Log Buffer #487: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This Log Buffer Edition covers blog posts from Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.

Oracle:

How to Modify the Retention Time for Metric Data in EM13c

Oracle JET Hybrid – Calling Oracle Mobile Cloud REST

Real Talk : PL/SQL and SQL as your only development skill

Application Container Cloud: Node.js hosting with enterprise-grade features

Using the PayPal REST API from PL/SQL

SQL Server:

Bash for ETL pre-processing

Writing Better T-SQL: Top-Down Design May Not be the Best Choice

Master Data Management (MDM) Using SQL Server

The Exploratory Testing Chrome Plugin

AT TIME ZONE – a new favourite feature in SQL Server 2016

MySQL:

Use the index, JSON! Aggregation performance (Elastic, MySQL, MongoDB)

Moving data from MongoDB to MySQL’s JSON Document Store

Vagrant environment to test MySQL Group Replication 0.8

MySQL Group Replication: securing the perimeter!

MySQL vs. PostgreSQL, gh-ost perspective