poll

Recent thread in the OakTable mailing list prompted me to create a poll and ask about the ways DBAs use system statistics in real systems. If you struggle to understand what system statistics is and what are the available options, here is the suggested reading:
Documentation – System Statistics
Best Practices for Gathering Optimizer Statistics, Oracle whitepaper
System Statistics – Troubleshooting Oracle Performance

I’d be grateful if anyone who is responsible for Oracle database backups could take a quick (3 question) survey on their use or otherwise of the Fast (Flash) Recovery Area feature. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J93L7WT All responses are anonymous.

Here is a recent thread from OTN forums. The question raised is WTF? whether a hint in the examples section of DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE documentation have to be used or not and why it is there. What do you think about it? Have a look in the documentation and mark your choice in a poll: PS. In [...]