Oracle

• 6 Reasons to Migrate Your Oracle Databases Twice as Fast to Release 12.1.0.2
• Sep 15, 2015

Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 is the terminal release for Oracle 11g R2, and extended support for that release ends as of December 2015. Yet many Oracle shops haven't accelerated their pace to transition to Oracle Database 12c R1. Oracle ACE Director Jim Czuprynski, author of Oracle Database 12c New Features, Part 1 LiveLessons, explains why Oracle DBAs should redouble their upgrade efforts to take advantage of six key feature sets available in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.

• An Interview with Bert Scalzo and Dan Hotka on Toad for Oracle
• Aug 27, 2015

Data expert Phyllis Helton talks to Bert Scalzo and Dan Hotka, co-authors of Toad for Oracle Unleashed, about some of their favorite features in Toad, their thoughts on GUI tools, and advice for people new to developing using Oracle and Toad.

• Toad for Oracle Unleashed: Working with SQL
• Aug 3, 2015

This chapter from Toad for Oracle Unleashed covers various aspects of the SQL Editor window, such as various modes to compile and execute code, using Toad history for past SQL, enhancing the interface to best fit your needs, using little-known items within the SQL Editor, code templates, and building SQL without typing.

• Oracle Exadata Smart Flash Cache in Depth
• Jul 6, 2015

In this chapter from Oracle Exadata Expert's Handbook, the authors review the architecture of Exadata Flash solid-state disk and examine in detail how Exadata Smart Flash Cache and Exadata Smart Flash Logging allow you to transparently leverage this Flash I/O.