TO_YMINTERVAL explained with examples:

http://thinktibits.blogspot.com/2008/06/toyminterval-date-manipulation.html

Recently I have noticed there has been considerable talk on the WEB about date logic; in particular talk about overlapping date ranges and how to detect them. I can't say why there is such an interest, but some people have turned to an undocumented feature (a function called OVERLAPS) to solve their problems. This article will describe date overlap, and show equivelant SQL that will allow you to avoid using this undocumented feature which as always is a good idea, because undocumented features in Oracle have propensity to change and/or disappear unexpectedly leaving those who foolishly realied upon them in unanticipated trouble after an upgrade.

This Blog is to be serve as a compilation of my research in preparation for a paper on
The extreme performance issues with PL/SQL String Functions and how to circumvent their usage using Straight SQL. The Object Oriented approach allows SQL to be virtually executed against "Anything" not just tables - data fields, variables, even a single character!

Here are the basic performance tips while querying.

http://jyothsna-oraclediscussions.blogspot.com/

A relational database does not store data in a hierarchical way. Then how do I get the data in a hierarchical manner? Here we get to know about how to use the hierarchical querying feature which Oracle has given. This article talks about how you can interpret the hierarchical query conceptually and build hierarchical queries catering your needs.

Using hierarchical queries, you can retrieve records from a table by their natural relationship. Be it a family tree or a employee/manager tree or what ever.

Step-by-step instructions on how to create a Physical Standby Database on Windows and UNIX servers,
and maintenance tips on the databases in a Data Guard Environment.

A few days ago, somebody asked if it is possible to write a Calendar in a single SQL statement.

Here you go...

SELECT LPAD( MONTH, 20-(20-LENGTH(MONTH))/2 ) MONTH,"Sun", "Mon", "Tue",
"Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"
FROM (SELECT TO_CHAR(dt,'fmMonthfm YYYY') MONTH,TO_CHAR(dt+1,'iw') week,
MAX(DECODE(TO_CHAR(dt,'d'),'1',LPAD(TO_CHAR(dt,'fmdd'),2))) "Sun",
MAX(DECODE(TO_CHAR(dt,'d'),'2',LPAD(TO_CHAR(dt,'fmdd'),2))) "Mon",
MAX(DECODE(TO_CHAR(dt,'d'),'3',LPAD(TO_CHAR(dt,'fmdd'),2))) "Tue",
MAX(DECODE(TO_CHAR(dt,'d'),'4',LPAD(TO_CHAR(dt,'fmdd'),2))) "Wed",

In a previous article I talked about using Natural Oracle Features to get XML data out of an Oracle database, and put data into an Oracle database, without actually having to learn a lot about XML related technologies. Still, there are many who continue to resist using OBJECTS, COLLECTIONS, and INSTEAD-OF-TRIGGERS in their daily work with the Oracle RDBMS. Since the biggest hurdle with XML seems to be parsing it into its component data elements, here is a more programming oriented approach to parsing XML data inside Oracle that should make this crowd happy.

Manually database creation is one of the more frequently performed actions of a professional DBA. And, with Oracle 11g it only takes a few minutes to do :)

The procedure is same as previous which we are used for 9i and 10g.

In this database creation I used below features:

1. OMF (Oracle Managed File) for datafiles, redolog files & controlfiles
2. FRA (Flash Recovery Area) for Archivelog or backup files
3. ASM (Automatic Storage Mgmt) for Volume manager

1. Create Required Directories

E:\>mkdir e:\oracle\ORA11G