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I’d like to share an interesting story about how Oracle database technology is helping those in need, one transaction at a time. The Aidmatrix Foundation is a non-profit whose mission is to provide technology that matches organizations serving those in need with the supplies, services, volunteers, and cash contributions they need. Those who represent the […] In January, McNeely Technology Solutions sponsored the Dallas Oracle Users Group meeting. The speaker was Cary Millsap, who discussed some fundamentals of Oracle performance measurement and tuning. It takes a person with a deep understanding of a topic to be able to clearly and confidently convey it in simple terms. Cary has that gift, which […] What if there were a Superbowl for Oracle database professionals? Who would referee? Who would play? Who would sponsor? What sort of tomfoolery would ensue? Here’s my Oracle database Superbowl scenario … Teams DBAs vs. sys admins Referees Tom Kyte Cary Millsap Arup Nanda Tanel Poder Sponsors Microsoft – which would fill their ad space […] While we’re posting silly songs, we might as well post last year’s song, too: The Twelve Database Days of Christmas By Mary Elizabeth McNeely, 2009 On the first day of Christmas, My true love sent to me An index that’s a b-tree. … On the twelfth day of Christmas, My true love sent to me […] Here is this year’s silly Christmas song – by Mary Elizabeth McNeely, 2010. Sing it to the tune of O Christmas Tree: O Database, O Database, How lovely are your b-trees! Your indexes will always grow Through data loads of many rows. O Database, O Database, How lovely are your b-trees! O Database, O Database, […] The example upgrade #3 was a migration-style upgrade from 10.2 to 11.1.0.7. A migration is different type from an import/export upgrade. It changes a lower version database into a higher version database. If you decide you want to go back to the previous version, depending on what’s happened since you migrated, you’ll have to do […] The second Oracle upgrade I’ll tell you about was another export/import upgrade between 10.2 and 11.1.0.7. The installation, empty 11g database build, and 10g export/11g import went fine on the test tier. The application testing of the upgraded 11g test database performed by the client also went fine – the client was satisfied with the […] Since we’re encouraging clients to move off Oracle 10g, we’d like to write up three of the 11g upgrades that we’ve done, to raise the comfort level of those who are still “window shopping” Oracle 11g. Example upgrade #1 involved an upgrade from Oracle 10.2.0.4 to 11.1.0.7. This upgrade was an export/import upgrade, meaning that […] It’s tough out there in the IT world. Some of our buddies are unemployed, and that’s hard to see happening to people we care about. And if jobs are scarce, that means that moving to another job is not only more risky than before, but also less likely. Aside from jobs being hard to come […] Is your only database administrator going on vacation this summer? Does the thought of that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up? Proactive managers are already planning for coverage for their DBA’s vacation days. Larger organizations with multiple DBAs are fortunate in this regard – the DBAs can cover for each […] |
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