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Yesterday I was creating a new Oracle 11.2.0.3 database from a copy of datafiles and archivelogs taken from our standby. I was sure to include archivelogs from just prior to well after the span of the datafile backup time. I had created a new controlfile, gotten everything mounted and recovered... [Read More]

Bobby Curtis just posted a great post about adding a database to Oracle Restart, aka srvctl. The post is a must-read, but I do have one thing to add. In Bobby's example, he leaves out the instance_name clause (noted by the -i parameter). This won't cause a problem for him... [Read More]

Had an interesting little case come up today when helping a client re-write a view. This legacy application stored a date value as January 1, 1970 when they didn't have a date (basically using it as a de facto NULL). I did my best to lecture the client on why... [Read More]

This post is the fourth (and final) in a short series about Oracle 11g ADR. These posts are based on the presentations I gave at the NoCOUG Summer Conference in August 2011 and at the RMOUG Training Days in February 2012.IPSAny DBA that has had to file a support request... [Read More]

This post is the third in a short series about Oracle 11g ADR. These posts are based on the presentations I gave at the NoCOUG Summer Conference in August 2011 and at the RMOUG Training Days in February 2012.One of the benefits of the new ADR system is the automatic... [Read More]