Monthly Archives: August 2017

We have struggled with a corrupted database and have gone through too many issues and challenges to document in a blog post. But, I thought I would document the fix to some index corruption that I found during the process. … Continue reading →

I recently saw a dramatic example of result cache latch contention. I had just upgraded a database to 11.2.0.4 and several hours later processing pretty much came to a halt. Of course I am telling you the end before I … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I upgraded a major production database from 11.1.0.7 to 11.2.0.4. Our developers kept hitting one ugly bug after another on the minimally patched 11.1.0.7 so I wanted to get them on the most patched up … Continue reading →

The September AZORA meeting has a great lineup of speakers. AZORA is the Arizona Oracle User Group. Republic Services is providing us with an excellent place to meet off of the 101. I’m looking forward to it. Check it out if … Continue reading →