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Oracle Database Gateways 11g R2 (11.2) Installation and Configuration for heterogeneous connection from Oracle to Microsoft SQL database

Installation Install the Oracle Database Gateways 11g R2 (11.2). See the screen snapshots of the installation here. Configuration During the installation, the following+ default initialization parameter file is created: [ORACLE_DG_HOME]\dg4msql\admin\initdg4msql.ora dg4msql = Database gateway for Microsoft SQL Server. If you choose a different database option, use the appropriate path name. Copy initdg4msql.ora to a new …

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Customize/Personalize Oracle APEX Workspace Environment

When you have multiple Oracle APEX environments, e.g., development, test, UAT and production, and for multiple groups, one of the confusing things is that sometimes developers are lost on which environment they’re working on. Most of technically proficient developers can make a distinction easily from the URLs they’re currently using. However, most of less technically …

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Book Review: Oracle 11g R1/R2 Real Application Clusters Essentials by Ben Prusinski and Syed Jaffer Hussain (Packt Publishing)

Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)  becomes the technology of choice for highly available and highly scalable deployment of enterprise Oracle database environment. With its innovative technology it comes with no surprise its complexity. The complexity is not only with the underlying database technology itself, but also how well you design and implement it to work …

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Differences between Native and Interpreted Compilations in Oracle 11g? Why Performance Is Improved in the Native Compilation?

Quick bullet points from reading the Transparent Performance Improvement: Real Native Compilation from the PL/SQL Enhancements in Oracle Database 11g white paper: The PL/SQL is an interpreted language but it is not just like other interpreted languages , e.g. BASIC, where the code is processed statement by statement at the run time. The PL/SQL code …

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Easy Connect (EZCONNECT) Naming Method with Instance Name

Oftentimes I use the Easy Connect (EZCONNECT) to connect to a new database just to quickly verify database connectivity. The syntax I usually use is as follows: CONNECT username/password@[//]host[:port][/service_name] CONNECT scott/tiger@host1-vip:1522/RACDB In RAC, this will connect to whatever instance based on the service’s load balancing goal. I just learned that with the 11g net services …

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