authid & invoker rights - 5 January 2013

authid & definer rights tips - 5 January 2013

Invisible data columns Tips - 5 January 2013

alter database move datafile <number> tips - 4 January 2013

max_sql_string_size Tips - 4 January 2013

expdp view_as_tables Tips - 3 January 2013

DBCA database name display Tips - 3 January 2013

What does a Core DBA do?  - 2 January 2013

Difference between Oracle DBA and Oracle Apps DBA - 31 December 2012

Oracle first_rows vs all rows optimization - 31 December 2012

Difference between Oracle DBA and Oracle Apps DBA -  29 December 2012

Oracle nosort index - 28 December 2012

Linux Script using UTL_MAIL from SQL* PLUS - 28 December 2012

ORA-01210: data file header is media corrupt Tips - 26 December 2012

Oracle CCA Tips - 24 December 2012

ORA-38136 ORA-04067 on export - 24 December 2012

Where are the value for oracle sequences stored? - 24 December 2012

TNS poison attack tips - 23 December 2012

Oracle directory object tips - 22 December 2012

Export table to csv Tips- 21 December 2012

How to generate a csv of a oracle table Tips - 21 December 2012

AU size and stripe size tips - 21 December 2012

Database size by month tips - 21 December 2012

Database size by day tips - 21 December 2012

Cemutlo tips - 20 December 2012

AWR report for RAC Tips - 17 December 2012

Get AWR report on two time periods - 17 December 2012

Data Pump Import/export parallel tips - 17 December 2012

Get AWR report on windows - 17 December 2012

List AWR Snapshots - 17 December 2012

Select remote table DDL Tips - 15 December 2012

ORA-16024: parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 cannot be parsed Tips - 14 December 2012

Testing a database link Tips - 14 December 2012

Change long raw datatype to character column - 14 December 2012

Insert into long raw column Tips - 13 December 2012

ORA-19554 ORA-27211: Failed to load Media Management Library Tips - 13 December 2012

EXP-00008: ORACLE error 1455 encountered Tips  - 13 December 2012

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Export to csv file Tips - 12 December 2012

