Some time ago (yeah… shame on me) I mentioned having troubles running CRS on virtual machines using VMware Server. I found a solution a while ago and, since I promised to share if I find anything, now is the time.
First of all, I’m happy to admit that my observations regarding Windows hosted VM’s running better […]

If you haven’t added Mary Ann Davidson’s blog to your RSS reader, you should at least check it out. It’s relatively low traffic but every post is quite long and full of interesting thoughts. Give it a shot.
Today, I’ve got a reminder about disclosing your bias and professional ethics. Not that it’s something completely new […]

Just saw this this blog post and even spent 10 minutes watching the video demo.
In under one hour and could be as low as 30 minutes!?
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You have probably read it already on my Pythain group blog but I would like to repeat it here to make sure you, my dear reader, don’t get a chance to miss it.
I would like to announce that last weekend the BAAG party was born. I have finally managed to introduce Joing BAAG […]

You probably wouldn’t expect a technical Oracle post here. But I can’t call it Oracle blog without relevant content so here it goes. Let’s call it a late birthday present — my first post came on the 2nd of May, 2006 so it’s now one year, one month and one […]

I have already blogged about it in the Pythian blog but I can’t refrain from mentioning it here in case you, my dear reader, didn’t get the message.
The names of the speakers (except maybe one whose last name starts with “G”) will tell you everything about quality of the content. However, you should not miss […]

If you are like me and somehow missed it at that time…
Must see.
Click on Bajillio screen-cast.
Oh… make sure your browser is AJAX-y enough!
I can’t stop… I can’t stop…
sqlplus /nolog @oracloid_web_site.sql
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I.e. like SQL Server, for example. Set SERIALIZABLE parameter to TRUE and you get readers blocking writers. Dream of any Oracle DBA.
It seems that this parameter was documented in Oracle 7 documentation. Oracle 8i and 9i migration manuals say that it should not be used anymore and setting it to true is not supported. However, […]

Interesting results from Google.
The first one references 42. Well, nothing surprising.
Next comes UKOUG event “Applications Unlimited Tour”. Unfortunately, it’s not really my area. I will have to change my profile it seems.
Oracle-L comes third. Again no surprise here.
Later we can see Doug’s flying Guinness story (not that you believe it, right?) as well […]

All 3 abstracts I sent were selected to be presented at UKOUG 2006! All of them on 14-AUG - tough day!

Extending Oracle 10g Grid Control - New Metrics, Targets and Plugins

Oracle 10g Change Tracking Inside Out
Refreshing Test Databases Using Oracle Transportable Tablespaces and Veritas Storage Checkpoints

It’s going to be the first time I present to […]