David Njoku JSON For Absolute Beginners: Part 1- Introduction Hi, meet my friend JSON. Chances are you’ve heard of it, perhaps you have a vague idea of what it’s... 02 September 2016 5 min read
Anju Garg Incomplete / Complete recovery using RMAN cold backup Offline backups (also known as Cold or consistent backups) are taken when the database is in a consistent state, i.e.... 29 June 2016 12 min read
Anju Garg Defragmentation Can Degrade Query Performance As data in tables is updated and / or deleted, pockets of empty space can be created, leading to fragmented... 16 June 2016 15 min read
Aman Sharma Oracle System Change Number: An Introduction For many people working with Oracle database, SCN (System Change Number) is a topic that interests them greatly – but... 23 May 2016 13 min read
Kartik Balachandran Running Siebel CRM on Non-Standard Versions of Internet Explorer Traditionally Siebel CRM has been heavily dependent on ActiveX controls. Oracle offers lifetime support on any Siebel version post version... 03 May 2016 5 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 12: Upgrading a Non-Development Database In the last two articles we covered the process of upgrading a development database. The steps involved were as follows:... 26 April 2016 10 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 11: Performing the Siebel incremental Repository Merge As mentioned in the last article in this series, the Siebel upgrade process is split into 3 separate parts: Upgrade... 25 April 2016 8 min read
David Njoku XQuery for Absolute Beginners: Part 5 – XQuery Update Facility There’s something slightly oxymoronic about the phrase XQuery Update Facility. Make your mind up, dude – are you querying or... 19 April 2016 7 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 10: Upgrading the Siebel Database In the nine previous articles in this series, we have learnt how to set up a Siebel Sandbox instance for... 18 April 2016 9 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 9: Upgrading the Application Servers for 8.1.1.X Deployments In the first article in the series we talked about having multiple paths for a Siebel upgrade. In a nutshell:... 15 April 2016 6 min read
Anju Garg Automatic Big Table Caching in RAC In an earlier article, I discussed Automatic big table cache (ABTC) which is a new feature introduced in Oracle Database... 13 April 2016 14 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 8:- Configuring and Starting the Siebel Sandbox In the last article in this series, we completed the installation of all of the Siebel components for our sandbox.... 13 April 2016 11 min read
David Njoku XQuery for Absolute Beginners: Part 4 – Conditions & Custom Functions This is the fourth part of a series introducing Oracle developers to XQuery. In the first three parts we’ve talked... 12 April 2016 8 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 7: Installation of the Siebel Application Software As mentioned in the last article in this series, we have completed all the tasks necessary to create the Siebel... 05 April 2016 6 min read
Jonathan Lewis Massive Deletes – Part 3 In the previous installment of this series we looked at methods for seeing the pattern of the changes that would... 05 April 2016 16 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 6: Configuring the Siebel Database The final step before we can start the Siebel Server installation is to configure the database server. In the last... 01 April 2016 8 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 5: The Ancillary Software Before we can start installing the Siebel Application software we have a few more steps to complete. Just to recap... 29 March 2016 6 min read
David Njoku XQuery for Absolute Beginners: Part 3 – FLWOR This is the third instalment in a series of articles that I’m hoping will serve as a primer for Oracle... 21 March 2016 9 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 4: The Extract The extraction of zip files is usually a fairly simple exercise, but in the case of Siebel CRM it is... 17 March 2016 4 min read
Kartik Balachandran Siebel CRM Part 3: The Download of the Siebel Installation and Ancillary Application Files This article requires that you have an Amazon AWS instance set up, as detailed in the previous article in this... 14 March 2016 4 min read
