Author Archives: Bobby

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 →

I switched from Enthought Canopy to IDLE for Python development when I got my new corporate laptop a few weeks back. Yesterday I realized that I was unable to run a Matplotlib graph from IDLE in my current configuration. Also, … Continue reading →

I just finished reading the Oracle database 12.2 new features manual. I have postponed looking at 12.2 until now because for a long time 12.2 was not available for download even though it was available in Oracle’s cloud. Once the … Continue reading →

I ran across this strange situation. An SQR opened a new data file for output and created the file with 611 permissions. We needed group read access so this caused a problem. I knew that our login script for the … Continue reading →

This is a follow-up to my earlier post about the assembly language book that I am working through. I have struggled to speed up a program using something that the book recommends, unrolling a loop. I think I have finally … Continue reading →

I modified PythonDBAGraphs to use datetime objects on the X axis for all the reports except ashcpu.py. This lets you hover the mouse over a point and see the date and time for the point. Previously I was using text … Continue reading →

I pushed out a new version of PythonDBAGraphs. I got a new laptop at work so I am setting it up with the software that I need to do my job. I decided that instead of reinstalling Enthought Canopy I would go … Continue reading →

I have written earlier blog posts about my diversion from studying Oracle to studying computer science. Here are some relevant posts: url1,url2,url3,url4. After finishing the math for computer science online class and book that I was working on I stared working … Continue reading →

I just finished reading the Snowflake database documentation and I thought I would blog about my impressions. I have not spent a lot of time using Snowflake so I can not draw from experience with the product. But, I read all … Continue reading →

I submitted two abstracts for Oracle OpenWorld 2017. I have two talks that I have thought of putting together: Python for the Oracle DBA Toastmasters for the Oracle DBA I want to do these talks because they describe two things that I … Continue reading →