A general rule of thumb for tuning database applications is "80 percent application, 20 percent database." This means that, on average, developers can tune 20 percent of performance problems by ...

Clearing the attribute buffer is not required to create a preference. The buffer is cleared automatically after each call to CTX_DDL.CREATE_PREFERENCE. CLEAR_ATTRIBUTE is used primarily for clearing ...

An Oracle database server running on a Windows machine can manipulate COM Automation server objects from PL/SQL or Java stored in a database. To access a COM Automation server, a client application ...

With the introduction of Oracle compatibility in MariaDB Server 10.3, it’s now possible to use Oracle PL/SQL and Oracle sequences in an open source database — making it easier for DBAs and developers ...

The PL/SQL package DBMS_RANDOM can generate random text and date values as well as numbers. Check out these code examples to learn how you can generate these values in your development work. Numbers, ...