We often think that hardware issues, like lesser RAM or CPU speed are the main culprits behind slow database performance. So, we end up upgrading the hardware, which is always not the best solution.

Performance tuning can be complex. It's often hard to know which knob to turn or button to press to get the biggest performance boost. In this on demand presentation, Janis Griffin, System Consultant ...

When Erik Benner gets his hooks into new technology, his curiosity just will not let go. So much so that when astronomy caught his fancy, he didn’t merely buy a telescope, he ended up with a ...

The latest release of Oracle Database (12.1.0.2) offers a unique set of features that portend increases in application workload execution, especially for analytics and data warehousing queries. This ...

Spatial Cartridge provides sample SQL script files to show how to use dynamic SQL in a PL/SQL block to create layer tables for spatially indexed data or to administer and manipulate all the partitions ...