Blog Post: Oracle Block Internals - Part 4
Hi! This series of articles have been focused on Oracle RDBMS data block internals. I’ve discussed how Oracle manages space in the blocks, how row level locking works (how more than one user can be...
View ArticleBlog Post: Agile Methodology/Team Programming
Hi, I’m at Oracle Open World this week. Will be blogging on the things I can chat about from the ACE Briefing. Of course, anything mentioned during Open Week is fair game to discuss…and I will! This...
View ArticleBlog Post: Application Builder Cloud Service
I just had the opportunity to participate in an Application Builder Cloud Service Hands-On Lab here at Oracle OpenWorld, and this is a very promising product. The development experience is somewhat...
View ArticleBlog Post: Usando Font-Awesome en nuestros Reportes en Oracle APEX 5
Desde que salió la versión 5 de APEX, los iconos de Font-Awesome están incluidos para ser usados en nuestras aplicaciones, especialmente en los botones. También tenemos la posibilidad de usar estos...
View ArticleWiki Page: Oracle Import Essentials
Oracle Database High Availability was always a high priority for Oracle, as customers understand that keeping business online. In any other case, the productivity would be stopped , possible data could...
View ArticleBlog Post: Oracle Cloud: Gone Without Warning
I was using a trial of an Oracle Cloud service to demonstrate the capability for a customer. He just called me to say that the sample I built for him was gone. Indeed it was, because it was 30 days...
View ArticleWiki Page: Oracle Database Backup to Amazon Simple Storage Service
Written by KH Wissem Introduction When every Oracle database administrator think about backing up an Oracle production database, the first method that comes into their mind to follow the book....
View ArticleComment on Oracle Cloud: Gone Without Warning
few weeks ago, I have subscribed to use the trial of an Oracle Cloud service. I got message that my request is pending for approval .. after a week or so, I got a call from someone at Oracle Spain,...
View ArticleComment on Script to Report Tablespace/Datafile Space Utilization
Hi Steve, Firstly, although I feel like a dinsoaur posting on a thread dating from 2013, thanks very much for the script - I've found it very helpful. Secondly, please can you (someone else?) clarify...
View ArticleComment on Oracle Cloud: Gone Without Warning
Sten, although I am no longer with Oracle, I have mentioned your comment to one of the VPs of the Oracle Cloud in the USA, and they will take it into consideration. Practical suggestions like this are...
View ArticleBlog Post: Oracle OpenWorld 2016 - Summary
Oracle OpenWorld 2016 event took place last week (September 18-22) so it's time for a quick summary :) This was my third time attending the OOW event and the best one I've ever been to. Here is why....
View ArticleBlog Post: utPLSQL – We’re building the…Unit Tests!
You’ll be relieved to hear that I’m not going to talk about Brexit any more. It’s done and finished and it’s time everyone moved on. Besides, from my current vantage point ( a small island off the...
View ArticleBlog Post: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified”...
While trying to install Oracle Database 11gR2 on Windows 2012R2 I faced the following error :- ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified” error during DBCA After checking the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Why my execution plan has not been shared – Part III
In the previous instalment of this series we looked at four reasons from gv$sql_shared_cursor view and explained the situations and criteria for which Oracle is forced to compile a new execution plan....
View ArticleBlog Post: Machine Learning notebooks (and Oracle)
Over the past 12 months there has been an increase in the number of Machine Learning notebooks becoming available. What is a Machine Learning notebook? As the name implies it can be used to perform...
View ArticleBlog Post: “My Kingdom For A Histogram”
"Don't you know anything at all about numbers?" "Well, I don't think they're very important," snapped Milo, too embarrassed to admit the truth. "NOT IMPORTANT!" roared the Dodecahedron, turning red...
View ArticleBlog Post: Looking for stories about using Hibernate with Oracle Database
I recently (well, OK, not all that recently) received this request: Our Java developers think that the work can be done faster with Hibernate by basically eliminating the "middle-men" and...
View ArticleBlog Post: Notes from Oracle Open World 2016
September began with good conferences for me, I was speaker in " Training Day 2016 " an event designed for entrepreneurs where several Speakers with a good case of life were presenting. This year the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Cómo colocar Logo y Texto en simultaneo en nuestras aplicaciones...
En este artículo sencillo te maestro cómo puedes colocar el logo y un texto al lado del logo en nuestras aplicaciones en Oracle APEX 5.0. Si recuerdas, en la página de inicio de nuestra aplicación,...
View ArticleWiki Page: How to Create a Physical Standby Database using Backup Pieces
In this article we will learn How to create a new Physical Standby using Backup Set and also DUPLICATE in RMAN, this is a fast way to create Physical Standby when to create the Standby using ACTIVE...
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