Oracle exp export with full tns-string

Handling the oracle tns-names file can be a pain in the ass, especially if you don’t want to rely on it. For example you want a user to enter dynamically a connection with typical “host, port, sid, username, password” …

oracle day 2: datafile is missing

playing around with oracle the other day I added a new tablespace and thought it would be smart to put the corresponding datafile on my tmp-directory. At first everything worked fine, now some days later I wanted to …

oracle day 1: first steps with oracle

recently I am familiarizing myself with the Oracle Database and I want to share my first impressions with you. A good start seemed to me the free oracle-xe version. I started the install with this tutorial and everything …