A dumb mistake … again and again …
Not to long ago I was analyzing a performance issue on a customers system. In the course of this I needed to see some aggregated… Read More »A dumb mistake … again and again …
Oracle Database
Blogging standard…
As it seems it has become popular to give his readers a glimpse on the bookshelf like it has been practised by many before me (see here ,… Read More »Blogging standard…
Anybody know OCOPY?
For more than ten years now SAP has provided a unified way to administer the Oracle database via the BR*Tools (Backup/Recovery). Wether you like the… Read More »Anybody know OCOPY?
Verification Speed….
I recently had to handle a case where a big and important system was rendered unusable by database corruptions. Due to some bad luck and… Read More »Verification Speed….
Get me my data back! QUICK!
Ok, so your data is gone. You/the report you ran executed a DELETE statement and performed a COMMIT. What to do now? It is the… Read More »Get me my data back! QUICK!
Things that happen in support messages that I don’t like… Part II
++ 07.03.2011 ++ UPDATE ++ UPDATE ++ UPDATE ++ The mentioned error message had been improved with Oracle 10.2.0.5 (“Things change for the better” or… Read More »Things that happen in support messages that I don’t like… Part II
We all hate the BR*TOOLS, don’t we?
We all hate the BR*TOOLS, don’t we? You won’t believe how often we in support get asked about if SAPDBA is available for use with… Read More »We all hate the BR*TOOLS, don’t we?
Suck that data out! Connect from Oracle to MaxDB
In one of my former jobs, I had been in charge of a rather small project tracking tool for the engineering department. As buying equipment… Read More »Suck that data out! Connect from Oracle to MaxDB
I can repair your corrupt database!
Years in database support, endless experience and access to a whole bunch of internal notes and guidelines have enabled me (as well as all DB… Read More »I can repair your corrupt database!
A classic in disguise…
In my last blog entry “Starting off with a classic…” I presented a classic issue that may appear when the database software is upgraded. The… Read More »A classic in disguise…