2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary […]
Misc
Technology
Oracle 11g R2 lock types
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Misc
Why my job is safe
I spent the last couple of days with coding a new registration module for a private website that I administrate.
Technology
Oracle 11g R2 enqueue waits
Over 1 and a half year ago I posted the enqueue waits for Oracle 10g. Well, a lot has changed
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Ask Tom search engine
Today my boss asked me if I know how to fix the search engine for FireFox for AskTom.oracle.com since Tom
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A few facts about TimesTen
TimesTen gets usually deployed in the Middle Tier – same location where the application runs TimesTen is persistent and can
Misc
The big picture
A couple of weeks ago a customer had some troubles with the overall performance. He complained that everything is slow
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Bitmap indexes and cardinality
In my last two posts I talked a little bit about bitmap indexes, how they work and why they lock.
Technology
Bitmap index usecases
In my previous post I talked about bitmap indexes, where they should be used and where they shouldn’t be used
Technology
BITMAP index
In the last few months I got more and more involved into the Data Warehouse side. This is actually not
Misc
C is back at number 1 position
TIOBE just released the “Tiobe programming community index” for April 2010. And guess what – C is back on top
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Oracle Seminar
Last Wednesday I had the chance to visit an Oracle seminar at the Marriot hotel in New York City. I