Load profile

I like Load profile section of Statspack or AWR reports (who doesn’t). It’s short and gives a brief understanding of what kind of work a database does. But what if you don’t have an access to Statspack or AWR but still want to see something similar? It’s possible to use V$SYSMETRIC to get this numbers [...]

Oracle database features wish list – 2 (V$SQL_UNSHARED_CURSOR)

It’s been too long from a previous wish for Oracle. While reading a MOS updated articles (in a new HTML interface which looks nice, much better than flash-based introduction) I’ve seen this document that made me write this blog post. As you know, Oracle has V$SQL_SHARED_CURSOR view that helps to understand why a particular child [...]

RuOUG in Saint Petersburg

On February 10th I was in Saint Petersburg on a seminar organized by Russian Oracle User Group. Actually, it was mostly prepared by company called Devexperts. Seminar took place in their office, with most presentations done by their people.