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SQL Server 2012: How to create a Server Role?

Recently, during my many missions, a client asked me to give access rights to the SQL Server Logs from SSMS to his application managers.   As you know, you must give(…)

Configuration of tmpfs on SLES 11 for Oracle 11.2 and AMM

This post presents the configuration of the tmpfs filesystem size on SLES 11 in order to use the Oracle 11.2 Automatic Memory Management feature (AMM) through the Oracle instance parameter memory_target.

SQL Server 2012: RTM now available

The so called Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of SQL Server 2012 now is available.

Jonathan Lewis @ dbi services: Oracle Optimizer workshop

Last week, Oracle Ace Director Jonathan Lewis held an Oracle Optimizer Workshop at dbi services BaselArea. I would like to share some of the key learnings of this really interesting exchange I experienced together with my colleagues.

Windows 8 customer preview now available!

Following my article about Windows 8, today, Microsoft released the customer preview. It's just a small article to announce this fresh news!(…)

Oracle Application Express (APEX) 4.1: a migration guide

  Oracle Application Express - APEX 4.1 Introduces many new features such as : Improved error handling and user-defined exception processing Application Express now supports the use of ROWID for updates, inserts(…)

Why Perl is my choice for scripting

I have been advising to use Perl for a long time in order to automate Oracle processes and operations. This week however, I tried for once to write a small procedure on a simple Linux shell (ksh and bash). This(…)

SQL Server 2012: new features for Reporting Services (SSRS)

I decided to take some times in this cold February's month to continue this small series. This time, I'm going to speak about Reporting Services (SSRS) and these new features.Like my other article "SQL Server 2012: New(…)

SQL Server 2012: new features for Integration Services (SSIS)

Like the others products of SQL server 2012, Integration Services has a lot of new features and enhancements.

Oracle WebLogic Essentials : avantages du clustering

J'ai eu le plaisir de suivre une formation chez Oracle University à Colombes (Paris). En tant que stagiaire, le cours s'intitulait Oracle Weblogic Administration Essential. Ce post traite de la notion de cluster Weblogic. J'y expose les avantages du clustering(…)