Being busy at work is both a blessing and a curse to blogging activity. On the one hand, the more that’s going on, the more technical issues there are likely to be to blog about. On the other, when the pace is frantic and problems are coming thick and fast, taking good notes isn’t a… Continue reading Poor performance when gathering partitions stats in 11g
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OT: Movember Update
Well I wasn’t expecting such a response. Thinking it over :- A) I have some very generous friends.B) I have some very mischevious friends who are looking forward to 4 weeks of fun 😉C) Several donors mentioned pictures. Yes, definitely. It’s all ‘trust but verify’ round here.D) I kind of knew the ORA-DUDE would insist… Continue reading OT: Movember Update
OT: Movember
Lord help me and eternal hell on Graeme Pitt for badgering me into this … “This Movember I’ve decided to donate my face to raising awareness about prostate cancer. My donation and commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, much laughter and ritual… Continue reading OT: Movember
Movember
Lord help me and eternal hell on Graeme Pitt for badgering me into this … “This Movember I’ve decided to donate my face to raising awareness about prostate cancer. My donation and commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, much laughter and ritual… Continue reading Movember
Network Events in ASH
Note – using ASH and the Top Activity screen require the use of the Diagnostics Pack License. This post was prompted by yet another performance problem identified using pretty pictures and Active Session History data. Although, as you’ll see, some pretty old-fashioned tools played their part too! ASH entries only exist for certain SQL*Net events.… Continue reading Network Events in ASH
Party Night
We had Richard and Janet over to our place last Saturday night. As they are both blind, they have guide dogs who they bought with them. It’s not always the case that they have to come over with taxis, friends etc, but we generally like to encourage it 😉 They are incredibly well-behaved dogs thanks… Continue reading Party Night
Alternative Pictures Demo
Note – features in this post require the Diagnostics Pack license Not long after I’d finished the last post, I realised I could reinforce the points I was making with a quick post showing another one of the example tests supplied with Swingbench – the Calling Circle (CC) application. Like the Sales Order Entry application,… Continue reading Alternative Pictures Demo
That Pictures demo in full
Note – features in this post require the Diagnostics Pack license With so many potential technical posts in my pile, it was initially difficult to decide where to start again but I figured I should avoid the stats series until I’m back into the swing of things 😉 Instead I decided to fulfill a commitment… Continue reading That Pictures demo in full
Grand Canyon
Some of the boys and girls have been very busy over the summer, fulfilling a life-long ambition, visiting Las Vegas but, more important, the magnificent Grand Canyon. But Gerald had a pretty narrow escape when he was almost left behind.
Swing!
Wow – almost 4 months since my last post that could be described as vaguely technical. It’s amazing how time flies when you’re having fun. (Although there may be a hint of irony in that statement.) Work has been insane for various reasons and personal life has been unusually involved too so I’ve really had… Continue reading Swing!