Goyal discusses AWR trending and it’s importance for database performance. He defines AWR and explains how AWR is a powerful tool that can help with Oracle performance analysis.

Back to Basics: Simple Database Web Services By Chris Muir In the first part of this two-part article, Muir explains how to consume and publish Web services with an Oracle database without using an Application Server, SOA etc. In a future article, he will cover Parts II and III. Uncommon Sense About Common Objects By…

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Over the last year or so, the compelling question for Oracle-based IT shops seems to have shifted from “How do I make the transition to Fusion?” to “Which is the better choice - Fusion Middleware or Application Express?” Many organizations seem to be choosing Application Express over Fusion Middleware. SELECT’s Associate Editor asked Lucas Jellema,…

Bulusu describes a framework for debugging PL/SQL application code.

In this article, Huang looks at how DBAs and performance tuning analysts can track Oracle initialization parameter dependency and drills down into the dependencies of the STATISTICS_LEVEL parameter.

In his article, Antognini explains bloom filters and how Oracle Database makes use of them in various situations.

Taking a database-centric approach, this article discusses the problem of stateFUL vs. stateLESS connections. Rosenblum’s target audience is database developers and DBAs who need to support the architectural decisions of their front-end teams or influence these decisions.

Chintala and Banerjee discuss Dell I/T Global Database Engineering’s strategy of enforcing global database standards by automating the database creation process using the silent install features of Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA).