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		<title>How to tell the OS is 64bit?</title>
		<link>http://oraclespin.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/how-to-tell-the-os-is-64bit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Linux: Using uname with -m option as show below [root@localhost ~]# uname -m x86_64 On Windows: Refer to following link for windows http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2781&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Example of bulk collect and performance using different values of limit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sample code that shows using BULK COLLECT and performance of using different values for LIMIT. declare cursor l_cur is select * from scott.emp; type emp_tbl is table of l_cur%rowtype index by pls_integer; l_emp emp_tbl; limit_in number; i number; begin limit_in := &#38;limit_param; open l_cur; loop fetch l_cur bulk collect into l_emp limit limit_in; for i [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2764&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to set vim/gvim on windows?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gvim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the following steps one can setup vim/gvim to run on windows. 1) Add the following new variable VIM on your system. Example: VIM=C:\apps\vim\vim73 (Where C:\apps\vim\vim73 is where vim/gvim is installed) 2) Copy the file %VIM%\vimrc_example.vim as _vimrc in %VIM% folder 3) Add the following 2 lines at the end in %VIM%\_vimrc so it sets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2773&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Example of using tracefile_identifier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[trace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10046]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[file name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filename]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using &#8220;tracefile_identifier&#8221; Oracle will add that to the name of the user&#8217;s trace filename so the file can easily be identified. For example if one needs to trace multiple users session who have different schema or OS user then using &#8220;tracefile_identifier&#8221; one can identify the trace file specific to a user. Example: The following trigger [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2753&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to add a comment when changing a parameter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[add]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;ALTER SYSTEM&#8221; one can include a comment which gets recorded in the spfile and also in v$parameter as shown below. It can be used to record why parameter was changed. Example: SQL&#62; alter system set open_cursors=1000 comment=&#039;07-Jan-2012 Changed AJ needed for application XYZ&#039;; SQL&#62; select value, update_comment from v$parameter where name = &#039;open_cursors&#039;; VALUE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2748&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to use dbms_xplan to display execution plan?</title>
		<link>http://oraclespin.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/how-to-use-dbms_xplan-to-display-execution-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using dbms_xplan.display_cursor one can see the execution plan of a SQL statement. The function takes following 3 parameters. SQL_ID (VARCHAR2) &#8211; If passed NULL, then it would assume SQL_ID of the last SQL statement CURSOR_CHILD_NO &#8211; If passed NULL, then it would assume child_number of last SQL Statement FORMAT &#8211; Possible values are BASIC, TYPICAL, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=1743&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to add a new not null column in a table without providing a default value?</title>
		<link>http://oraclespin.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/how-to-add-a-new-not-null-column-in-a-table-without-providing-a-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SQL - DDL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following shows how to add in a table a new column that is NOT NULL when a table already has rows without providing a default value. SQL&#62; create table scott.testn ( x number not null); Table created. SQL&#62; insert into scott.testn values ( 11 ); 1 row created. SQL&#62; commit; Commit complete. &#045;&#045; First [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2729&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>List of all system privileges</title>
		<link>http://oraclespin.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/list-of-all-system-privileges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General DBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privilege]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the view &#8220;system_privilege_map&#8221; one can list all the system privileges or search for a specific privilege. Example: List all privilege that have &#8220;TABLE&#8221; keyword in it. SQL&#62; select * from system_privilege_map where NAME like &#8216;%TABLE%&#8217;; PRIVILEGE NAME PROPERTY &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- -10 CREATE TABLESPACE 0 -11 ALTER TABLESPACE 0 -12 MANAGE TABLESPACE 0 -13 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2715&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to check if auditing is turned on and privilege auditing is turned on?</title>
		<link>http://oraclespin.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/how-to-check-if-auditing-is-turned-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auditing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If AUDIT_TRAIL is not set to NONE then using the following SQL one can find the statements that have auditing turned on. SQL&#62; SELECT * FROM dba_stmt_audit_opts union SELECT * FROM dba_priv_audit_opts; USER_NAME PROXY_NAME &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; AUDIT_OPTION SUCCESS FAILURE &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- ALTER ANY PROCEDURE BY ACCESS BY ACCESS ALTER ANY TABLE BY ACCESS BY [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2708&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to find and enable/disable parallel DML, DDL, Query?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amin Jaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DDL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[enable]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the view v$session there are columns that can tell if parallel DDL, DML, Query is enabled/disabled. PDML_ENABLED and PDML_STATUS &#8211; indicates is Parallel DML operation is enabled/disabled, the default is DISABLED. PDDL_STATUS &#8211; Indicates if parallel DDL is enabled/disabled, by the default value is ENABLED PQ_STATUS &#8211; Indicates if parallel query is enabled/disabled, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oraclespin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2592919&amp;post=2699&amp;subd=oraclespin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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