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Oracle database design


Have a question about best practices for Oracle database design, configuration and table design? This section contains the tips and expert adivce for DBMS versions 8, 9i, 10g and 11g to help you out.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (48) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (1360) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (4) , BEST WEB LINKS (5) , DEFINITIONS (8)

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Spotlight on Oracle performance tuning
ARTICLE - Performance tuning is a key task for any Oracle DBA. This spotlight includes tips and advice to help you meet your tuning challenges and keep users happy.

  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 48
Weighing remote database administration pros and cons takes care
SearchOracle.com | 28 Apr 2008
ARTICLE - Remote database administration makes sense for some organizations -- and some DBAs -- according to a speaker at Collaborate.
Oracle Database 11g makes waves at Burlington Coat Factory
SearchOracle.com | 10 Apr 2008
ARTICLE - The CTO of Burlington Coat Factory talks about data center failover and the new features of Oracle Database 11g.
Data modeling tools no substitute for hard work
SearchOracle.com | 27 Dec 2007
ARTICLE - Data modeling tools have seen advances in recent years, but many experts warn that projects proceed too fast, leaving important details overlooked.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 1360
ORACLE DATABASE DESIGN EXPERTS
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How to create a database link in Oracle
Submitted By: SearchOracle.com | 04 Jan 2008
TIP - Part of our "How do I do that in Oracle?" series, this tip explains in detail how to create a database link as well as how to troubleshoot db link errors.
How do I do that in Oracle?
Submitted By: SearchOracle.com | 10 Dec 2007
TIP - This series is a collection of tips that explain in detail how to perform specific tasks in Oracle related to database administration.
How many redo log files?
06 Sep 2007
EXPERT ANSWER - How can I know how many redo log files are enough for a database that receives 65,000 transactions per minute and how large should they be?
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 4
Learning Guide: Performance tuning
SearchOracle.com | 03 Nov 2004
LEARNING GUIDE - Learn the tricks of industry experts for identifying and eliminating perfomance problems in this guide.
RDBMS fundamentals
24 Jun 2005
FEATURED TOPIC - This learning guide can help you to understand the theory that serves as the foundation for Oracle's software and offer practical tips for designing and working with it.
Database design
10 Jun 2005
FEATURED TOPIC - Good performance and effective applications begin with efficient database design. Here are a few resources to help you figure out how to arrange and access your data.
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  BEST WEB LINKS: 1 - 3 of 5
Fast Guide: Solving common Oracle errors
SearchOracle.com | 24 Oct 2006
BEST WEB LINK - Solve your Oracle errors quickly and easily with help from this fast guide. It covers every expert response pertaining to Oracle errors on SearchOracle.com.
Is Ingres a viable alternative to Oracle for SAP users?
SearchOracle.com | 09 Feb 2006
BEST WEB LINK - Database pros responding to a recent column express serious reservations about one venture capitalist's plan to market open source Ingres to SAP users.
300 free Oracle scripts
SearchOracle.com | 11 Jul 2003
BEST WEB LINK - No matter what your Oracle admin dilemma, here you're sure to find a script to help solve it. Dig through SearchOracle.com's collection of nearly 300 Oracle scripts and tips. (July 11, 2003)
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 8
flexfield
05 Jul 2004
WORD - In an Oracle environment, a flexfield is a database field that has flexibility built into it so that users can define reporting structures that are relevant to their specific organizations. Two types of flexfields are ...
row
27 Oct 2003
WORD - In a database, a row (sometimes called a record) is the set of fields within a table that are relevant to a specific entity. For example, in a table called customer contact information, a row would likely contain fields such ...
extent
05 Jul 2003
WORD - 1) An extent is a set of contiguous blocks allocated in a database. In the Oracle database program, the first set of contiguous blocks, set up automatically when a segment is created, is called the initial extent. After the ...
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