A Practical Guide to Oracle APEX Workflow Automation, PL/SQL Activities, Workflow Variables, Conditional Branching, and Workflow Monitoring 1. Introduction Workflow automation is an important part of modern enterprise applications. Many …

Oracle SQL Monitor : Real Time Execution Plan Monitoring : Introduction : SQL Monitor is a diagnostics tool that tracks long-running SQL statements while they are still executing. It does …

Oracle AWR Compare Periods Report : Diagnosing Database Performance Degradation   Introduction : AWR Compare Periods Report (officially “AWR Compare Periods”) is part of Oracle’s Diagnostics Pack. Its purpose is …

Oracle SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA) : Predicting the Impact of Changes on SQL Workloads Introduction As a DBA, you often face a decision: the database needs to be upgraded, an …

Introduction : A deadlock is a situation in which two or more sessions are waiting for each other to release locks, creating a circular dependency. Unlike simple blocking, where one …

Introduction : When you manage an Oracle database in production, performance problems are inevitable. A query suddenly slows down, users start complaining, and you need to figure out what went …

Oracle Data Redaction Oracle Advance Features Part I — Understanding Data Redaction 1.1  What Is Data Redaction? Oracle Data Redaction masks sensitive column values in a query’s result set at the …

Introduction – Oracle Database Blocking Sessions In Oracle Database, blocking occurs when one session holds a lock on a resource (typically a row or table) and another session attempts to …