Performance Tuning by Identifying Poor SQLs using v$
To a user, an application is never fast enough to satisfy his/her needs. Similarly, to a database administrator, an application is never fast enough to satisfy the needs of the user community....
View ArticleAutomated SQL Tuning in Oracle 11g
Oracle Database 11g made it easier for the less experienced to have a shot at SQL tuning, which was earlier considered to be a bastion for veteran SQL tuners. A typical Oracle SQL tuning process had...
View ArticleHow to Identify User and SQLs in an Oracle database?
This is a very common scenario for a DBA to be in a situation where a DBA needs to find out one of the following: Which user is running which SQL? A particular SQL is being run by which user? A...
View ArticleEnabling Automated SQL Tuning in Oracle 11g
You need to identify if Automatic SQL Tuning job is enabled and regularly running. Use the following query to determine if any Automatic SQL Tuning jobs are enabled: SELECT client_name, status,...
View ArticlePeopleSoft Performance Benchmarks
Performance is one aspect, which can never satisfy a person on. It is just not enough to keep improving the performance. Oracle understands this and regularly releases Benchmark papers on the same....
View ArticleSQL Profiles in Oracle
Oracle Databases have an interesting concept called SQL profiles. A SQL profile is a set of information for the optimizer, which is specific to a SQL statement. Conceptually, a SQL profile is to a SQL...
View ArticleSQL Monitoring in OEM 12c
SQL Monitoring was instrumented and available for command line use in the first release of the Oracle Database 11g. The graphical user interface to monitor active running SQL made its debut in Grid...
View ArticleUnderstanding PeopleSoft Trace File for Performance Tuning
Making sense of a PeopleSoft trace file is absolutely essential for resolution of performance issue(s). You may face an issue where users are complaining of slow performance and OEM is not capturing...
View ArticleWhich is the Best Browser to run PeopleSoft on?
It has been quite a few years that I completely switched over to Firefox and Chrome. I don’t not even remember how the IE performs. Though I’ve read that IE has improved a lot over the years, I was...
View ArticleFunction Based Indexes in PeopleSoft
Those who have not comes across performance issues in PeopleSoft, especially PeopleSoft on Oracle might not be aware of this thing called performance issues due to function based indexes. PeopleSoft...
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