Oracle Information

Introduction, Installation, and PL/SQL Information

Introduction to Oracle SQL & PL/SQL

Quick Tips for Oracle and UNIX
Oracle PL/SQL Basics (External)
Oracle Programming/SQL Cheatsheet (External)
PL/SQL Functions
Initialization Parameters LINK1  and LINK2
Analytic Functions
WITH Clause
Oracle Silent Installation (External Link) All About Joins and ANSI 99 Joins

Explicit Cursors

Advanced_Cursors - Cursors for Loop - Ref Cursors - Bulk Collection

Exceptions

Composite Datatypes

Native Dynamic SQL Directory Listing with SQL and JAVA
Advanced PL/SQL (Collections and BULK operations) New Features of Oracle 8i
Exercises to Practice with Collections New Features of Oracle 9i


10g Specific Docs

New Features of Oracle 10g
Flash Recovery Area
Tuning 10g on Linux using ASM
New Features for Logical Standby
Upgrade from 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.4 Install 10g Instant Client (External)
RMAN 10g New Features Auditing in 10g
Migrating NON-ASM to ASM Regular Expressions cheat_sheet(pdf)
10g Top New Features for DBAs by Arup Nanda (External) Oracle 10g Articles (Oracle Base, External)
How to Build a Grid Control Environment (External) How to Install and Deinstall DBconsole (External)


11g Specific Docs
Managing Trace and Alert Files - ADRCI Command Memory Management Auto (MMA)
Oracle Data Guard Oracle - validated Package - easy Linux Installation
Oracle 11g Articles: Installation, Features (Oracle Base, External) 11g New Features by Bureleson (External)
11g Top New Features for DBAs by Arup Nanda (External) 11g New Features by Virag Sharma (External)
Installing 11g on Windows (External) How to Build a Grid Control Environment (External)
How to Upgrade Grid Control 10g to Grid Control 11g (External)
Using RMAN 11g to create Physical Standby
Clone with 11g RMAN and Active Database Command Clone an 11gr2 DB with RMAN without Target Connection
Standby Physical Standby 11g2 (External) OEM Cloud Control 12c Release 1 Installation on Oracle Linux 5.7 and 6.1 (External)
Oracle 11gR2 on Windows 7 (External) Uninstall Oracle 11g from Windows
Oracle Flashback Data Archive (Total Recall)


Unix Specific Docs

Oracle-validated RPM, simplify install of Oracle Oracle / Linux Installation Matrix (External)
Oracle Linux 6 Installation Installing Cygwin and X Windows System
Oracle 11gr2 Patch 3 Full Installation Process
Simplify 11g Installation on Oracle Linux 6 (External) Install and Configure Oracle 11g on Linux
OraToolKit Install Docs of Oracle on Unix Systems (External) Installing Oracle 10g on Linux x86
Tuning Linux for Oracle (GREAT PAPER!!) Large SGA on UNIX
Linux Benchmark (Secuity_over_Linux, pdf) Uninstalling Oracle on Unix
Unix Commands for DBAs The One Page Linux Manual (pdf)
Writing_Unix_Scripts and Bash Shell Linux Admin Quick Reference (pdf)

VI Quick Reference

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Manuals (External)
Unix Command Translator
Unix porting Commands (External)
Linux Quick Reference Note 341782.1


Backup & Recovery / RMAN

Recovery Manager (RMAN)

Manage RMAN Repository
RMAN Demos for 10.2 Recovery Procedure (Graphical)
COMPLETE Guide for Recovery Procedures and Scenarios Recover DB with Missing Arch Redo Logs
Clone a Database from Hot or Cold Backup (without RMAN)

RMAN Duplicate Database  (10g)
Clone with RMAN and Active Database Command (11g)
Using RMAN 11g to create Physical Standby Clone an 11gr2 DB with RMAN without Target Connection


Standby or Data Guard

**** High Availability Solutions*****

Standby DB: Concepts and Manual Creation Standby Physical Standby 11g2 (External)
Using RMAN 11g to Create a Physical Standby, DG Broker Using RMAN 11g to Create a Logical Standby
Snapshot Standby DB 11g Oracle Active Data Guard
Synchronize a Gap On Arch Log Files on the Standby DB Oracle 10g DataGuard Summary Sheets v2.0 (pdf)
Data Guard Fast Start Failover Implementation (pdf)
Data Guard Fast Start Failover and Switchover Configuration (pdf)
Graceful Failover and Failback on Manual (non-automatic) Data Guard DB's
Information and Commands (external)
Create Manual (non-automatic) Standby DB Activate Manual (non-automatic) Standby
Oracle Dataguard Docs (External with Cases, Demonstration, Best Practices) Standby Missing Archivelog Files
 

