Log Buffer #408, a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This Log Buffer Edition covers various innovative blog posts from various fields of Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server. Enjoy!!!

Oracle:

A user reported an ORA-01114 and an ORA-27069 in a 3rd party application running against an Oracle 11.1 database.

Oracle SOA Suite 12c: Multithreaded instance purging with the Java API.

Oracle GoldenGate for Oracle Database has introduced several features in Release 12.1.2.1.0.

Upgrade to 12c and Plugin – one fast way to move into the world of Oracle Multitenant.

The Oracle Database Resource Manager (the Resource Manager) is an infrastructure that provides granular control of database resources allocated to users, applications, and services. The Oracle Database Resource Manager (RM) enables you to manage multiple workloads that are contending for system and database resources.

SQL Server:

Database ownership is an old topic for SQL Server pro’s.

Using T-SQL to Perform Z-Score Column Normalization in SQL Server.

The APPLY operator allows you to join a record set with a function, and apply the function to every qualifying row of the table (or view).

Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) are a significant and valuable addition to the DBA’s troubleshooting armory, laying bare previously unavailable information regarding the under-the-covers activity of your database sessions and transactions.

Grant Fritchey reviews Midnight DBA’s Minion Reindex, a highly customizable set of scripts that take on the task of rebuilding and reorganizing your indexes.

MySQL:

It’s A New Year – Take Advantage of What MySQL Has To Offer.

MySQL High Availability and Disaster Recovery.

MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.16 now available.

Multi-threaded replication with MySQL 5.6: Use GTIDs!

MySQL and the GHOST: glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow.