KATE GAWRON
ABOUT KATE
Database Consultant
Kate mainly works with Oracle databases and products, but dabbles in MySQL and SQL Server when the need arises. She spends a lot of her time researching and testing new solutions to see how they could benefit our projects, often testing to destruction!
Kate particularly enjoys performance tuning, anything that allows her to get right down deep into the workings of the database is what keeps her happy. She also enjoys a crisis every now and then. Nothing beats being a hero…
Previous roles included being an Army Officer, a Special Police Constable and a Sales Guru for Apple (and working in a chip shop but the least said about that the better)
Oracle OpenWorld Highlights – the Cloud, the Queues, and the Awesome
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...
Oracle on Windows: DLL missing errors
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 your...
Migrating Oracle Data to Amazon RDS with GoldenGate
The migration of databases to cloud has increased rapidly in recent years and it’s not hard to see why. Moving your capital expenditure (CapEx) costs into operational expenditure (OpEx) budgets offers greater flexibility and lower risk but there’s still a major...
Issues encountered installing Oracle 12c on Windows
Recently I’ve had to install Oracle 12C on Windows Server 2012 for a client. Normally this wouldn’t be blog-worthy but this time the installation threw up several headaches that I’ve not encountered before, and one I had and should have known better! First, the...