Modify AWR Automatic Snapshot Settings - 12 December 2012

Simulate Load on Oracle Database - 11 December 2012

Find Location of Oracle redo logs on Windows - 10 December 2012

ORA-00823 Tips - 10 December 2012

dba_dml_locks Tips - 10 December 2012

dba_hist_resource_limit Tips - 7 December 2012

wri$_optstat_tab_history Tips - 6 December 2012

Monitor Oracle alert log Tips - 28 November 2012

Size of Oracle database - 27 November 2012

How to tell when partition pruning is used - 27 November 2012

Encrypt BFILE column Tips -  26 November 2012

How to force an execution plan -  25 November 2012

_db_block_cache_protect tips -  21 November 2012

_awr_flush_threshold_metrics tips -  21 November 2012

Optimal SHMMAX for Oracle -  21 November 2012

rows per second Oracle throughput Tips -  21 November 2012

Convert BLOB to CLOB script - 21 November 2012

How often to reanalyze statistics Tips - 20 November 2012

SGA: allocation forcing component growth Tips - 19 November 2012

How to read an Export expdp dmp file - 19 November 2012

current trace file Tips - 17 November 2012

Export table and index definitions only - 16 November 2012

Oracle Direct Read vs physical read Tips  - 15 November 2012

find oracle corruption - 15 November 2012

Oracle 11g release 2 upgrade performance problems - 13 November 2012

Java ORA-01461 solution - 13 November 2012

ORA-31684 import error Tips - 13 November 2012

export import from Solaris to Linux - 13 November 2012

ASM vs filesystems   - 13 November 2012

Alter table column from LONG to CLOB Tips -  11 November 2012

dbms_job.submit Tips - 10 November 2012

Oracle schema definition Tips - 9 November 2012

impdp import with ORA-04020 error - 9 November 2012

How to display the execution plan for a finished SQL - 8 November 2012

display composite indexes Tips - 8 November 2012

resmgr:cpu quantum Tips - 8 November 2012

PL/SQL Exception Tips - 8 November 2012

RMAN vs. EBU Features - 8 November 2012

tnsping syntax Tips - 8 November 2012

fatal ni connect error 12170 Tips - 7 November 2012

RAM used by session Tips - 7 November 2012

dba_hist_service_wait_class Tips - 7 November 2012

KEEP pool data buffer hit ratio - 7 November 2012

Data buffer hit ratio for multiple data buffer pools - 7 November 2012

RAM used by SQL Query Tips - 7 November 2012

RAM used by Oracle user - 7 November 2012

What sessions are using a database link? - 6 November 2012

See when an Oracle table was last changed - 5 November 2012

ORA-12557: TNS:protocol adapter not loadable - 5 November 2012

Expdp Impdp Network_Link Tips - 5 November 2012

ORA-29701: Unable to connect to Cluster Manager Tips - 5 November 2012

XTTS - 5 November 2012

OER 7451 in Load Indicator Tips - 5 November 2012

Get DDL for Materialized View Script - 5 November 2012

Oracle isnumeric test - 5 November 2012

Find recently executed SQL - 5 November 2012

user who is running a SQL Tips - 5 November 2012

DDL over a db link tips - 5 November 2012

PLS-00201: identifier ‘DBSNMP.BSLN_INTERNAL’ must be declared - 5 November 2012

Time Drift Detected tips - 5 November 2012

RMAN tuning Tips - 4 November 2012

Oracle processes high disk reads - 4 November 2012

Oracle tablespace Growth scripts - 4 November 2012

ORA-39152: Table exists Tips - 4 November 2012

Compare Oracle Database Tips - 4 November 2012

Recover Oracle database Tips - 4 November 2012

newgrp command Tips - 4 November 2012

setfacl getfacl command Tips - 4 November 2012

Import nls_lang not compatible - 3 November 2012

UDI-00018 Tips - 2 November 2012


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Creating Oracle replication Push/Purge Jobs

Create Master Replication Group

Adding Tables to the Master Replication Group

dbms_repcat.genrate_replication_support tips

Adding multiple Oracle replication Master Sites

Oracle Replication Multimaster Enterprise Manager Repadmin

do_deferred_repcat_admin Tips

Multi-Master replication Key Conflict Tips

Adding and Removing Oracle replication Objects

Replication Parameters

Repadmin Schema Tips

repuser user Account Tips

Repproxy and repadmin Replication Schemas

Database links for Replication Tips

Configure Tables for Replication Tips

Overview of Replication Packages

Oracle Materialized Views Replication

Primary Key Based Oracle Materialized Views

Oracle Materialized View Replication ROWID

Replication catrep.sql Tips

Replication conflict avoidance tips

Create REPADMIN User

Create REPPROXY User

dbms_rectifier_diff

Monitoring Oracle replication Conflict Resolution

OEM to Define Oracle replication Conflict Resolution Methods

Replication Master Site User Tips

Replication Refresh Groups with OEM

Defining Oracle replication Site Priority

Oracle replication User on the Remote Site

Oracle Updatable Materialized View UMV Replication

 


 

Disk pages re-names

scsi_options tips

sd_io_time tips

Configuration of CFS or Raw Devices

Configure OCFS for Linux

Configure PolyServe Cluster File System for Linux

PSFS File System Tips

ATA Tuning in LINUX

Tuning the SCSI Interface

SCSI Bus Tips

LVM Tips

Context Dependent Symbolic Link

Vertias CFS

HP Tru64 Cluster file system Tips

Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) Tips

Oracle Disk Manager Tips

Configuration of ASM

Oracle SCSI Tips

IEEE 1394 Interface Tips

Veritas Volume Manager

etc/rc.config: Tips

Kernelized Asynchronous I/O

 

 

 


 

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MD5 Security Tips

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Statements that are not auditable as privileges

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Protecting the Audit Trail

Grants Auditing

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Oracle Privacy Security Auditing FGA Fine Grained Archiving Audit Data

