Log Buffer #390, a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

All eyes are on the Oracle Open World. Thousands of sessions, demos, and labs topped up with the countless networking opportunities, Moscone Center is the place to be.

Oracle:

Oracle OpenWorld 2014 – Bloggers Meetup.

Query to show sql_ids related to SQL Profiles.

Oracle OpenWorld is nearly upon us and the agenda is packed with interesting sessions. Prominent among these are several sessions by customers who are able to share their stories of success with Oracle Multitenant.

The biggest challenge for people coming to such huge events as Oracle OpenWorld is to navigate through all of the events that simultaneously happen at various locations.

Pythian at Oracle OpenWorld 2014.

SQL Server:

Monitoring Longest Running Transaction using SQL Server Agent Alerts .

Free PDF Booklet: 119 SQL Code Smells.

Level 1: What is “SQL Server AlwaysOn“?

10 things I learned about rapidly scaling websites with Azure.

Importing Excel Data into SQL Server Via SSIS: Questions You Were Too Shy to Ask

MySQL:

How to do reverse engineering with MySQL Workbench.

MySQL 5.5.40 Overview and Highlights.

MySQL 5.7.5: GROUP BY respects functional dependencies!

JSON UDF functions version 0.3.2 have been released.

Importing related MySQL tables into an Excel Data Model using MySQL for Excel.