Oracle 11gR1 Enterprise Edition with the Diagnostic and Tuning packs has a very compelling new feature, Real-Time SQL Monitoring. Oracle thinks enough of the feature that it was highlighted prominently in whitepaper by ACE Directory Arup Nanda titled “Oracle Database 11g: The Top Features for DBAs and Developers” (read it here) Long story short: Too [...]
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Moving Data to Oracle with Migration Workbench
I’ve been referring customers to SQL Developer’s Migration Workbench for a few months now. I thought it might be a good idea to give it a try myself before I send any more children out to play with the wolves. This is NOT a formalized review. This is a quick glance at a cool tool [...]
Toad 11 Sneak Peek Part Deux
I had some time to beta test this morning, and I thought I would share some of the new tweeks and features that will be available in version 11.0 of Toad for Oracle. I spent some time previously showing off a new feature for you PL/SQL geeks out there, Code Analysis. If you are a [...]
Database Driver’s License
Do you just hand your keys to whoever wants access to your car or your house? Why do so with your database? Just because someone wants to look at ‘your’ data, doesn’t mean you have to let them in without asking a few questions, right? While the person won’t be driving your car, they’ll be [...]
BEFORE SELECT TRIGGERS
After a year of blogging and living out loud on Twitter, I have started to build a nice network and community. One of the people in my new network is Martin Berger (blog | Twitter). Earlier this week, Martin responded to my Toad Challenge with a question about ‘Before Select Triggers’ (conversation) So let’s get [...]
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