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Archive for November 9th, 2007

09 Nov

Off Topic: Peave of the Day == The FAX Machine.

Instead of FAX communication, why don’t organizations just ask for 80 column punch cards or cuneiform on papyrus reed? These days I get so agitated when, say, a customer service department requires a FAX to clear up an issue. Does anyone else feel the way I do, or am I just (un?)characteristically crabby this morning?
Instead […]

09 Nov

My top 10 Oracle 11g New Features Part 6: DDL locking in Oracle 11g

In Oracle 11g there are some new features related to DDL-locking which can be very helpful.
In previous releases a DDL statement always errors out respectively hangs in a hold if an exclusive lock (X) on a required resource is not available.
Let’s have a look at a little example:
The user HR looks a table in shared) […]

09 Nov

A Recommended Blog: Christian Bilien.

I’d like to recommend Christian Bilien’s Blog. He covers Solaris and SAN-related topics (and more) that pertain to Oracle very, very nicely. One more for the blog roll.

09 Nov

Oracle11g Automatic Memory Management Part III. Automatically Automatic?

Oracle Database 11g Automatic Memory Management is not automatic. Let me explain. The theory (my interpretation) behind such features as AMM is that omission of the relevant initialization parameters for the feature constitutes an implied disabling of the feature. I’m sure many of you are going to think I’m stupid for not knowing this, and […]

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