by Neil Garside | Sep 2, 2020 | Data, Neil Garside, Oracle
Installing Oracle AHF and Running ORAchk on Linux and Windows Is your Oracle database in need of some TLC? Then you need ORAchk (Oracle Check). The utility examines an Oracle system’s configuration looking for areas that need improvement and generates a risk report... 
by Julian Boneham | Jul 6, 2020 | Data, Julian Boneham, Oracle
Oracle 12.2.0.1 Support Ends 30.11.20… What to do? Oracle 12c (version 12.2.0.1) was released in March 2017 and is widely used across businesses in both Standard and Enterprise Edition versions. As with all Oracle database releases, there is a Premier Support period... 
by Julian Boneham | Jun 10, 2020 | Data, Julian Boneham, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
5 Key Priorities for DataOps Teams Having business systems that are scalable, performant and that adequately underpin key applications has always been important. Yet the recent global changes to working practices have brought about a rapid transformation in business... 
by Kate Gawron | Jan 21, 2019 | Cloud, Events, Kate Gawron, Oracle
On the 16th/17th January I was lucky enough to get to attend Oracle Openworld. I’d never been before so didn’t know what to expect, nor a clue about what the best ‘strategy’ was, more on that later! I diligently went through the entire agenda before I went and marked... 
by Grahame Dyce | Sep 6, 2018 | Data, Grahame Dyce, Oracle
This simple two-part procedure will help to diagnose and fix the most common sqlnet and tnsnames configuration problems. TEST COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CLIENT AND THE LISTENER We will use tnsping to complete this step. It’s a common misconception... 
by Kate Gawron | Aug 29, 2018 | Kate Gawron, Oracle
Recently I encountered a DLL issue when trying to log in to Oracle on Windows. It’s an issue i’ve not encountered before and it took a little while to figure out so I thought i’d share my solution with you below… THE SCENARIO You log in, set...
