PowerShell: Save Millions By Downgrading Your SQL Server Edition & Partially Automate It!

This is one of those fresh ideas I wish I had but in reality it did not occur to me until it came down to me for execution from above me. Good job managers! Kudos. Sorry, I did not come-up with this! Execution: "I can do really well and you have got the best". I … Continue reading PowerShell: Save Millions By Downgrading Your SQL Server Edition & Partially Automate It!

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Oracle Gotcha For The SQL Server Developer – DDL’s COMMIT Transactions Implicitly!

If you are primarily a SQL Server developer and you are moving to Oracle, this is one of the nastiest surprises in store for you. You are so used to rolling back everything including DDL in SQL Server transactions but in Oracle, DDL inside transactions act as COMMIT. Fear not though, there are a ton … Continue reading Oracle Gotcha For The SQL Server Developer – DDL’s COMMIT Transactions Implicitly!

Oracle – Data Dictionary Views – USER vs ALL vs DBA Views – 100 Level Basics

Most of us use data dictionary views on an everyday basis to find things like: In which schema does a table with a certain name exist? What tables use a certain column name? Get the line of code from any and all packages where a string named “EMPLOYEE_NUMBER” is used What privileges does a role … Continue reading Oracle – Data Dictionary Views – USER vs ALL vs DBA Views – 100 Level Basics