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Replication (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 17 of 20 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA Related: Loosely based on my (tongue-in-cheek) Replication Platform Comparison. Learn more about Oracle Golden Gate in the Enterprise!...
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Performance Tuning Your WordPress Blog
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Optimizing WordPress In my adventures in Twitterland I’ve noticed a lot of people who are using WordPress blogs (this one included). Some use wordpress.com which...
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Branch Off a Twitter Conversation
A couple weeks ago I posted a whimsical (and very slightly sardonic) article on the Internet of Things with a view on what an average day could be like if everything (even your shower soap tray) was...
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Bringing Oracle Sales to the Table
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...
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Industry Leader (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 18 of 20 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA More Friday fun from the World’s Leading DBA Comic! Related: Metrics That Matter: These Aren’t the Metrics You’re Looking For Improve...
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Gamifying the DBA Experience
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Grow Your Career 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...
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Changes (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 19 of 20 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) appeared...
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High Performance Tuning Tools
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...
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Genesis (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 20 of 20 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA The magic of creation… Related It was probably a database problem: Changes (Ace Comic) Avoiding Armageddon: High Performance Tuning...
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Running in the Background
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...
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Has Vendor Lock-In Locked Innovation Out?
Make no mistake of it: vendor lock-in is a business goal. Sure, there are some solid benefits in going with one company for your hardware, software, cloud, and all other needs. But doing so can easily...
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New Standards (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA Related: Don’t let yourself become part of the NoDBA team! Grow Thyself. If your conference tables look like this one (DBA on one side,...
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FORALL operations IN oracle
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...
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Sensors Everywhere in the Internet of Things
Back in 1999 I worked on a project with the US Army that incorporated RFID scanners for logistics tracking. At the time it was an extraordinarily neat concept, using a combination of Oracle, Forms (in...
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Big Data #2 – Big Data Speaks (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 16 of 18 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA If you missed the first Big Data Ace Comic, check it out now! Related: See the first Big Data Ace Comic: Big Data Want to make...
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Victim of a Ninja Strike
Since today is Monday and many of my devoted readers are at IOUG Collaborate 2013 (C13DEN) I decided to post one of my more lighthearted stories. It’s a harrowing tale of how I was a victim of ninja...
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Happy Internet of Things Day!
April 9th, 2013 is Internet of Things Day! Happy Internet of Things Day! #IoT — Kevin Ashton (@Kevin_Ashton) April 9, 2013 The futurist in me wishes that meant it is the day we all sift through our...
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Putting NoSQL In Its Place
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Database Diversity We’ll call it the NoSQL Pessimism Variable: The number of search results you see before you find a page disparaging NoSQL as a viable...
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