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Daily Archives Saturday, August 2008

Library cache latches gone in Oracle 11g

In Oracle 11g even more library cache operations have been changed to use KGX mutexes instead of latches.
In Oracle 10.2.0.2+ the library cache pin latch usage was replaced with mutexes whenever _kks_use_mutex_pin was true, also few other things like V$SQLSTATS arrays and parent cursor examination were protected by mutexes. However the traversing of library [...]

Posted 02 August 2008 † tanelp § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Tim is getting married…

Anette and I are in Denver, Colorado these days, because Tim Gorman is getting married to Lori tonight (Saturday). It’s a hot wedding: This is, I think, the 20th day in a row with over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it the hottest period since 1857…

Posted 02 August 2008 † Moans Nogood § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Do you smell burning?

Just before I left work yesterday I noticed a burning smell, kinda like the smell you get when you use a dusty old Scalextric. I couldn’t figure out where the smell was coming from so I went up stairs to ask a couple of the guys to help me sniff out the offending kit. By [...]

Posted 02 August 2008 † Tim... § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Do you smell burning?

Just before I left work yesterday I noticed a burning smell, kinda like the smell you get when you use a dusty old Scalextric. I couldn’t figure out where the smell was coming from so I went up stairs to ask a couple of the guys to help me sniff out the offending kit. By [...]

Posted 02 August 2008 † Tim... § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Session Didn’t Make the Cut? No Worries

Seems that the dust from suggest a session has settled and the winners are frantically preparing their sessions.

Maybe your session didn’t make the cut, but don’t be sad or disheartened.
There is another way to present your session topic at OpenWorld.
Sign up for the Unconference.
Justin announced today that signups for this year’s Unconference have officially opened. [...]

Posted 02 August 2008 † Jake § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °