CBO, Statistics and A Rebel(DBA) With A Cause
This is not an “I’m against Oracle Best Practices” article. This is not an “I’m preaching against histograms” article. This
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Author: Kellyn Gorman
RMOUG 2012 Revisited
As many of you know, I’ve been a bit busy since RMOUG Training Days finding a number of presentation opportunities
Read MoreKellyn’s Presentation Schedule, Spring/Summer 2012
Kellyn’s Schedule of Presentations, 2012, 2nd and 3rd Quarter March 24th, 2012, Colorado Springs, CO SQL Saturday Oracle for SQL
Read More11g, Sherlock Holming it with Statistics, Histograms and Bind Peeking
Yes, my dear Watson, Bind Peeking is still an issue in 11g…. We recently upgraded from 10.2.0.4 to 11.2.0.2.0 and
Read MoreRMOUG 2012 Presentation Slides!
Graham Wood was kind enough to send me a quick email and let me know that my presentation slides weren’t
Read MoreGetting the Most Out of Enterprise Manager and Notifications
I ran out of time before I was able to provide an adequate white paper this year for my EM12c
Read MoreRMOUG 2012!
As busy as I am with the 11g project, (no real weekends off for 9 weekends and counting… :P) I
Read MoreSolid Choices for Oracle Tuning on Solid State Disk
As I continue to work on very large databases, (VLDB), I am exposed to more opportunities to speed up IO.
Read MoreRestarting a Duplicate Process From a VERY Failed State
As part of an 11g Upgrade, it was found that a database environment could be built from one of the
Read MoreHow to Break and EM12c and Other Hobbies
As many know I’ve been busy trying to bring our many-times patched 10g Enterprise Manager migrated to a new server
Read MoreThe NO_INVALIDATE Option in DBMS_STATS with 10g
I had worked hard on a report, 47 SQL statements in all to tune it down from 5 hrs to
Read MoreOracle Open World 2011 Followup
Oracle Open World is over for me now, but what a great event it was. I met so many people
Read MoreOOW11 Dinners
Yes, typing on my tablet screen again, so patience with my short posts…:-) Had the pleasure of attending both the
Read MoreFirst Day at Oracle Open World
After a long first day and a 33 hr train ride in, I’m ready for a fun and enjoyable Ace
Read MoreLocating UNKNOWN SQL_ID Info in OEM Through AWR
Rarely are reports based off large snapshot variances helpful to a DBA unless you come across an odd situation such
Read MoreOracle Open World 2011, Prep Time!
I’ve spent the week updating, packing and communicating in preparation for my trip to Oracle Open World 2011. As with most
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