Finding Top Growing Segments #JoelKallmanDay
Before we go to the subject of this blog post, let me explain why the post have the #JoelKallmanDay tag! Since 2016, Oracle Community have a day where we push…
Accidentally Set ORACLE_MAINTAINED=Y — Now What?
Hi all, Hope you’re doing well. The Question Today, a question came up on our internal distribution list: That’s a good one, isn’t it? Why does this happens? Well, let’s…
How to Reclaim Space from LOBs: A Practical Case Study
Hi everyone, hope you all are doing well! At our company, we have an internal distribution list where we discuss technical issues, challenges, etc. A question came in this week:…
Effective Management of $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage: Cleanup and Archive Strategies
Hi all, Hope you’re doing good! I had a call with one of our clients, long story short, they would like to cleanup some space under $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage directory. There are…
Automating Bulk Data Loads into Oracle Database with Shell Script and SQL*Loader
Hey everyone, Hope you’re doing good! Recently, a client approached me with an urgent issue: they needed to load 456 files into an Oracle Database table to resolve an integration…
How to Calculate Database Uptime Querying the Oracle Enterprise Manager Views
Hi everyone, Hope you’re doing good! Ensuring high availability of your Oracle databases is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) provides…
Why is the INSERT Statement Slow? Understanding ‘db file sequential read’ Waits
Some weeks ago, a client called complaining about a slowness during its load in a table. The scenario it was pretty simple: They are loading the table using the INSERT…
How to Efficiently Export a Large List of Tables with DataPump
Hi everyone, hope you’re doing good! I’m a member of a WhatsApp Group in Brazil for DBAs (not only Oracle), and one of the members asked about how to export…
