July 2019

sqlldr, direct path loads and concurrency in 12.2 and later

In my previous post I showed you that Oracle’s SQL loader (sqlldr) utility has a built-in…
sqlldr, direct path loads and concurrency in 12.1 and earlier

I have recently come across an interesting issue related to concurrent data loading into the Oracle…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: checking if a systemd service is running

I have been working on an Ansible playbook to update Oracle’s Tracefile Analyser (TFA). If you…
RBAL (ospid: nnn): terminating the instance due to error 27625 after patching Oracle Restart

I have come across an odd behaviour trying to patch an Oracle Restart environment to 12.1.0.2…

sqlldr, direct path loads and concurrency in 12.2 and later