I got this question from one of my clients:How can I Audit Individual Functions/Procedures inside a PL/SQL Package?. Let us build a quick demo: This is just a sample package Let us try to enable this type of auditing using the following command:audit execute on scott.emp_pack.CreateEmp by access;I got the following error: As per Oracle … Continue reading Auditing Individual Functions/Procedures inside a PL/SQL Package
Oracle Database Performance Issue: High waits for “PX Deq: Slave Session Stats”
I had a customer who complains about performance issues on one of the oracle production database. Environment Oracle Database 12c R1 (12.1.0.2) on Linux with Oracle RAC (two nodes). To start with, I collected some AWR reports around the complain time, and I found the top wait events (most of the time) as follows: So, … Continue reading Oracle Database Performance Issue: High waits for “PX Deq: Slave Session Stats”
Polymorphic Table Functions in Oracle Database 18c
Oracle Database 18c New Features in one Image
The following map contains a high-level summary of the key Oracle Database 18c new features.Compared to Oracle Database 12.2, 18c has 134 new features in different focus areas. [Please zoom in to see the below image clearly] For detailed information about all new features, please refer to the :Oracle Database 18c New Features Guide We … Continue reading Oracle Database 18c New Features in one Image
Creating Oracle Database 21c on Windows
Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Release Updates (RUs) and Release Update Revisions (RURs)
Following is a list of all RU (Release Updates) and RUR (Release Update Revisions) issued for the Oracle Database 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) since Jul-2017 till today 20-Jun-2021. Please zoom-in to see the above picture clearly, or see it partitioned below: Please note that: - Both RU & RUR are released quarterly (Jan, April , Jul & … Continue reading Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Release Updates (RUs) and Release Update Revisions (RURs)
Demo for Oracle Database Locking Policy
Oracle Single-Instance Database Creation in a Clustered Environment
ORA-38760 While starting an Oracle Database

This is a quick post about an issue that I faced while trying to start one database yesterday. When I was trying to open one 12cR1 database, I got the following error: SYS SQL>alter database open;alter database open*ERROR at line 1:ORA-38760: This database instance failed to turn on flashback database The database status was "mounted": … Continue reading ORA-38760 While starting an Oracle Database
Is it possible to map one Tablespace to many Tablespaces with impdp?
I got this question from one of my clients. He is going to migrate one database from one platform to another. In this database many users are sharing the same tablespace. For example: In the current database, all application users are sharing the tablespaces “USERS” The client wants to change this, so as each schema … Continue reading Is it possible to map one Tablespace to many Tablespaces with impdp?