Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments when we make a mistake. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
OpenWorld 2018 - Common Application Developer DisastersConnor McDonald
Two of the critical requirements of a database are:
- run fast
- data integrity
The database can achieve these things, but only as long as you understand the mechanisms correctly. If you don't, then things can go downhill fast.
Some lesser known SQL features that can boost developer productivity.
- query expansion
- temporal validity
- ANSI fetch first
- cross join
- lateral
- error logging
Kscope19 - Flashback: Good for Developers as well as DBAsConnor McDonald
Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments when we make a mistake. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
Latin America Tour 2019 - slow data and sql processingConnor McDonald
Well done! You've come up with the killer idea for 2020. You've got the best UI design anyone has ever seen! Your modern application ticks all the boxes — serverless, functional, Kubernetes, microservices, API-based, the list goes on. It runs on every OS and every type of device. But unfortunately, all of this counts for absolutely NOTHING if your data access is slow or buggy. But an Autonomous database will fix all that right? Only if you understand the fundamentals of how SQL is processed by the database. For novice developers, SQL can be hard to understand and sometimes totally hidden from view under an ORM. Let's peel back the covers to show how SQL is processed, how to avoid getting hacked, and how to get data back to your application in a snappy fashion.
OpenWorld 2018 - Common Application Developer DisastersConnor McDonald
Two of the critical requirements of a database are:
- run fast
- data integrity
The database can achieve these things, but only as long as you understand the mechanisms correctly. If you don't, then things can go downhill fast.
Some lesser known SQL features that can boost developer productivity.
- query expansion
- temporal validity
- ANSI fetch first
- cross join
- lateral
- error logging
Kscope19 - Flashback: Good for Developers as well as DBAsConnor McDonald
Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments when we make a mistake. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
Latin America Tour 2019 - slow data and sql processingConnor McDonald
Well done! You've come up with the killer idea for 2020. You've got the best UI design anyone has ever seen! Your modern application ticks all the boxes — serverless, functional, Kubernetes, microservices, API-based, the list goes on. It runs on every OS and every type of device. But unfortunately, all of this counts for absolutely NOTHING if your data access is slow or buggy. But an Autonomous database will fix all that right? Only if you understand the fundamentals of how SQL is processed by the database. For novice developers, SQL can be hard to understand and sometimes totally hidden from view under an ORM. Let's peel back the covers to show how SQL is processed, how to avoid getting hacked, and how to get data back to your application in a snappy fashion.
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- flashback table
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- flashback database
- flashback transaction
- flashback data archive
Latin America Tour 2019 - 10 great sql featuresConnor McDonald
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By expanding our knowledge of SQL facilities, we can let all the boring work be handled via SQL rather than a lot of middle-tier code, and we can get performance benefits as an added bonus. Here are some SQL techniques to solve problems that would otherwise require a lot of complex coding, freeing up your time to focus on the delivery of great applications.
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Slides from OpenWorld. Flashback has been around for long time yet people assume it should entirely within the realm of the DBA. But with modern development techniques such as continuous integration/continuous deployment, flashback actually is a perfect for *developers*
Slides from the ITOUG events in Rome and Milan 2020.
Most people think of the Flashback features in Oracle as the "In Case of Emergency" switch, to only be used when some catastrophe has occurred on your database. And while it is true that Flashback will definitely help you 3 seconds after you press the Commit button and you realise that you probably needed to have a WHERE clause on that "delete all rows from the SALES table" SQL statement. Or for when you run "drop table" on the Production database, when you were just so sure that you were logged onto the Test system. But Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
Slides from Openworl 2019. A look at how to safely (and unsafely) kill sessions in the Oracle database, and how to perhaps avoid killing them altogether.
ILOUG 2019 - Flashback, the forgotten featureConnor McDonald
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Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments when we make a mistake. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
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By expanding our knowledge of SQL facilities, we can let all the boring work be handled via SQL rather than a lot of middle-tier code, and we can get performance benefits as an added bonus. Here are some SQL techniques to solve problems that would otherwise require a lot of complex coding, freeing up your time to focus on the delivery of great applications.
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By expanding our knowledge of SQL facilities, we can let all the boring work be handled via SQL rather than a lot of middle-tier code, and we can get performance benefits as an added bonus. Here are some SQL techniques to solve problems that would otherwise require a lot of complex coding, freeing up your time to focus on the delivery of great applications.
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Another year goes by, and most likely, another data access framework has been invented. It will claim to be the fastest, smartest way to talk to the database, and just like all those that came before it, it will not be. Because the best database access tool has been there for more than 30 years now, and that is PL/SQL. Although we all sometimes fall prey to the mindset of “Oh look, a shiny new tool, we should start using it," the performance and simplicity of PL/SQL remain unmatched. This session looks at the failings of other data access languages, why even a cursory knowledge of PL/SQL will make you a better developer, and how to get the most out of PL/SQL when it comes to database performance.
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Most people think of the Flashback features in Oracle as the "In Case of Emergency" switch, to only be used when some catastrophe has occurred on your database. And while it is true that Flashback will definitely help you 3 seconds after you press the Commit button and you realise that you probably needed to have a WHERE clause on that "delete all rows from the SALES table" SQL statement. Or for when you run "drop table" on the Production database, when you were just so sure that you were logged onto the Test system. But Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
Slides from Openworl 2019. A look at how to safely (and unsafely) kill sessions in the Oracle database, and how to perhaps avoid killing them altogether.
ILOUG 2019 - Flashback, the forgotten featureConnor McDonald
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Flashback is not only for those "Oh No!" moments when we make a mistake. It enables benefits for developers ranging from data consistency to continuous integration and data auditing. Tucked away in Enterprise Edition are six independent and powerful technologies that might just save your career—they will also open up a myriad of other benefits of well.
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Perth APAC Groundbreakers tour - 18c featuresConnor McDonald
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In our September 3 2019 PL/SQL Office Hours, Chris Saxon and Steven Feuerstein explore some of the nuances of triggers and have a BIG ARGUMENT over how and when they should be used. Well, OK, maybe not a BIG argument. But we’ll be happy to argue with anyone who shows up. Well, not ARGUE, exactly.
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The 12c optimizer has a vast array of improvements, but of course, functionality changes means that your SQL plans might also change when you upgrade. This slidedeck covers what has changed, and how to ensure better more stable performance when you upgrade.
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