Yearly Archives: 2026

Oracle APEX Hack: Move Aggregate Row And Display Column Totals on Top

Introduction  In Oracle APEX Interactive Reports (IR), aggregate values such as SUM or AVG are always displayed at the bottom of the report. For reports with many rows, users must…

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Index Usage & Missing Index Checks in Oracle

A Practical Guide for Oracle DBAs Indexes play a critical role in Oracle database performance. While well-designed indexes can dramatically improve query response time, unused or missing indexes can just…

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Oracle Audit Trail Queries

A Practical Guide for DBAs Auditing helps Oracle DBAs track who did what, when, and from where. Whether for security reviews, compliance, or incident investigations, having ready-to-use audit queries saves…

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Query to get work order information without projects report in fusion.

SELECT WWOB.WORK_ORDER_NUMBER WO_NUMBER ,WWOT.WORK_ORDER_DESCRIPTION WO_DESCRIPTION ,WWST.WO_STATUS_NAME WO_STATUS ,HOU.NAME ORG_NAME ,CASE WHEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY HOU.NAME ORDER BY HOU.NAME) = 1 THEN HOU.NAME ELSE NULL END AS ORG_PARAMETER, CASE WHEN…

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Query to get vendor master with missing GST Numbers report in fusion.

SELECT Qry_rslt.”Supplier Name”       ,Qry_rslt.”Supplier Number”   ,Qry_rslt.”Supplier Site Name”   ,Qry_rslt.”Supplier Status”   ,Qry_rslt.”Inactive Date”   ,Qry_rslt.”Procurement Business Unit”   ,Qry_rslt.”Currency”   ,Qry_rslt.”Total Amount”   ,Qry_rslt.”No Data…

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Resolving PRCR-1079 / CRS-5076 Due to DB_UNIQUE_NAME Mismatch in Oracle RAC 

Error  While starting an Oracle RAC database using srvctl, the startup failed with:  PRCR-1079: Failed to start resource ora.RACDB.db  CRS-5076: Startup of database resource ‘ora.RACDB.db’ is failing because  DB_UNIQUE_NAME ‘RAC_DB’ is not expected  Description …

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How to Enable Active Data Guard on a Physical Standby 

Description: –  Active Data Guard allows a physical standby database to be opened in READ ONLY mode while redo apply continues in the background. This enables the standby database to be used for reporting and…

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New Development Report Using XML Data Template

New Development Report Using XML Data Template  Introduction XML Publisher (BI Publisher) provides multiple ways to generate reports in Oracle E-Business Suite. One important and commonly used approach is creating…

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How to Perform Password-Based Encrypted RMAN Tablespace Backup & Restore

  Overview  This blog explains how to secure an Oracle 19c tablespace using RMAN password-based encryption and demonstrates a complete backup, restore, and recovery cycle. It covers verifying tablespaces and datafiles, taking an encrypted RMAN backup…

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Oracle 19c Table Shrink Space

Shrinking a table in an Oracle database is used to reclaim unused space and optimize storage. As data is inserted, updated, and deleted over time, tables can become fragmented and retain empty blocks, leading to wasted…

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