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Extended VARCHAR2 and the hidden LOB

In 12c, there was much rejoicing when VARCHAR2 columns could be extended from beyond their current 4000 byte limit to

I made a interesting discovery earlier this week when I was doing some analysis for some AskTom database procedures when

One of the very cool features from 12.2 onwards is that the vast majority of segment operations that require rewrite

A few weeks back, I posted that I would give podcasting a trial. I’m thrilled to see that the response

There has always been that odd conflict between the language you use for SQL versus the language you use for

One of the most commonly hit questions on AskTom is how to count the number of work days (Mon =>

Slow down there….Take a breath. Because if you’ve read the title of this post and you’re already logging on to

As I write this, the moment you do a browser search for “blockchain”, the last thing you will get a

Perhaps the most famous (or infamous) performance tuning problem you’ll find spanning decades of blog posts when it comes to

I’ve done a lot of presentations over the years, written a ton of blog posts, and over the past 5