When I started my work in IT, I used to be in a very small shop, and even though we had people in several places in the same state, everything used to be very centralized and from 9 to 5, and because we...

For my readers who are preparing the ocm 11g exam, the environment just changed (From 13th May 2013 onwards) Instead of using OEM 10g, you will be using OEM 11g. The upgrade exam is still using OEM 10g...

On Thursday I’ll be flying out to Bulgaria for BGOUG Spring 2013. It’s been about 18 months since I’ve visited the people over there, so I’m really looking forward to getting stuck...

I wrote a couple of days ago about replacing my MacBook Pro hard drive with SSD. At the same time I bought a little SSD to use as the system drive for my desktop. I fitted that this morning, installed...

A couple of weeks ago I started a competition to win 2 copies of Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Integration and OA Framework Development and Extension Cookbook by Andy Penver. Thanks to Packt for donating...

Here’s a quick and dirty script to create a procedure (in the SYS schema – so be careful) to check the Hakan Factor for an object. If you’re not familiar with the Hakan Factor, it’s...

This week again, the Log Buffer Edition covers the exciting and ever-evolving galaxies of Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server. Oracle: When does an Oracle process know it’s on Exadata? MobaXterm 6.3 has been...

This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA It’s the only explanation! Related Ace has dealt with problems before… Default blame accepter? The post Changes (Ace Comic)...

I’ve had my 13″ MacBook Pro since the mid 2009 refresh and it’s been really reliable. Apart from one brief visit to Apple to replace a noisy fan, I’ve had no worries. A few years...

Storage continues to be one of the major cost components of today's infrastructure deployments. Thin technology, including thin provisioning, offers efficiency benefits that can significantly reduce both...