List of Oracle security commands

ALTER SESSION Tips

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Find Non-Schema Owners with Schema Privileges

Default Role Tips

Find Privileges in Roles

Object Access-Based Security

Object Masquerading

Encryption Concepts

Oracle Policy Manager Tips

Privilege Auditing


 

INT Book

 

_allow_resetlogs_corruption tips

Oracle Trace Event Classes

EVENT Initialization Parameters

Alter session set event tips

Tablespace free space Script

Extract Oracle parameters

Latch sleep script

Partitioned Table Script

Partition Statistics script

Waiting sessions Script

Monitoring DDL Locks

Monitoring Internal Locks

Table column grant script

Oracle Database Policy Script

Monitoring Currently Logged-in User Processes

Monitoring Profiles

Audit Table Monitoring



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Oracle Hardware Design

Oracle Server Swap Disk Tips

Network design for Oracle

queuesize parameter in listener.ora

Connection Pooling Tips

Oracle Hardware Design ODBC Network Performance Replication Snapshot Materialized View

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Oracle object ID Tips

Design with VARRAY Tables Tips

Oracle non first normal form table design

 

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DBMS_PROPAGATION_ADM.ALTER_PROPAGATION Tips

Streams Apply Handler Tips

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Streams Apply Process Rules

Oracle Reader Server:

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Streams add_subset_rules tips

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Streams Dequeue Latency with dba_apply_progress

Streams v$archived_log tips

Streams dba_registered_archived_log Tips

Streams v$database script

Streams v$dblink Tips

v$logmnr_dictionary Tips

dba_streams_unsupported Tips

v$buffered_publishers Tips

v$buffered_queues Tips

v$buffered_subscribers Tips

v$propagation_receiver_sender

dba_propagation tips

dba_queues dba_queues_tables dba_queues_schedules

Rule Rule Set v$rule v$rule_set

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SQL time datatypes

Materialized View characteristics

Inline Views

SQL Set Operations

Set Operations: Union



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Oracle RAC application server & failover clusters

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Oracle lsnrctl commands

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Oracle PL/SQL Wrap Utility for Encryption

Oracle wrap utility

Oracle pl/sql encryption wrap

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tkprof Command Line Options

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Why Oracle on Linux?

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Supported Linux for Oracle Tips

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Processes & Threads in Linux

Linux character & block devices

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Oracle large pool tips

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v$memory_dynamic_components Tips

Oracle flashback memory buffer Tips

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Streams Pool

The v$pgastat view

v$mutex_sleep tips

Windows Memory and Threads

UNIX and ipcs commands

sysresv and pmap command tips

Memory Stack Traces

Database Isolation Levels and Serialization for Transactions

Types of Locks Within Oracle

Lock Management and Escalation

Detecting Lock Conflicts

Serializing locks with Oracle

Explicit lock tips

Insufficient ITL slots

Latches

redo log buffer latch tips

Shared pool latches

Exploring v$latch and v$latchname Views

How Latches Differ From Locks

Latch Contention Issues with Oracle

New v$ Views in Oracle 11g

v$ views for the DBA

v$ir_repair

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Viewing Linux Command History

Installing Linux for Oracle

Configuring Disks for Linux on Oracle

Choosing a Distribution of Linux for Oracle

Linux Repeating Previous Commands

VirtualBox Linux Oracle Tips

Linux touch Command

Linux Slash Home Directory

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Viewing Linux Files for the Oracle DBA

Searching for Files

Examining the System

Advanced Command Line Use

Exporting Variables

Viewing and Controlling What is Executed

Checking What is Executed

Becoming Another User with su Command

Linux File and Directory Permissions for the Oracle DBA

Editing with vi and vim

Different Modes in vi

Commands for Making and Undoing Changes

Listing Multiple Commands on One Line

Single and Double Quotes

Standard Input and Output Streams

Reading Input from a File or from the Terminal

Linux Shell Scripting for the Oracle DBA

Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)

