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Why you keep getting "ORA-01653: unable to extend table"

Space management used to be hard Way back in the good old days…In fact, before I continue, rest assured that

If you are loading a data warehouse or similar environment where your default approach would probably be to compress all

Here’s a “gotcha” brought to my attention by one of our AskTOM readers. I’ve mentioned in the past that DBMS_JOB,

When you connect to your Autonomous Database, you get to choose from some predefined services. The services available depends on

The other day as my PC popped up its usual “Hey, you really should look at buying a bigger disk”

TL;DR: There is no schema grant command in Oracle, but this routine lets you get close. Why no schema level

As always, you should follow the instructions in the README.html that comes with the Release Update, but because I know

There are a few possible reasons why you might be one of those people why you might be using your

A weekend audit Often if you see the words “weekend audit” in a non-technical sense, it means that awkward moment

First things first. If you are not familiar with the term “gets my goat” then you can find a definition