Oracle does not release anymore full client packages for the Mac clients. Therefore, we need to use the Instant Client from: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/intel-macsoft-096467.html The installation is quite simple but we need to rememeber that, in order to have a functional client for a DBA we would need to download three packages at least: Basic Package – All files required to run
Read moreI had to modify a file for loading into an Oracle database with SQL*Loader. The file was using as field delimiter the | pipe character and each line was ending in a |. So ideally, I would like to remove the pipe chracter that ends each of the 384 016 850 lines of my text file. One option is to
Read moreKeep pressed option key (alt) and click on the Notifications icon which is usually found on top right corner. Easy!
Read moreOcassionally, there is a need to install an app created by a developer that is not identified by the security policy in place on the Firm’s MacBook. Here is the short procedure I identified it works for me: in terminal type: sudo spctl –master-disable verify with: spctl –status open the application and quit it in terminal, type: sudo spctl –master-enable verify the status: spctl
Read moreORA-14047: ALTER TABLE INDEX RENAME may not be combined with other operations When we try to rename a table or index name in Oracle, we use a simple command as following ALTER TABLE“[SCHEMA_NAME]“.“[OLD_TABLE_NAME]“RENAME TO“[NEW_TABLE_NAME]“; If we put into schema names to this command, we can deal with ORA-14047 error.This error raise when we put schema name in front of the
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