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All versions of Oracle database. Add a version-specific tag like oracle-11g-r2 if that context is important in the question. Do not use for Oracle products such as applications or middleware or other database products owned by Oracle, like MySQL or BerkeleyDB.

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Oracle Forms 6i on Windows 7

Given I have a system of Oracle Forms 6i (legacy software), how could I make it work on Windows 7. … We have serious problems with apps like PLUS80.exe crashing ("Oracle SQL*Plus has stopped working"). Is it possible at all? We also consider downgrading to XP if problems persist.. …
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How to find the latest SQL statements within the database?

Here is the SQL to do the job. Open for trial. Step 1: Determine the installatin IDs & user IDs. SELECT inst_id,sid FROM gv$session WHERE username='<ENTER-USERNAME>'; Step 2: SELECT s.sid …
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7 votes
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Can I use OpenLDAP to authenticate users in Oracle?

I like to use OpenLDAP to authenticate my Oracle users. It should be possible to fetch at least the password from the directory. … There appearently is something for the Oracle LDAP servers, but would it work with OpenLDAP (plain, from i.e. Debian)? …
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How do you version your Oracle database changes?

We used to work with Oracle SQL Designer, which (I guess) has been replaced with SQL Developer Data Modeler now. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/datamodeler/overview/index.html That …
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Oracle Support Tips & Tricks

How can My Oracle Support (Metalink) be used effectively? What are your secret hints to this system? What saved you the most time? …
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ORDER BY using custom priorities for text columns

This is a sample table: name | cat ---------- hugo | sal bob | mgr mike | dev jeff | mgr john | dev Both name and cat being Varchar. cat reflects a category for these names, but I like to assign …
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21 votes
14 answers
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Comfortable sqlplus interface? [closed]

SQL*Plus is the main command line tool to operate with the Oracle Database. …
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27 votes
4 answers
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How to find the latest SQL statements within the database?

I like to get the latest executed statements within my database, along with performance indicators. As such, I like to know, which SQL statements were most CPU/DISK intensive.
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How can I query names using regular expressions?

(btw: this is tagged oracle, but it might be interesting in other RDBMS as well). …
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