X Windows Forwarding

X Windows Forwarding on Mac OS X

VNC Virtual Network Computing Server

Tunneling VNC Through SSH and Connecting

Closing and Reconnecting VNC Sessions

Oracle Requirements and Installation

Linux for the Oracle DBA Software Requirements and RPM Package Manager

Security Enabled Linux (SELinux)

Creating the Oracle Software Owner and Group

Starting the Oracle Installer

Customizing the Oracle User's Environment

Starting Up, Shutting Down and Runlevels

The init Program and Runlevels

Shutting Down and Restarting Linux for the Oracle DBA

Setting What Runlevel to Start Into

Linux Startup and Shutdown Scripts for the Oracle DBA

Users and Groups

Determining the Current User, Group and Who is on the System

Who Recently Logged Into the System?

Files Associated with User, Group and Password Management

Managing Users

Modifying a User's Account Using the usermod Command

Using the userdel command to delete a User

The Importance of Consistent User and Group IDs

Password Aging

Using su to Run Commands as Other Users

Working with a User's Login Shell

Login and Logout Files

Modifying and Sharing Login Files

The oratab File

The PATH Variable

Alias Commands and Settings

Variables and Commands in Prompts

Checking and Restarting the Cron Daemon

The Format of the crontab File

Controlling Who Can Use cron

Using at to Schedule Tasks

Process and Service Management

Restrict ps Output Using grep

Starting and Managing Background Jobs

Linux SIGHUP Signal for the Oracle DBA

The Command Exit Status

Managing Services (Daemons)

The RPM Package Manager (RPM)

Installing and Updating Software with RPM

Compiling Software from Source Code

Managing Disks and File Systems

Using Journaling to Track Changes

Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

Viewing Current File System Information

Creating a New File System

Mounting and Unmounting File Systems

Mounting and Unmounting File Systems

Mounting and Unmounting the CD/DVD

Checking and Repairing File Systems

Changing When Full Checks are Run

Storage Virtualization Concepts

Mirroring

Using the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

Editing or Removing Logical Volumes

Starting the Command Line LVM

File System Performance

File and Directory Management

Symbolic Links

Inodes and Hard Links

Creating Files and Directories

Managing File Permissions

Controlling Default Permissions with Umask

Additional Permissions Settings

Getting More Information on Files

Copying, Moving, Renaming and Removing Files and Directories

Removing (Deleting) Files and Directories

Managing Hard and Symbolic Links

Searching for Files and Directories

Searching by Other Attributes

Comparing Files and Directories

Backing Up, Archiving, and Compressing Files

Using cpio

Splitting and Combining Large Files

Memory and System Settings

Required Settings

Monitoring Memory Usage

Using vmstat to Monitor Memory Usage

Managing the System Clock

Networking Fundamentals

IP Addresses and Hostnames

The Loopback Interface

Changing the IP Address

Managing Network Connections

Network Security

Setting Up Passwordless SSH

Synchronizing Directories with rsync

Shell Scripting

Basic Scripts

Variables

Input and Arguments

Sending Script Output to a Log

Alternate Input Methods

Conditional Expressions

Checking Files

Making Simple Decisions with if and else

Loops

Checking Results and Sending Notifications

Checking the Output of Commands

Emails from cron and at Jobs

Organizing Oracle Files

Organizing Files During Installation

Maintaining Oracle Logs and Diagnostic Files

Rotating the Alert Log

The ADR Directory

Managing Multiple Oracle Homes

The Oracle Inventory

Moving Datafiles

Managing Oracle Processes

Managing the Listener

Managing Oracle User Processes

The Oracle Schedule

Submitting a Job

Using dbms_scheduler

Using Job Scheduler

File Watchers

 

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Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager - WebLogic Server Component

Introduction to the New and Improved Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g

Oracle APEX: Applications Express; Doing More with Less

Oracle Database: Flashback Vs. Recovery

Configuring Oracle as a Data Source for SQL Server

What's In An Oracle Schema?

