Welcome to this issue of SELECT Journal! Just as children grow up quickly, technologies such as Real Application Clusters (RAC) that took baby steps just a few years ago have grown up and matured quickly as well. RAC has slowly but surely permeated into most of the data centers around the world providing both scalability…

Welcome to this issue of SELECT Journal! Just as children grow up quickly, technologies such as Real Application Clusters (RAC) that took baby steps just a few years ago have grown up and matured quickly as well. RAC has slowly but surely permeated into most of the data centers around the world providing both scalability…

Welcome to this issue of SELECT Journal! Just as children grow up quickly, technologies such as Real Application Clusters (RAC) that took baby steps just a few years ago have grown up and matured quickly as well. RAC has slowly but surely permeated into most of the data centers around the world providing both scalability…

In this article, Lipowitz demonstrates the unusual case where gathering statistics, and gathering statistics alone, drastically changes execution plans.

In this article, Lipowitz demonstrates the unusual case where gathering statistics, and gathering statistics alone, drastically changes execution plans.

In this article, Lipowitz demonstrates the unusual case where gathering statistics, and gathering statistics alone, drastically changes execution plans.

Carr discusses Oracle Database add-on features throughout previous versions and highlightsthe Cube Organized Material Views in Oracle Database 11g.

Carr discusses Oracle Database add-on features throughout previous versions and highlightsthe Cube Organized Material Views in Oracle Database 11g.

Carr discusses Oracle Database add-on features throughout previous versions and highlightsthe Cube Organized Material Views in Oracle Database 11g.

Hartmann discusses RMAN in Oracle Database 11g and the Data Recovery Adviser. Hedemonstrates this tool by providing an example of using the new 11g repair interfaces forblock media recovery.