Is the FROM Clause Really Optional?
December 15, 2023Did you know that starting with Oracle 23c, the FROM clause is optional? Not totally optional, so let me explain.… Continue Reading
What Are Annotations and How to Use Them in Oracle 23c?
November 26, 2023One of the new features of the Oracle 23c is annotations. These were mostly created for developers, but I can… Continue Reading
4 Steps to Spring Clean Your Databases
March 28, 2023It’s spring time, and that comes with spring cleaning not only your house and closets, but your databases too! What… Continue Reading
How Many Processes In the Database Historically?
March 23, 2023The other day, I had an interesting challenge to look at. The maximum number of processes in the database instance… Continue Reading
4 Ways of Connecting to a PDB
February 26, 2023How do I connect to a PDB? This is a common question among new DBAs, and a valid one indeed!We… Continue Reading
SQLPLUS’ Forgotten Option: COLSEP
January 19, 2023Today’s blog post came to my mind, as I am re-writing some scripts, written by others, with tones of concatenations… Continue Reading
What Is the Become User Privilege
October 12, 2022You might be learning something new today, as I did when I ran the DBSAT Oracle utility! In the generated… Continue Reading
Do You Know How To TRIM or PAD Character Strings?
September 12, 2022Continuing on the blog post series of Single-Row Character Functions, we are going to discuss and learn about the following… Continue Reading
How To Use Character Functions That Manipulate The Case
September 1, 2022In the single-row functions series, we are going to talk about Character Functions, the ones that manipulate the case. Because… Continue Reading
Useful Examples For DBAs of Single Row Numeric Functions
August 26, 2022In the previous post, we started talking about Single Row Functions, which return a single value (row) for each row… Continue Reading