This is just a short note to point out that I finally uploaded a new version of TVD$XTAT. To download it click here. Not only I introduced some new features, but I also fixed several bugs. The detailed change log since Beta 10 is the following: Added support for bind sets using array processing Added […]
The database engine determines the maximum disk I/O size used during multiblock reads (for example, full table scans or index fast full scans) by multiplying the values of the db_block_size and db_file_multiblock_read_count initialization parameters. The db_file_multiblock_read_count initialization parameter can be set explicitly, or, as of version 10.2, it’s also possible to instruct the database engine […]
If you are an attendee of UKOUG Tech14 you have a chance to win a free copy of Expert Oracle SQL by Tony Hasler AND a free copy of Troubleshooting Oracle Performance (2nd edition) by myself. If you want to know more, click here.
Several people asked me how much I changed in the second edition. The short answer is… A LOT. The main goals set for the revision of the book were the following: Add content about Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and Oracle Database 12c Release 1. Remove content about Oracle9i and Oracle Database 10g Release 1. […]
Few days ago the second edition of Troubleshooting Oracle Performance was finally published. Today, I updated the pages on this site that provide information about the book. It goes without saying that the new pages cover the second edition. Hence, from here you can access the description, the table of contents, the forewords written by […]
Premature optimization, (probably) because of Donald Knuth’s famous line “premature optimization is the root of all evil,” (see Structured Programming with go to Statements) is, at the very least, a controversial topic. The misconception based on that particular quote is that a programmer, while writing code, should ignore optimization altogether. In my opinion this is […]
Most execution plans can be interpreted by following few basic rules (in TOP, Chapter 6, I provide such a list of rules). Nevertheless, there are some special cases. One of them is when an index scan, in addition to the access predicate, has a filter predicate applying a subquery. The following execution plan, taken from […]
The 31st of January and 1st of February 2012 I will present a 2-day seminar about the Oracle query optimizer in Ballerup (DK). The event is organized by Miracle A/S. The content, which is based on the chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 of my book, is the following: Chapter 1 describes the […]
At page 189 of TOP I wrote the following piece of text: In summary, with the initialization parameter optimizer_secure_view_merging set to TRUE, the query optimizer checks whether view merging could lead to security issues. If this is the case, no view merging will be performed, and performance could be suboptimal as a result. For this […]
I was just informed that there are still some free seats for the 2-day seminar I will present in Berlin in two weeks (June 7-8). Hence, do not wait too long if you want to join us… The content is based on the chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 of my book, i.e. part 3: […]