Throughout our lives we all experience watershed moments—those public and private moments and events that become turning points in our lives. In the public sphere, these are the historical moments tha...
In our previous post What Happened to High Availability in Oracle 19c Standard Edition?”, we talked about how the high availability option in Oracle Database Standard Edition (SE HA) isn’t all it’s cr...
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Part three in a blog series about SQL optimization, index tuning and yes … the quiz answers! Optimizing indexes? It’s hard. Really, really hard. At the end of my previous blog post, I gave you a po...
Poor query design and coding practices are the top Oracle database performance killers. Even with good database architecture design and no other SQL performance inhibitors, poor PLSQL code and SQL que...
Using Toad® for Oracle, there are many ways to export data from your Oracle databases. What is the fastest way to export data from Oracle? It all depends upon your specific use case. Of course, there ...
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Ask Toad® continues its 2020 webcast series with another session designed to help you maximize your investment in Toad for Oracle. This time, we’ll be looking at 5 cool features in the Toad for Oracle...
Companies these days are collecting and storing more and more data than ever before from all kinds of sources. As a result, importing data has a lot more variables to consider. Running a query and s...
In a previous blog, How to monitor database activity with the Toad® Database Browser Utility, I introduced you to the Database dropdown and focused on the Monitor—Database featues. I also skipped over...
If you're currently using Oracle Database Standard Edition, or considering using it to reduce your Oracle spend; you probably know that your High Availability and Disaster Recovery options are limited...
How many times have you created a database object without the option to check if the SQL code satisfied the SQL formatting standards? With ApexSQL Enforce that may never happen again. Watch an intr...
If you’re responsible for Db2 performance tuning, read part 2 in this blog series. This second blog takes a deep dive into the Db2 Process Model and shows you a time-saving shortcut. DBAs, are you ...
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Finding new, effective indexes to improve database performance is hard. How hard? Take a short quiz at the end of this blog. Remember, Toad® Turnpike is about real people doing real things with Toa...
