Ahh ... Jackie Mason. The poor man's Rodney Dangerfield. The pride of Sheboygan, Wisconsin (other than meat products).But, no, today I'm not talking about golf (nor will I ever, if I can help it). I'm talking about Oracle's PGA, the Program Global Area. The PGA is a private chunk of...
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IT'S THE JOIN[T]!
See what I did there? 5 points to anyone who can name the reference. 10 points if you can name the original reference that I wasn't even thinking of. Void where prohibited.Sachin, broadcasting live from his blog Oracle Online Help, has posted a nice primer on the differences between three...
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I'm on the clock ...
Padraig O'Sullivan has posted the latest edition of Pythian's Log Buffer, a weekly recap of Oracle blogger activity. The Pythian Group has been letting various bloggers host the Log Buffer from week-to-week. This next week (ending 6 April), I'll be hosting the Log Buffer. This also means I'll have to...
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Appreciating Oracle's Read Consistency
One of the Oracle blogs in my feed reader linked to a post by Jeremy Schneider covering Oracle's read consistency and multiversioning. Jeremy linked to an article that Tom Kyte wrote for Oracle magazine late in 2005 about the subject. Frankly it had me dazed ... and slightly frightened.I've become...
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Why Wait?
Yes I spent 10 minutes trying to come up with a clever "wait"-based title and that's all I could come up with. I even Googled for "wait" to find some inspiration.And now to tell you why "wait" ... the Oracle 10g wait interface!!!!!11 Feel my excitement. I just recently read...
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