It’s stupid o’clock in the morning and I’m waiting for my taxi to arrive. Considering how close Bulgaria is, it takes me a very long time to get there. I am a mix of excited and nervous....

This pithy interview gives you a glimpse into our visionary UX team. The interviewee is Jeremy Ashley (left), vice president of Applications User Experience. His answers are crisp and informative. The...

Carlos Sierra: Since lack of Histograms or freezing CBO Statistics do not guarantee Plan Stability, do not rely on these two myths. If what you are looking for is Plan Stability use then SQL Plan Management...

The title is not an original bon mot by me – it’s been said often, by others, and by many with more experience than I have in developing standards.  It is with mixed emotions that I feel compelled...

Dominic Brooks published a note recently about some very nasty SQL – originally thinking that it was displaying a run-time problem due to the extreme number of copies of the lnnvl() function the...

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...

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)...