Log Buffer #507: a carnival of the vanities for DBAs

This Log Buffer edition covers Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL blog posts with a touch of Cloud.

Oracle:

Provisioning EBS on Oracle Cloud: Latest Enhancements

ORA-54002 when trying to create Virtual Column using REGEXP_REPLACE on Oracle 12cR2

Business rules, common sense and query performance

Problem with V$RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE view and FRA space not being reclaimed

Updated SQLcl: 2 New Commands, Bug Fixes, and 12cR2 Oh My!

SQL Server:

Windowing Functions: Tell me when that changes

SQL Server Bulk Insert Row Terminator Issues

Introducing DLM Techniques for a Multi-Database Multi-Server System

Ding – The World’s Largest Mobile Top-up Network Streamlines QA with SQL Server Containers

Enable Trace Flags in SQL Server

MySQL:

Migrating MySQL database from Amazon RDS to DigitalOcean

Monitoring Databases: A Product Comparison

New collations in MySQL 8.0.0

How to store date, time, and timestamps in UTC time zone with JDBC and Hibernate

MySQL Connector/NET 7.0.7 m6 development has been released