(Scott Wesley) Are you involved with Oracle? Perhaps your a DBA, or a PL/SQL data master, possibly know a bit about Oracle Forms, and you want to learn what all the fuss is about regarding Oracle Application Express (APEX)?
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What’s new with Oracle database 12.2.0.1.190416 versus 12.2.0.1.190716
(Frits Hoogland) There are a couple of underscore parameters changed from spare to named ones. It’s interesting to see that in sysstat, ‘spare statistic 2’ changed to ‘cell XT granule IO bytes saved by HDFS tbs extent map scan’.
AutoUpgrade Tips: Running two (or more) sessions in parallel
(Mike.Dietrich) Our intention with the AutoUpgrade as the single tool to upgrade your databases was initially: You have one big config file for your databases.
Create Efficient Query Plans Using Query Store – Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans – Part 3
(Pinal Dave) I recently released a Pluralsight Course Analyzing SQL Server Query Plans, and it is really doing great in terms of viewership and I have received some really great comments and feedback about this course.
Client-side JavaScript Databinding without a Framework
(Jeremy Likness) The one feature that is not fully supported natively by the latest JavaScript versions is databinding. But how hard is it to implement? If your only motivation for using a heavy framework is databinding support, you may be surprised! Let’s roll up our sleeves and try it out.
IBM Db2 Mirror for i Getting Started
(Jean-Luc Bonhommet and Ingo Dimmer) IBM Db2 Mirror for i provides a new solution for continuous availability for an IBM i environment based on an active-active clustering design utilizing a low latency communication protocol for synchronous database replication.
That slippery slope
(Kenneth Fisher) We need to have processes and rules. They are important to any business. That said, exceptions are also going to be a universal constant. Without exceptions to the rules you can’t deal with the unexpected/unforeseen. So what’s the problem? Ever heard one of these?
MySQL Cloud Backup and Restore Scenarios Using Microsoft Azure
(Paul Namuag) Backups are a very important part of your database operations, as your business must be secured when catastrophe strikes. When that time comes (and it will), your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) should be predefined, as this is how fast you can recover
Cool WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) tips and tricks you (or I) didn’t know were possible
(Scott Hanselman) It’s no secret I dig WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and now that WSL2 is available in Windows Insiders Slow it’s a great time to really explore the options that are available. What I’m finding is so interesting about WSL and how it relates to the Windows system around it is how
Collapsing Sticky Elements And Maintaining Scroll Offsets In Angular 9.0.0-rc.2
(Ben Nadel) One of the best user experience (UX) features that GitHub has added recently is the “stickiness” of the file-header in the Pull Request (PR) review mode. And, part of what makes this feature so enjoyable is the fact that as the user collapses the content of a given file, the Window maint