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Oracle Parallel Query Abuse
Bert Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:46 AM
Oracle’s Parallel Query Option (PQO) is a fantastic tool, but much like any good tool, it can very easily be used in the wrong situation or simply abused. In those cases, PQO can actually make database performance much worse. Let’s examine some common misuses or misperceptions regarding optimal and efficient PQO usage.
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TheThree Letter Word
JimWankowski Monday, October 29, 2007 2:27 PM
I just got back from the IBM IOD conference in Las Vegas; it was a great show. Every year there is usually some buzz about what is “hot” with DB2. This year’s buzz was heard loud and clear – XML was being discus ...
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Tuning – Detection, Diagnosis, and Prevention
JeffSmith Friday, October 26, 2007 9:14 AM
If you frequent Toad® World, then you are probably aware of the fact that Quest has a technology that offers to
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Running Toad on Linux!
Bert Monday, October 22, 2007 4:09 AM
OK – now that I grabbed your full attention with that snappy title, let’s see just how to run the Toad® on your Linux desktop or notebook. Let’s say that you’re running Redhat, CentOS, SuSE or Ubuntu Linux on your PC, let’s further assume that you would like to run Toad either ...
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An Exercise in Refactoring: Are two files equal?
StevenFeuersteinTW Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:50 AM

All files referenced in document available from: www.oracleplsqlprogramming. ...

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A Sneak Peak
JeffSmith Monday, October 15, 2007 2:45 PM
They say time flies when you’re having fun, and it seems like 2007 has gone by at a record pace. 2007 has seen quite a few exciting developments in the ‘Toad World’ arena. In addition to Toad World itself, we have seen a new unit testing tool for PL/SQL and a version of Toad made just for analysts released. In addition we&r ...
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DB2 Day to Day
JimWankowski Friday, October 12, 2007 11:13 AM

Hey DB2’ers,

I had a busy week last week speaking at the Central Canadian DB2 Users Group in Toronto

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Top Ten Benchmarking Misconceptions
Bert Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:26 PM

1. I’m using a tool like Quest’s Benchmark Factory®, so that’s all I need.

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Simplifying Database Administration – Part 1
JohnPocknell Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:57 PM
Problem Resolution

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What about a Self-learning SQL Optimizer?
RichardTo Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:45 AM

There are at least two database vendors are trying to build self-learning SQL optimizers. The idea is to use actual statistics from executed SQL statements to rectify the future cost estimation of the same or similar SQL statements. It seems like a good idea, but, you will find that their existing self-learning ...

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