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The Spoken Nerd

Musings on technology from long time database professional.Some times we can't dedicate 100% of our attention to blog posts, or videos, or webinars, so whether you are working, or just working out. yo... Read more

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A conversation with Jackie McIlroy

A conversation with Jackie McIlroy

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Databases are incredibly complex pieces of software, which can come as a surprise given that anyone can throw together a... Read more

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Back to basics: SQL Parsing - the silent database killer

Back to basics: SQL Parsing - the silent database killer

Parsing is the act of preparing to execute a SQL statement on your database.  It would seem to be a necessary activity -... Read more

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The Oracle Optimizer - A conversation with Nigel Bayliss - Part 4

No topic quite gets emotions rolling as much as the Oracle Query Optimizer. Thus you might expect that one of the least ... Read more

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