Tuning

Oracle Internal Architecture - SGA and Background Process explained

Arquitectura Interna de Oracle (Spanish - pdf)

Oracle Architecture and Administration CheckPoint Tuning and Redo Logs

Memory Configuration and Use

Multiple Buffers Pools
Shared Pool Management
Tune Redo Log Buffer
All about Statistics
Performance Tuning (pdf)

TUNING (install, tune, analyze, UNDO, hints)

Tips for effective queries (Driving Table, CBO and EXPLAIN PLAN)

Statspack: Configuration
ANALYZE A STATSPACK Report
Analyzing an AWR Report All about Wait Events

All about LATCHES

SQLTrace and TKProf

Managing Tablespaces, Datafiles and Oracle Files

Retrieving the Top-N rows

TUNING METHODOLOGY OR CHECKLIST

Transportable Tablespaces

Optimize your Network Configuration Using DBMS_Profiler
Oracle Performance Diagnostic Guide (External ML Note: 390374.1
All about Triggers and Event Attributes
Table Fragmentation (External)



Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM and GRID)
Oracle Enterprise Manager / Grid Basis OEM_11g_Grid_Control_Installation
OEM Reinstall: Change Hostname / IP Address OEM 11g Grid Install on Linux (pdf)
OEM Quick Commands
OEM Define Email Alerts 
OEM


Oracle and Virtual Environments
Virtualization Suggestions Oracle VM (External)


RAC

RAC Filesystem Options Quick RAC Commands
RAC for Beginners (pdf) RAC Design and Best Practices (pdf)
RAC 10g on Vmware - Step by Step RAC Links and ML Notes
Oracle 11g RAC Survival Guide (External) RAC 11g on Vmware - Step by Step (pdf)
Oracle 11g R2 RAC on Linux Using VMware Server 2  (External) RAC 11g Install - Step by Step (External) Very good.

Step by Step 3 node RAC on Linux (pdf File)
 

Replication

Oracle Replication Survival Guide (External)
Resolving Replication Problems
Replication: Creation in 8i and Tune (doc version) Replication: Creation in 8i (txt version)

Encirq Replication Environment



Windows Specific Docs

Managing Oracle on Windows Windows Backup Scripts

Assorted Docs

Create AWR and ADDM Reports and e-mail them All about DBMS_Jobs and Intervals
All about Partitions

All about Oracle Scheduler

Effective Coding Style, Naming Standards and Architectural Tips

Oracle Configuration Standards

Applying Patches to Oracle (Opatch) Secure your database
Create Sample Schemas Encrypt_Data_and_Code

Materialized Views

Vistas Materializadas (Spanish)

Parallel Query Tuning Parallel Execution

XML

XML A How-TO Guide for PL/SQL users (pdf)

DBMS_Output

Deadlocks

All about UTL_FILE Package RAID Configuration

Multi-Threaded Server Overview (MTS) or Shared Server

All about Indexes

SQL Loader

Loading Data Faster: Testing different Options

Oracle Locking Survival Guide (External)
Send Mail Through Oracle
SQL Injection Walkthrough
SQL Injection Example
Oracle Limitations Autonomus Transactions
Using Comma Separated Lists with DBMS_UTILITY
Date and Times in Oracle
Understanding Oracle License Policy (External) Introduccion a Oracle (Spanish)
TOAD Quick Guide TOAD Hidden Performance Secrets (pdf)
TOAD for App Designer (pdf)
TOAD Team Coding (doc)
TOAD for Data Analysts (pdf)
TOAD 11.5 Functional Matrix Product (pdf)


Documentation from Oracle's Web Site

Oracle 10g Official Documentation Site
Oracle Master Notes
Oracle 11g Official Documentation Site
Oracle 11g Editions
Oracle 11g Starting Page
Oracle 11g DB High Availability papers (RMAN, Dataguard, RAC, etc)
Oracle by Example Series Oracle 11g Product Family (pdf)


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