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		<title>EBS R12 on IBM P-Series Running RedHat Linux</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/ebs-r12-on-ibm-p-series-running-redhat-linux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few days ago, one of our customer had this interesting question which caught us little offguard. Question was, that whether EBS R12 is certified for RedHat Linux running on IBM P-series (IBM power based system) or not?
Checking metalink it looks that, it should just be fine. If you go to metalink you will see the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalappsdba.wordpress.com&blog=595205&post=78&subd=practicalappsdba&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How did we solve our &#8220;log file sync&#8221; ?</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/how-did-we-solve-our-log-file-sync/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was one of those intriguing days when for almost 2-3 days users/developers/managers has been bugging me for &#8220;possible&#8221; slowness in our EPR instance. Ofcourse I checked everything: no long running queries eating up resources, no sudden spurt of sessions, nothing in AWR report to show off, nothing to show that there is slowness in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalappsdba.wordpress.com&blog=595205&post=75&subd=practicalappsdba&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle Apps Migration Path from HP-UX PA-RISC to HP-UX Itanium</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/oracle-apps-migration-path-from-hp-ux-pa-risc-to-hp-ux-itanium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the HP shops running Applications are mostly on PA-RISC based systems. HP plans to offer PA-RISC-based servers through 2008 and support the systems through 2013, and continue to push for Itanium based servers. Apps customers are asking for possible migration paths to port their applications from PA-RISC to Itanium basesd systems. This post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalappsdba.wordpress.com&blog=595205&post=74&subd=practicalappsdba&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FND_STATS vs DBMS_STATS</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/fnd_stats-vs-dbms_stats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked this questions many times. Shoud we use fnd_stats or should we use dbms_stats in 11i (or release 12). Most of the Apps DBAs you will face will say use fnd_stats. In fact Oracle also recommends to use fnd_stats in 11i E-Business Environments. But do you know what are the basic difference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalappsdba.wordpress.com&blog=595205&post=70&subd=practicalappsdba&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to recover and open the database if the archive log required for recovery is missing.</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/how-to-recover-and-open-the-database-if-the-archive-log-required-for-recovery-is-missing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kalpit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had one interesting recovery scenario at client side; we had to recover one of our development databases from old backup.
As part of recovery process, our restore went fine and also were able to re-create controlfile. During recovery, it asked for Archive logs. We checked with our Unix team for required archivelogs and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalappsdba.wordpress.com&blog=595205&post=72&subd=practicalappsdba&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back with BANG !!!</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/back-with-bang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK folks, enough is enough. I am back on my blogsphere and gonna write some really cool stuff.
This time I promise to my visitors, that you will be dazlled !!!.
Hang in there and keep checlking my blog.
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		<title>I will Write Soon&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/i-will-write-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends I know I have not been writing lately..It is combination of lazyness and some important enagements.
I will update soon, about some exciting new things I have learned during my &#8220;exile&#8221;&#8230;
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		<title>Database 11g announced for July 11, 2007</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/database-11g-announced-for-july-11-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Database Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok folks, for those of who were tired of 10g   here is the new database release from Oracle.
It is official now that it will be called 11g.
For more details see: Oracle Database 11g Launch &#8211; New York City 
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		<title>Script to kill Inactive forms sessions</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/script-to-kill-inactive-forms-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 20:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of time, due to user training issues, users leave their forms sessions open and do not end thier sessions. This can cause lots of issues as sometime even querying in a forms sessions places a lock (I know of Order Entry forms which used to behave like that) and as DBAs you will end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalappsdba.wordpress.com&blog=595205&post=63&subd=practicalappsdba&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to force hints using Outlines</title>
		<link>http://practicalappsdba.wordpress.com/2007/05/18/how-to-force-hints-using-outlines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Navdeep Saini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle introduced plan stability in form of Outlines in version 8i. However I have always been intrigued as to how to force a hint to a query using outline. This is particularly useful for Apps DBA, as sometimes it is not possible to change the query and put the hint in it, e.g.
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