Oracle releases fixes for security vulnerabilities on a quarterly basis in the form of a Critical Patch Update (CPU). The CPU is a collection of security patches for the Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Collaboration Suite, and Oracle business applications, including both the Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft applications. The first CPU was released…

Having your system configuration and IT project documentation uploaded to My Oracle Support can fill a critical need for disaster recovery. Especially if your primary site is completely lost or unavailable, or the more real possibility that the documentation was never maintained properly in the first place. Personnel would be able to find the information…

Having your system configuration and IT project documentation uploaded to My Oracle Support can fill a critical need for disaster recovery. Especially if your primary site is completely lost or unavailable, or the more real possibility that the documentation was never maintained properly in the first place. Personnel would be able to find the information…

This presentation provides practical solutions for securing your Oracle HTTP Server (OHS). It follows the approach that was used with Project Lockdown for the database to provide a phased approach to securing the web server. The introduction explains the differences in web server setup based on usage, from reverse proxy server to J2EE Application server…

One of the challenges developers often face during the development and testing phase is to get the test data timely populated in the development/ UAT databases. In the absence of data conversion programs, it becomes tedious manual effort to come up with test data so that various components of an application can be tested. Often…

One of the challenges developers often face during the development and testing phase is to get the test data timely populated in the development/ UAT databases. In the absence of data conversion programs, it becomes tedious manual effort to come up with test data so that various components of an application can be tested. Often…

We will discuss some of the interesting performance issues and solutions. These issues are encountered with various clients across the globe. (i) A case of High Kernel mode CPU usage (ii) Small dose of NUMA etc. (iii) A case of hung cluster due to CF enqueue locks (iv) A case of hung RAC instances due…

We will discuss some of the interesting performance issues and solutions. These issues are encountered with various clients across the globe. (i) A case of High Kernel mode CPU usage (ii) Small dose of NUMA etc. (iii) A case of hung cluster due to CF enqueue locks (iv) A case of hung RAC instances due…

Of all of the new features that are included in version 11gR2 of the Oracle Database, Edition Based Redefinitions could be the one that has the highest impact on the way we develop database centric applications. With Edition Based Redefinitions you can have multiple versions of the same object in your database schema in order…

Of all of the new features that are included in version 11gR2 of the Oracle Database, Edition Based Redefinitions could be the one that has the highest impact on the way we develop database centric applications. With Edition Based Redefinitions you can have multiple versions of the same object in your database schema in order…