Addressing a Deadlock
I’ve always had a *thing* for trace files. They serve me well- I like them and they seem to really
Read MoreI’ve always had a *thing* for trace files. They serve me well- I like them and they seem to really
Read MoreThe SMON spit out this error after the cycle of the db on the rollback of the huge insert into the
Read MoreLike Chet, from OracleNerd, I received my official Blogger Approval for Oracle Open World yesterday! This will be my first
Read MoreSo we have a parallel process, coordinator 739 running, just not very well… I have an ugly pink section in
Read MoreI started to write this blog post almost two months ago and finally updated it to post to the site.
Read MoreThanks to Chet Justice of OracleNerd, I’m now registered for Oracle Open World 2011 with the Blogger’s registration. I will
Read MoreAlthough Streams is a goner, (Golden Gate taketh over…) My notes on performance considerations when utilizing streams as I work
Read MoreJeff Smith, via Twitter, asked a very good question about my previous post regarding baseline plans when upgrading from 10g
Read MoreWhen involved in an 11g upgrade of a 10g database, one of the important goals for a DBA is to
Read MoreAnother little known set of AWR reports are ones that are RAC specific and cluster wide versions, giving the RAC
Read MoreYes, I love AWR and ASH reports when performing database detective work. They are an essential tool in my performance
Read MoreAs many companies judge a DBA’s worth on the uptime of a database, nothing tests a DBA’s mettle like database
Read MoreMy slides and white paper are all submitted for RMOUG 2011 and I’m starting to get a bit anxious about
Read MoreI received an email from an obviously annoyed DBA this weekend. I’m sure many of you are not surprised, I
Read MoreThis is an Apex query and it no longer exists in the environment it once resided in- When I first
Read MoreThis Statspack bug is an older one, but I ran into it this week again. The work around is very
Read MoreAny DBA worth the time of day knows how important having solid statistics is to a database. This is how
Read More*****After much adieu, I’ve finally returned to this post to rewrite what concerned me and befuddled others… :)***** I’ve worked
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