Posted in Oracle by: kevinclosson
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09 Nov
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?
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Posted in Oracle 11g features posts by: Lutz Hartmann
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09 Nov
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) […]
Posted in Oracle by: kevinclosson
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09 Nov
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.
Posted in Automatic Memory Management, Oracle11g by: kevinclosson
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09 Nov
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 […]