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Oracle is my focus profession and the big kahuna among transactional databases on the market today. This category features in-depth technical posts regarding Oracle, musings, projects, and Oracle related news.

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Oracle Database 12c (12.1) Installation and New Features

June 25, 2013 Steve Karam News, Oracle 13 comments

Getting Started with Oracle Database 12c (RDBMS) Oracle-Base Installation Guide by Tim Hall RAC Laptop Install Presentation by Yury Velikanov Official Oracle Links The Oracle 12c Learning Library (Tutorials) New Database Editions Matrix SQL Developer and Oracle 12c Oracle VM Templates for Database 12c Oracle 12c Interactive Poster Oracle 12c

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Archives

Running in the Background

June 17, 2013 Steve Karam News, Oracle 2 comments

We all have that list of features we just wish Oracle would adopt in their latest version: alterable redo log files, command history in SQL*Plus, DBA_OOPS package with various rollback options when you screw something up… One of my biggest wishlist items is detachable sessions. In Oracle 10g we got

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The Adventures of Ace DBA

Genesis (Ace Comic)

May 24, 2013 Steve Karam Development, Fun, News, Oracle 2 comments

The magic of creation… Related It was probably a database problem: Changes (Ace Comic) Avoiding Armageddon: High Performance Tuning Tools

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Performance Tuning

High Performance Tuning Tools

May 21, 2013 Steve Karam Development, News, Oracle 2 comments

Obligatory Melodrama No matter how much time goes by I still remember it. The day my database was crippled beyond reckoning. That moment when I saw my hopes for a bright and shining future with my database spill through my fingers like so many cracker crumbs falling on a clean

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The Adventures of Ace DBA

Changes (Ace Comic)

May 10, 2013 Steve Karam Fun, Oracle, Technology One comment

It’s the only explanation! Related Ace has dealt with problems before… Default blame accepter?

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Gamification

Gamifying the DBA Experience

May 1, 2013 Steve Karam Development, Fun, News, Oracle 5 comments

All work and no play makes us dull DBAs. Being a DBA can be a really thankless job. From Jr. Shutdown Immediaters to Sr. Rockstar Oracle DBA ACE OCM PMP LOL A+ BBQs, we’ve all trudged into work at some point in our careers only to find that we have

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The Adventures of Ace DBA

Industry Leader (Ace Comic)

April 26, 2013 Steve Karam Fun, News, Oracle Leave a comment

More Friday fun from the World’s Leading DBA Comic! Related: Metrics That Matter: These Aren’t the Metrics You’re Looking For Improve Your Experience: DBA, Grow Thyself – Moving and Shaking in the Era of Data Dominance

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Piggy Bank

Bringing Oracle Sales to the Table

April 22, 2013 Steve Karam News, Oracle, Technology 3 comments

April is almost over, and you know what that means… Oracle really, REALLY wants to talk to you about some of their products. It’s no secret that the end of Oracle’s fiscal year (May 31st) marks a flurry of activity for Oracle sales, and doubtless many of you have met

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The Adventures of Ace DBA

Replication (Ace Comic)

April 12, 2013 Steve Karam Fun, News, Oracle Leave a comment

Related: Loosely based on my (tongue-in-cheek) Replication Platform Comparison. Learn more about Oracle Golden Gate in the Enterprise! Don’t settle for the same technology every time. Deploy Outside the Box.

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Archives

FORALL operations IN oracle

April 2, 2013 Steve Karam Development, News, Oracle 2 comments

Bulk binds and bulk loading are nothing new; in fact, the feature came out in Oracle 8i. This was a time when Oracle Parallel Servers roamed the land, pfiles were all the rage, and connecting internal was a fading fad. But like the rest of Oracle, the features have grown

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