Oracle

External Article

Deciding on a Primary Key in Oracle

  • Article

Designing a system with primary keys in mind is not an easy task, and the solutions may not be the simplest. However the effort is well worth the time and trouble when you realize that it's the best way to prevent duplicate data - but how do you choose a primary key? David Fitzjarrell looks at several examples.

2015-08-25

4,312 reads

External Article

Webinar: Oracle Exadata & In-Memory Real-World Performance

  • Article

On January 28th 3PM GMT, Randolf Geist will present a free, one-hour webinar analyzing different database query profiles based on a real-world customer case. He'll also look at how these different profiles influence the efficiency of Exadata's features and the new Oracle In-Memory column store option. Register now.

2015-01-23

8,371 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Free Webinar: Statistics in Oracle and SQL Server

  • Article

In their third live 'Oracle vs. SQL Server' discussion, Jonathan Lewis (Oracle Ace Director, OakTable Network) and Grant Fritchey (Microsoft SQL Server MVP) will look at statistics in Oracle and SQL Server. Expect a lively debate on Oracle vs. SQL Server from two leading RDBMS experts on Jan 23, 2013.

2013-01-22 (first published: )

2,676 reads

External Article

Oracle to SQL Server: Crossing the Great Divide, Part 1

  • Article

When a SQL expert moves from Oracle to SQL Server, he can spot obvious strengths and weaknesses in the product that are too familiar to be apparent to the SQL Server DBA. Jonathan Lewis is one such expert: In this article he records his train of thought whilst investigating the mechanics of the SQL Server database engine. The result makes interesting reading.

2010-05-10

3,704 reads

Blogs

PowerShell (and T-SQL) and Elastic Jobs

By

I’ve covered how to create Elastic Jobs in the portal (this one is important...

A New Word: Redesis

By

redesis – n. a feeling of queasiness while offering someone advice, knowing they might...

Friday Flyway Tips: Autopilot in 10 minutes

By

The Solutions Engineers at Redgate recently released an Introduction to Redgate Flyway Autopilot course...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

No End to Programmers

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item No End to Programmers

Solution to a problem without using a CURSOR

By krishnagceb

Hi there to all SQL gurus So, here is the scenario. I have a...

Error when running sql server backup routine job

By Jeco

Guys, I am facing problems when running a backup routine JOB in SQL Server,...

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

Counting Bits II

What is the result of this query in SQL Server 2022+?

select bit_count('7')

See possible answers