Oracle Flashback – Empowering Power Users!

Flashback feature of Oracle database has been of interest to me since its inception in 9i. Thank you OTech Magazine for publishing my article on Flashback in the winter edition. Read the article here. There are several excellent articles in this edition of the Magazine. More than 100 pages of tech content. Don’t miss!! Merry Christmas! … Read more

Oracle 12c – READ Privilege

The READ privilege is new in Oracle Database 12c 12.1.0.2. Why do we need a READ privilege when there is SELECT privilege? Well, the SELECT privilege includes few more privilege than a pure read-only privilege! With the SELECT privilege, in addition to reading (or “selecting” from) the table, you are also able to do LOCK … Read more