Tag: Oracle
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Keeping Java updated without installing the Ask toolbar
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in GeneralNot only does the Oracle Java installer for Windows come with a useless toolbar from Ask, it is not enough to uncheck it at installation time. With every Java update you get, which you are recommended to install, you will be ‘ask’ed again and it is checked by default. I can count on myself to…
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SQL server views performing really bad when referencing a linked server
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in SQL ServerWe had a view in SQL server (2008) that consisted of a simple SELECT with some fields from a table that was on another database server (an Oracle database even). Performance was not a problem, the query took less than a second to complete. Until we had to add a left join to another table…