Wait, WHAT?
Does that headline sound fishy? Actually, Diff and Merge (WinMerge, to be exact) were my last resort in this disaster scenario. The final outcome could be told quite shortly, though this scenario serves as a good example how Murphy might hit you anytime… but first things first:
Some troubles — especially those happening only sporadically — are not so easy to shoot and call for a deeper understanding of the matter. In the following real-world example this means: SQL*Net Tracing and some knowledge about the inner workings of the server’s operating system, particularly random number generation.
This case was suited well to demonstrate an approach to trouble-shoot connections to Oracle databases.
Tim Hall inspired me with his #ThanksOTN (or “OTN Appreciation Day“) campaign to continue my mini-series on leveraging SQL Developer Reports for DBA tasks. Today with visualizing historical System Statistics from Statspack for performance analyses.
#ThanksOTN I have three favourite Oracle features to rave about today:
Oraculix (en) 