VMware and Oracle Setup, Part 2

VMware and Oracle Setup

Unleashing DBMS_PROFILER

Hidden treasures in Oracle's STATSPACK utility

Transportable Tablespaces: Why the Platform Matters

More on Using Oracle Tools for Tracing

How Advances in Storage Technology Create a New Security Challenge

The SQL Performance Analyzer, SPA

Sorting Strings in Oracle

Setting up Oracle as a Data Source for the SQL Server

Serving up Server Alerts

Sorting Strings in Oracle

Oracle Reports for DBAs

RMAN TSPITR, Examining the driver script

RMAN Tablespace Point in Time Recovery

RMAN Drills

Revisiting Oracle Passwords

Quest Code Tester for Oracle

Protecting Data from Unintended Change or Users

Partitioning or Not in E-Business Suite

Getting Inside the Optimizer, Part 1

Ordering Events in Oracle

Oracle Warehouse Builder Automated ETL Processing

Oracle Database Text Setup

Spicing up Oracle on Windows

Row Movement in Oracle

Oracle Reports for DBAs

Oracle Performance Tuning Using Tracing, STATSPACK, AWR and Toad

Oracle on Windows Revisited

Oracle: Sorting Out Memory

Oracle Licensing and Auditing

The Oracle DBA Job Interview; Nailing Common Questions

Oracle Concepts, Splitting Hairs

Oracle Support Notes - Complete Guides Usually Are Not

Cascading in Oracle, Friend or Foe?

Learning Oracle by the Numbers

Oracle as a Data Source

Getting Inside the Optimizer, Part 2

Optimizer Hints in Oracle 11g and hint overkill

Multilingual linguistic searching and sorting in Oracle

Using SQL Developer to Learn Oracle

Keywords In Oracle

Joining Disparate Data in an Oracle Database

Data Manipulation Using Java in Oracle

Installing Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on Windows 2003

Installing Oracle's Block Browser and Editor Tool, BBED

Making Database Administration Easier with Freeware

Hackers in your Database

Hashing in Oracle

Getting a Handle on Indexes

Expanding String Search Capability in Oracle Database

The Dictionary in the Data Dictionary

Compressing Files in Oracle

Changing the Word Size in Oracle

Oracle: Choosing and Using the Right Code

Clearing Alerts in Enterprise Manager

Business Intelligence Publisher, The Other Oracle Reports

Building a Server Environment for Oracle and other RDBMS

Oracle's Block Browser and Editor Tool, BBED

Barcode Printing in Oracle Reports

Oracle after Hours: Gathering Statistics

Using Oracle's SQL Functions - Part 1

Using Oracle's SQL Functions - Part 2

The Trigger-Happy DBA - Part 1 - Using Triggers

The Trigger-Happy DBA - Part 2 - Table Errors

The Trigger-Happy DBA - Part 3 - System Triggers

Installation Cookbooks: Installing Oracle9i

Installation Cookbooks: Installing Oracle Forms and Reports 6i

Installation Cookbook: Installing Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4)Forms and Reports Services

Installation Cookbooks: Installing Oracle9i Developer Suite

Installation Cookbooks: Deploying Forms on the Web

Installation Cookbooks: Deploying Reports on the Web

Oracle Certification - The Last Word on OCP for Oracle8i

Oracle on the Web, Part 1 - Exploring Oracle's HTTP Server

Oracle on the Web, Part 2 - Oracle 10g's HTTP Server and HTML DB

Oracle on the Web Part 3 - Using Applications in HTML DB</font>

Oracle on the Web, Part 4 - Upgrading HTML DB

Oracle on the Web, Part 5 - More on HTML DB

Decrypting Oracle's DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT

Oracle's Sample Schemas: Saying Goodbye to Scott

Database Security and Oracle Patches; Part 1

Database Security and Oracle Patches; Part 2

Database Security and Oracle Patches; Part 3

Database Security and Oracle Patches; Part 4

Database Security and Patches; Part 5

Database Migration - A Planned Approach: Introduction

Database Migration - A Planned Approach: Trees and Hierarchies in Oracle

Database Migration - A Planned Approach: It's More than Running exp and imp

Unwrapping Oracle's DBMS Packages: Understanding Oracle's Random Number Generator

