Monthly Archives: July 2026

One of SQL Server’s Biggest Misconceptions : Concurrency vs Parallelism

  Introduction  One of the biggest misconceptions among SQL Server professionals is assuming that Concurrency and Parallelism mean the same thing.  Many DBAs observe high CPU usage, CXPACKET waits, slow response times, blocking, or deadlocks and immediately change MAXDOP or Cost…

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Bringing Linux Into the Power Automate World: OS-Level Monitoring, Ticketing & Safe Auto-Remediation

The Business Problem Most Power Automate infra automations quietly assume a Windows/M365 world — mailbox triggers, SharePoint lists, Graph calls. The moment your estate includes Linux servers (DB hosts, app…

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Building a Screen and Webcam Recorder Inside Oracle APEX

Introduction / Issue  Oracle APEX applications often need a way to capture a tutorial, a support issue, or a walkthrough directly from the browser, with the presenter’s webcam visible alongside…

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Excel-Style Keyboard Shortcuts in Oracle APEX Interactive Grid

Introduction / Issue  Users working in an editable Oracle APEX Interactive Grid have to reach for the mouse for routine actions such as adding a row, deleting a row, saving changes, or refreshing the grid.…

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Automating New Hire NT ID Provisioning with Power Automate, SharePoint, and PowerShell

Onboarding a new employee usually involves the same repetitive IT task over and over: someone gets a list of new hires, an admin manually checks whether each person already has…

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Freeze Panes in Oracle APEX Interactive Grid — Driven by a Page Item

Introduction Oracle APEX provides a built-in Show AI Assistant dynamic action to quickly add AI-powered chat capabilities to applications. This document demonstrates how to enhance the default AI Assistant with features…

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SQLT INSTALLATION AND DEINSTALLATION

Introduction Performance tuning is one of the most critical responsibilities of an Oracle DBA. When an SQL statement runs slowly, consumes excessive CPU, performs unnecessary I/O, or suddenly changes execution…

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Resolving ORA-65047 and ORA-07445 Errors While Recompiling Invalid Objects in Oracle 19c PDB

Issue: After successfully upgrading an Oracle Database 19c environment, it is common to validate the database by checking for invalid objects and recompiling them. In some cases, administrators may encounter…

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SQL Server TempDB Log Growth: Finding the Root Cause

Introduction TempDB is one of the busiest databases in SQL Server. It supports temporary objects, sorting operations, version stores, hash operations, and many internal engine activities. Because of this constant…

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SQL Server Always On: Diagnosing Secondary Replica Connectivity Issues

SQL Server Always On: Diagnosing Secondary Replica Connectivity Issues Introduction High Availability is one of the most critical aspects of a SQL Server environment. While Always On Availability Groups are…

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