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I empathise with Dom Brook’s recent blog post. We’ve all been there and I don’t just mean being unable to write a technical post when emotions and opinions need to be dealt with first In fact, a day wll come soon (I’m full of promises, eh?) when I’ll have a wee rant about the state… Continue reading There’s Hope for us all

Surprising, because I thought they would already be members. Welcome Toon and Greg. Oh, and at least they know the traditional route for the news to break – via the Oak Table mail list, rather than the drip-drip-drip of blog postings and ostentatious fashion statements!

[As part of the occasional series on small but useful Unix commands …] I’ve always loved Unix and vi and despair at those who prefer to faff around on Windows trying to edit files with an operating system and editors that, yes, are much more friendly but are hopelessly limited. The advent of Google (and… Continue reading Paste

1) Write excellent technical papers about Oracle … (CHECK)2) Possess a mixture of intelligence, dignity and fun … (CHECK)3) Know a few good drinking games … (CHECK)4) Wear a pair of clogs while presenting … (CHECK) See? It’s easy! Welcome, Alex G. I can’t think of a more suitable member. It’s a shame I couldn’t… Continue reading How to be invited to the Oak Table

On the one hand, I regret the fact I seem to be posting a lot of links to other people’s work at the moment but I couldn’t let this one by, if only for those who don’t use OraNA or the like and might miss it. The one consistent message I kept hearing from other… Continue reading Optimiser – Upgrading from 9i to 10g

Via Laurent Schneider’s blog, it looks like 10.2.0.4 is out. I’ve just had a quick look on Metalink and unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) it doesn’t seem to be available for AIX just yet, just Linux, but it’s one we’ve been waiting for for a while, so it’s good to see the first signs.

One of the headline recommendations during the Real World Performance groups presentations at Openworld 2007 was to review your parameter files as part of your upgrade process. It sounds like simple common sense, but they suggested that inappropriate parameter settings that had been implemented during version 7 days for long forgotten reasons were often the… Continue reading Reviewing Parameter Files

Remember I said that I’d requested a copy of the Oracle Press ASM book for review? Well I don’t know what I was thinking, because the “Oracle Database 11g DBA Handbook” turned up instead the other week. I distinctly recall the ASM book being one of the ones I was interested in, but then I… Continue reading Book Reviews Again

There have been a couple of very interesting blog postings over the past few weeks from Daniel Fink and Alex Gorbachev, prompted by a panel discussion at last week’s RMOUG conference. Well, I suspect the panel was prompted by an earlier blog posting and many late night conversations. I’ve just noticed that it looks like… Continue reading “How useful are diagnostic/optimization tools?” – Another View

Oh, come on, I don’t get many 😉 http://carymillsap.blogspot.com/ As it happens, I do have a couple of blog posts up my sleeve, but the course comes first at the moment.