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SQL Server Tool: MSSQL-CLI
MSSQL-CLI is a useful new command line tool. Not so new because this tool exist since 2018 but a little bit unknow. You find this tool on GitHub here. One of the big advantage is the number of...
View ArticleDocumentum – Rename of Lockbox on RCS/CFS
As you probably know, Documentum introduced the optional use of a Lockbox since version 7. It was done initially to contribute to the security of the AEK key which is one of the central components of a...
View ArticlePostgreSQL message levels
When you start to write business logic in the database by using triggers or functions/procedures you usually want to report messages to the user that runs your code or you want to include some...
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Sending PostgreSQL data to AWS S3 by using AWS Kinesis data streams
Before we really start with this post: This is just an experiment and you should not implement it like this in real life. The goal of this post is just to show what is possible and I am not saying that...
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Oracle disables your multitenant option when you run on EC2
I have installed Oracle 19.6 on an EC2 for our Multitenant Workshop training. And of course, during the workshop we create a lot of PDBs. If you don’t have paid for the Enterprise Edition plus the...
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Control M /EM : Job submission aborted due to error in executing ‘/bin/su’
Introduction: When launching jobs you may have this kind of issue job submission aborted due to error in executing ‘/bin/su’ The purpose of this post is to resolve it and to explain why you can get...
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SQL Server: Quickly clean backup history with dbatools
I just had to restore a database in production for my customer. Before doing the restore I have the habit to query the msdb.dbo.backupset table to get an overview of the last backups. When running my...
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Using AWS Storage Gateway as a backup target for PostgreSQL
In the last post we had a quick look at AWS Kinesis data streams and how you can push data to AWS S3 using AWS Firehose. Another great AWS service is AWS Storage Gateway and in this post we’ll use that...
View ArticleA change in full table scan costs in 19c?
During tests in Oracle 19c I recently experienced this: cbleile@orcl@orcl> select * from demo4 where m=103; cbleile@orcl@orcl> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor); ......
View ArticleDocumentum – D2 Export/Download random failure with wsctf browser plugin
The D2 clients were, until recently (D2 version 16.4 included), working by default with the java plugin mode and therefore, many actions were using a JVM on the client workstation. This setting can be...
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Using AWS Storage Gateway as a backup target for PostgreSQL – Cached volume...
In the last post we had a look on how you can use AWS Storage Gateway as File gateway to store your PostgreSQL backups safely offsite on AWS S3. Another method of doing that would be to use “Cached...
View ArticleDocumentum – D2 Folder structure import failure with wsctf browser plugin
Earlier today, I talked about the Export/Download that wasn’t working randomly. In the end, it was both linked to the wsctf browser plugin (that didn’t provide the necessary cookies in the download...
View ArticlePostgreSQL 13 – Autovacuum can now be triggered based on inserts
A common issue with insert only tables in PostgreSQL is, that autovacuum well never kick in as the formula for autovacuum considers obsoleted tuples since the last vacuum but not the number of inserted...
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Oracle recovery concepts
I’ve published a while ago a twitter thead on some Oracle recovery concepts. For those who are not following twitter, I’m putting the whole thread here: Here I start a thread about some Oracle...
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Rapid PostgreSQL cloning using AWS EBS snapshots
When you go for AWS EC2 instances to host your PostgreSQL deployments and you want to rapidly clone PostgreSQL instances for development or testing purposes you can make use of AWS EBS snapshots. In...
View ArticleWhere does PostgreSQL store information about default privileges?
A recent comment on the blog post about PostgreSQL default privileges is the reason for this little post: “I’d love to know where postgres stores default privileges?”. Well, all the information about...
View ArticleSome thoughts about working with/on AWS
In the last year working with/on AWS has become an almost daily task in my life as a consultant and trainer. From a trainer perspective there is not much to say about it because we use a very limited...
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AWS RDS for PostgreSQL – 1 – DB Parameter Groups
When your go for AWS RDS you can very quickly bring up a database instance and start using it. I’ve written about my thoughts using this approach here and really encourage you to learn about a specific...
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AWS RDS for PostgreSQL – 2 – Subnet groups
In the last post we had a look at DB Parameter Groups when it comes to AWS RDS for PostgreSQL. This is one of the first things you should think about. But even before you think about PostgreSQL...
View ArticlePostgreSQL 13: Backup validation and backup manifests
Currently a lot of stuff is being committed for PostgreSQL and what we will look at in this post is a feature, I am sure, a lot of PostgreSQL users have been waiting for for a long time: Finally there...
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