Log Buffer #350, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

As the youngsters joyfully run towards the waiting Santa, just like that, the database enthusiasts devour the festive blog posts about their favorite database topics. This is what Log Buffer is picking up again and presenting to you.

Oracle:

12c Adaptive Optimization is a sweet song to the ears of performance fans.

Bobak is referencing LDAP for JDBC thin client connections.

Tim Hall is getting ready for Oracle license audit.

Be aware of these environment variables in .bashrc et al, Martin warns.

Oracle SQL Developer v4 is Live & Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade Today!

SQL Server:

What a DBA wants for Christmas?

SQL Server 101: What Features, Commands and Datatypes Should be Generally Avoided.

SQL Admin Sample BACKUP/RESTORE Script.

Finding impersonation info in SQL Server.

There’s a scene in Pulp Fiction where Vincent opens a briefcase to look inside . What does he see?

MySQL:

PHP Memcache access to MySQL 5.7, faster? Redis?

Let’s say that you want to measure something in your database, and for that you need several operations to happen in parallel.

One more InnoDB gap lock to avoid.

Installing MySQL 5.7 DMR3 with the official yum repos.

FromDual.en: MySQL Environment MyEnv 1.0.2 has been released.