A cross-platform developer asked me if there was an Oracle equivalent to a procedure for returning the columns with datatypes and precisions for any given
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Exadata Quarantines — Not Your Typical Oracle Quarantine
Exadata extends the concept of SQL Quarantines at the cell storage level: the behavior of Exadata quarantined SQL_IDs and how they are treated is different
Execution Plans, XML Documents, and Exadata
Exadata is 100% compatible with Oracle Database, period. But how much benefit do Exadata features lend to particular data types? The Original Request We needed
Who moved my cheese parameter?
On databases with multiple DBAs and a not too rigorous change control policy, database parameters get changed and it’s not always clear who made the
An Oracle Data Dictionary Anomaly: VARCHAR2, CLOB, and Exadata
A.K.A. The Serendipitous Nature of Debugging ORA- Errors There is usually an Exadata angle to my posts, and this one won’t disappoint. It started out
All Kinds of Exadata Stuff 