26 Feb
A Good Resource: Morgan’s Library.
…just a quick blog entry to plug Daniel Morgan’s (of Puget Sound Oracle User Group) very useful collection of scripts and other goodies:
Morgan’s Library
Archive for February 26th, 2008
26 Feb
Oracle Diagnostic Tools - Some Random Thoughts (Hammer To Fall)
There’s been a bit of discussion lately and some interesting opinions aired, such as those by Daniel Fink , Doug Burns, and Alex Gorgachev regarding the whole issue of the usefulness or otherwise of various Oracle diagnostic tools (such as Statspack, AWR, ADDM, Extended Tracing, etc).
Are they really useful in diagnosing problems or do they simply […]
26 Feb
NYOUG Update
I’ve been extremely busy working on my IOUG white papers. Damn procrastination! Regardless, I think you all will like them, especially the network protocol one 
Also, I’ll be attending NYOUG’s DBA SIG on March 6th and speaking (about DUDE) at the March 11th General Meeting. If anyone out there will be in attendance, let’s get […]
26 Feb
IOTs and 10053
I’ve probably got a couple of comments about 10053 trace files lurking somewhere on this blog and on my website - and when I mention the 10053 I usually remember to say that it’s a last resort that I only use when I think there may be a bug that needs to be nailed.
So here’s […]
26 Feb
The night before…
It’s the night before the first day of my Oracle PL/SQL Tuning workshop in Vienna. The flights were on time and pretty straight forward. I had a two hour stay at Dusseldorf airport, which was quite pleasant.
I’ve not seen much of Austria yet, but I can say it has a fantastic infrastructure. Everything looks so […]