RE: Quest....

From: <Paula_Stankus_at_doh.state.fl.us>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 08:49:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DC283.20040108084927@fatcity.com>

I agree. Spotlight and SQL Navigator interfaces are very straightforward. While you still have to do the analysis and understand the database architecture it makes it much easier to gather all the necessary information so that you can concentrate on resolving the issue and not on gathering the information. Also, for the more junior DBA's it provides some useful starting point and help to point that person in the right direction. The solutions suggested may not be appropriate all the time. However,

I have found Spotlight straightforward to use for both the Oracle and SQL Server environments. It allows me basically to pinpoint locking issues and performance issues and then quickly get to the exact SQL statement involved. From there I need to resolve the issue - suggest rewrite of SQL which I still need to understand the CBO for. However, the research is much much quicker.

SQL Navigator offers team coding library functions, standard formats for stored procedures and a straightforward interface for both PL/SQL and SQL - from writing stored procedures to verifying and creating database structures.

Now, I have just started looking into OEM v 9i and have noted that the interface is better in this last release and that it has some advantages Spotlight doesn't.

Hate to say it but I use SQL Nav. for creating PL/SQL and some basic SQL testing. I use Spotlight for real-time performance issues - as a starting point I use OEM for storage, security, schema management I use the various Oracle traces for more in-depth tuning.

Each of the above has its advantages and do something better than the others. I want to be able to have one tool - however, I have found that these tools do something better than others.

In the SQL Server land I use QE for creating SQL and stored procedures I use profiler that comes with EM for tracing specific SQL and getting explain plans I use Spotlight for general overall real-time performance analysis of what is happening right now on my system.

Of course, I still have my own little bag of scripts......Yikes!

-----Original Message-----
Jesse, Rich
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:30 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I'm TOADing and Spotlighting right now... :)

Rich

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
rjesse_at_qtiworld.com                  Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I like Spotlight. It's about the only GUI type thing I use. It provides a lot of info in a handy format. You still have to use your brain to interpret the info, but you at least have a convenient way of collecting the info.

-----Original Message-----

Hey.... Any thoughts on that quest material?
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