There are no rules for blogging. There cannot be any, because you cannot trap the wind in your hands. It’s innovation, it’s creativity, and it’s right out of the core of the technology from the bleeding edge. This Log Buffer drips into that, and brings you some of the finest posts.

Oracle:

Yes its not a fad. Big Data is the commercial supercomputing in the age of Datafication.

Tanel Poder is listing Exadata storage cells and their configuration info from V$CELL_CONFIG.

How well do you know your hints? When Jonathan asks, it stays …

With real possibilities and opportunities, blogging is getting mature day by day, and so is the technology and its innovations. The combination of both becomes a dazzling medley, which is called as Log Buffer. Enjoy this week’s stunning Log Buffer #311.

Oracle:

Sudip Datta is writing about database as a service.

Premature optimization, (probably) because of Donald Knuth’s famous line “premature optimization is the root of all evil,” (see Structured Programming with go to Statements) is, at the very least, a controversial topic.

Are you using the application server that best serves your changing business needs? Maybe it’s time to consider an upgrade? Suggested by …

There are so many great blogs out there regarding Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and various other database technologies. Keeping track of all of them is no less than a Herculean task. This Log Buffer Edition is an effort to pick few of those great blog posts to appreciate the oceans of database blogs out there.

Oracle:

Nial Litchfield recently reviewed a table with no fewer than 23 indexes on it.

Toon Koppelaars asks. And what about table constraints?

Can Oracle Database Release 2 (11.2.0.3) Properly Count Cores? No. Does It Matter All That Much? Not Really.. …

Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL; these database technologies among various other similar innovations are running this world virtually and bloggers have got lot to say in this regard. This Log Buffer Edition is yet another voice in this arena.

Oracle:

Oliver Steinmeier is explaining the JDeveloper and Fusion Applications in a lucid way.

London prepares for a surge of developer brainpower during the Devoxx UK conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26th and 27th, Yolande Poirer tells us.

It’s hard to believe that another year has passed from last RSA. But, indeed, time flies when you’re busy, I guess, …

Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server bloggers are not only sharing their knowledge through their blogs, moreover, they are also learning about themselves. Their posts are cementing their concepts, while opening vistas of new notions. This Log Buffer Edition is yet another vista for their blogs.

Oracle:

Where is Oracle Block Change Tracking today? World’s leading Oracle expert Alex Gorbachev answers.

Marcin Przepiorowski is asking: Oracle on AIX – where’s my cpu time?

Kyle Hailey is monitoring Oracle I/O latency.

How EBS Concurrent Processing should run on Oracle RAC? Pythian’s own …

If you are looking for some of the great blog posts of the week in database technologies like Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL, then Log Buffer #307 is the place to be. Enjoy.

Oracle:

When Jeremy Schneider writes, it stays written. He relishes and shares as how to troubleshoot OEM  12c Cloud Control Auto-Discovery.

Chris Kawalek informs that Oracle VM provides SAP customers with a fully supported and certified virtualization environment for the Oracle database.

Peter Lorenzen is hardening the Apache HTTP Server.

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Bloggers are striving hard to up their game. They are writing, editing, formatting, trimming, enhancing their blogs to offer maximum value. This Log Buffer Edition #306 cherishes these efforts.

Oracle:

To use ASMlib or not to use ASMlib? That is the question, and James Morle has more.

This is what happens when a vacation in Hawaii fades away for Richard Foote.

Charles Hooper has a feeling ANSI About Oracle Join Syntax?

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The key to success for the database technologists is staying a step ahead of technology challenges and keep growing in order to efficiently scale to meet the needs of dynamic businesses and customers. Blogs are one way to remain abreast of technology trends and Log Buffer Edition this week once again helps database professionals in that regard in Log Buffer #305.

Oracle:

As LinkedIn grew from a startup to a post-IPO market leader, they relied on Oracle applications to support transformations, Lana Prout informs.

BPM is the promise of business transformation by maximizing the potential of turnkey business processes in any organization. But majority of organizations never realize this dream and land up restricting BPM to …

When it comes to information and its management, nothing compliments information more than the database. This Log Buffer Edition #304 covers the latest and greatest database technologies related to Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.

Oracle:

Vikram Das is discussing a case study of an error aftering cloning OTM database and the instance.

Katsumii blogs about attaching to foreground process with strace in sh script.

Is Oracle Changing The Way That Exams Are Scored? Brandye Barrington asks.

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Sky’s the limit for the database bloggers. They are producing awesome rants in Oracle, fabulous ramblings in MySQL, and fantastic views in SQL Server, and this Log Buffer Edition, very proudly covers all that in Log Buffer #303. Enjoy.

Oracle:

You may have encountered the problem where you can connect to your Oracle database through the listener but cannot connect locally even though the value of ORACLE_SID in your environment is correct. Iggy Fernandez has more.

We now have Oracle Tuxedo channel at youtube, Deepak …