How do I rename a schema?
It's not an option in SQL Developer (that I can find). How is this done?
View ArticleWhen should cold backups be taken?
Under which circumstances should I consider taking cold backups rather than hot backups?
View ArticleWhats the best database modelling tool out there?
I'm not immensely comfortable managing my database as a set of SQL scripts so in an ideal world I'd like for the code to be hidden from me when I make schema alterations. Something that lets me reverse...
View ArticleWhat are the differences between CHAR and NCHAR?
When would CHAR be worth using over NCHAR? Are there pros and cons with each?
View ArticleIs there an Oracle equivalent to Microsoft's Connect site?
Microsoft encourages users to submit feature suggestions to http://connect.microsoft.com/. It even lets you vote up suggestions made by others. Is there something equivalent for Oracle?
View ArticleRe-ordering columns - is this possible?
Is it possible to re-order columns in my table? Newly added columns are put on the 'end', and isn't necessarily how I'd like it to be presented to me when I do a 'select *'.
View ArticleWhat is the easiest way to direct SQL to multiple Oracle databases?
Say, if I want to update many databases at once, or if I want to query many database targets at once?
View ArticleDoes a column rename change the column name in referencing objects?
If I rename a column using "alter table sales rename column", will it be renamed in the objects that reference it (such as stored procedures)? Or do I have to find these and change them manually?
View ArticleValuable database checks sought for SQL Test
I'm part of a team at Red Gate that has worked in collaboration with the open source [tSQLt][1] unit testing framework developers to release a preview build of what we're calling [SQL Test][2], a SQL...
View ArticleDependencies of a query?
A customer asked me whether there was any way of listing all objects touched by a given query, ideally in a (dependency) diagram.
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