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Just got DB Optimizer 2.5 out the door two weeks ago and now work is going fast on 2.5.1 slated for beginning of August. Already added...

(original at http://sites.google.com/site/embtdbo/tuner/oracle-tcf-query-and-lios-per-row) Based on the idea by Wolfgang Breitling that...

Just found this one http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/demos/admin/demos.html video demos of Oracle features – pretty cool. For example...

There is a way to connect to Oracle even when sessions are maxed out or there is a hang etc: I knew about this a while back but its just...

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Can you figure out what this chart is trying to say? I have a hard time of it: Here is the data laid out in a more compelling manner: I...

UPDATE: register for webinar at http://www.embarcadero.com/master-sql-tuners-oracle-lewis-hailey Stay tuned for a live free webinar on...

Sometimes, it is a great idea to push away the keyboard when tackling the problems of an ill-performing, complex, query, and take up...

Thanks to the valient work of James Morle there is a awesome new website aggregating the work and postings of the members of the Oaktable...

http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

This really cool: http://www.slaviks-blog.com/2010/03/30/oracle-sql_id-and-hash-value/ he explains a how to calculate the sql_id from the...

blue numbers are the percent of the table returned after the predicate filters have been applied red numbers are the two table join sizes...

If you saw my presentation at HOTSOS 2010 or attended one of my recent Oracle 10g Performance Tuning course, you know I’m excited about...

The best methods for managing statistics in general on Oracle is an area that has yet to well ironed out but when it comes to partitions...

Anjo use to do statspack analysis at oraperf.com which has been out of order every time I’ve looked over the past few years. Tim Gorman...

Nice example of using Wireshark to monitor what’s getting run on MySQL. http://feedblog.org/2008/07/29/debugging-mysql-applications-with-...

I love this little cartoon comes from http://www.oraclealchemist.com/oracle/this-bug-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-u/ which is a funny...

Check out this query by Kerry Osborne via Oracle-L (archives at Oracle-l Archives) for getting the peeked bind variable values from...

very nice analysis of tracking down who has a dblink open on another database http://jkstill.blogspot.com/2010/03/whos-using-database-lin...

In case you have seen this free tool: http://www.oracledba.ru/orasrp/ It’s pretty cool. Takes 10046 trace files and analyzes and formats...