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Password Strength and Profile Settings in Oracle Databases

January 27, 2025

Enforcing strong password policies is essential for safeguarding Oracle databases. This article explores how to create custom password verification functions using the password_verify.create_verify_function procedure, configure user profiles for password management, and enforce robust password encryption practices. Detailed examples and best practices are provided to help database administrators enhance security and ensure compliance in their environments
Enforcing Password Strength and Profile Settings in Amazon RDS for Oracle

January 24, 2025

Enforcing strong password policies is essential for safeguarding Oracle databases in Amazon RDS. This article explores how to create custom password verification functions using the rdsadmin.rdsadmin_password_verify.create_verify_function procedure, configure user profiles for password management, and enforce robust password encryption practices. Detailed examples and best practices are provided to help database administrators enhance security and ensure compliance…
Scheduling a Job to Gather Statistics in Oracle Database Weekly for Stale Statistics

December 3, 2024

Scheduling a Job to Gather Statistics in Oracle Database Weekly for Stale Statistics Scheduling a Job to Gather Statistics in Oracle Database Weekly for Stale StatisticsGathering statistics in Oracle Database is crucial for ensuring the optimizer has up-to-date information to generate efficient execution plans. Stale or outdated statistics can lead to suboptimal query performance. Oracle…
The Importance of Data Compression in Oracle Databases

November 3, 2024

Maximizing Storage Efficiency with Advanced Database Compression: Benefits, Challenges, and Implementation StrategiesIntroductionThe exponential growth of data presents increasing challenges for organizations in managing storage, performance, and backup operations efficiently. Advanced database compression is a powerful solution that enables businesses to optimize their database environments by reducing storage requirements, improving query response times, and minimizing backup…
Efficiently Managing Columns in Oracle: Marking and Dropping Unused Columns

September 17, 2024

Efficiently Managing Columns in Oracle: Marking and Dropping Unused Columns Efficiently Managing Columns in Oracle: Marking and Dropping Unused Columns There may be situations where you need to drop a column containing a large amount of data, such as 10 million rows. Dropping such a column can take significant time, and Oracle will lock the…