DBA - One of USA's Top Ten Jobs

Oracle FIFO Queue Table

Failed to open the connection. Database Vendor Code: 12154 tips

SQORAS32 unsupported operation tips

ORA-14098: Index mismatch for tables in ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITION tips

Track Date Time Inserted for Table Rows

ORA-01688- unable to extend table tips

ORA-06512 at SYS.OLAPIHISTORYRETENTION tips

cluster_database_instances tips

Hands-on Oracle Backup and Recovery Games - Loss of One or More Special Files

Hands-on Oracle Backup and Recovery Games - Creating Datafiles

Materialized View ON PREBUILT TABLE Tips

Oracle Open Resetlogs Tips

ORA-01683 unable to extend index

ORA-12543 - TNS destination host unreachable

ORA-00600 - internal error code arguments kcratr1_lastbwr

Oracle and Pro*C

Describing Oracle Syntax

Doing Oracle Data Guard - Part 2

Doing Oracle Data Guard - Part 1

Using LogMiner - Part 2 - Striking Out

How Advances in Storage Technology Create a New Security Challenge

Oracle: Separating Numbers and Letters

Types of Tables in Oracle

How Does Oracle Perform Math

Oracle DML Error Logging

Interview Tips for Aspiring Junior DBAs

Getting a Handle on Indexes

Hackers in your Database

Oracle: Choosing and Using the Right Code

Making the Case for CASE tools

Controlling Backups with Database Control

Creating a Duplicate Database on a Remote host with the same directory structure

Create a parameter file for an Auxiliary database

Create datafile locations on an auxiliary server

Creating a Duplicate Database on a Remote host with a different directory structure September 24, 2010

Create datafile locations on an auxiliary server  September 23, 2010

Creating a duplicate database with the DUPLICATE DATABASE command  September 23, 2010

Oracle RAC Real Application Cluster Architecture Global Resource Directory Background Processes September 16, 2010

RAC Architecture Database  September 16, 2010

Corporate travel etiquette manners - March 9, 2010

Using the up arrow key for command history in Oracle - March 15, 2010

Get DDL for primary and foreign key constraints - March 16, 2010

Oracle delete tuning - March 16, 2010

Oracle soft logical deletes - March 16, 2010

_high_priority_processes tips - March 18, 2010

Conducting a Database Administrator Background Check - March 18, 2010

Block Media Recovery example with RMAN - March 19, 2010

Oracle RAC Job Interview questions

SQL resource_manager_plan tips - March 19, 2010

Incremental Differential vs. Incremental Cumulative Backups - March 22, 2010

RMAN backup types - March 22, 2010

Tuning In-line Views - March 22, 2010

Index Leaf Block contention Tuning - March 22, 2010

open_cursors Tips - March 23, 2010

cursor_space_for_time Tips - March 23, 2010

Oracle RAC Migration - March 23, 2010

Oracle OATM Tips - March 23, 2010

Oracle total recall Tips - March 24, 2010

Oracle Mapping Tables - April 1, 2010

ORA-00406: COMPATIBLE parameter needs to be string or greater  - April 1, 2010

precompute_subquery hint tips - April 2, 2010

push_subq hint tips - April 2, 2010

Disaster Recovery using RMAN - April 5, 2010

Oracle VNC tips - April 5, 2010

Steps to Start the Oracle installer - April 5, 2010

Oracle X Windows tips - April 5, 2010

Oracle global_names Tips - April 5, 2010

ORA-02069: global_names parameter must be set to TRUE tips - April 5, 2010

dba_tab_stats_history tips - April 5, 2010

Oracle DML tuning - April 5, 2010

Oracle subquery factoring with clause for DML - April 5, 2010

ORA-27046: file size is not a multiple of logical block size tips - April 5, 2010

select for update skip locked tips - April 7, 2010

RMAN Recovery Window retention policy tips - April 7, 2010

Tricks for super-fast batch updates with CTAS - April 7, 2010

dbms_scheduler vs. UNIX cron job - April 8, 2010

Oracle create index script - April 8, 2010

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