Hello folks, Let’s see how Smart Scan works. It has been a while I don’t write anything in the blog, but is always good to come back here and also participate on the OGB Appreciation Day, organized every year by Tim Hall from the Oracle Base. This year I decided to quickly write about Exadata Smart Scan feature. Why I chose Smart Scan? Well, because it is awesome and I don’t know any other relational database system that has a feature like that. So what is Smart Scan and why it is awesome? In simple words Smart Scan is the capability that an Oracle Database has to Offload SQL processing to th ..read more

Hello folks, it has been a while I don’t post anything and this will be a quick one, but useful. Recently, Oracle announced some changes in their certification program for DBAs. There is no more OCA for DBA, only OCP. There is no SQL exam as a pre-requisite, SQL questions are included in the ADM I exam. To become OCP you have to pass in both ADM I and ADM II exams. Oracle training is not a requirement anymore to become OCP. More details you can find here: https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/dc/ww-ou-5297-database2019-faq-3.pdf?intcmp=WWOUCERTBLOGECTTOC120418 Olá pessoal, faz um tempo que não pu ..read more