Upgrade Apex for Oracle 18c

Starting with Oracle Database Release 18, APEX has not upgraded automatically as part of the database upgrade. Refer to My Oracle Support Note 1088970.1 for information about APEX installation and upgrades. To download the latest APEX: Click Here [oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.4.0 Production on Mon Feb 26 01:54:54 2018 Copyright […]

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Compile Fixed Objects

To upgrade from Oracle 11gR2 to Oracle 18c/19c, we need to gather stat for fixed objects [oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.4.0 Production on Mon Feb 26 01:54:54 2018 Copyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 – 64bit Production With the Partitioning, […]

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Remove OLAP for Oracle 18c

To upgrade from Oracle 11gR2 to Oracle 18c/19c, we need to remove OLAP. Remove OLAP Catalog by running the 11.2.0.4.0 SQL script $ORACLE_HOME/olap/admin/catnoamd.sql script. [oracle@localhost admin]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.4.0 Production on Mon Feb 26 01:48:34 2018 Copyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition […]

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Remove EM for Oracle 18c

To upgrade from Oracle 11gR2 to Oracle 18c/19c, we need to Enterprise Manager. Copy the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/emremove.sql script from the target 18.0.0.0.0 ORACLE_HOME into the source 11.2.0.4.0 ORACLE_HOME. Step 1: If database control is configured, stop EM Database Control, using the following command gt; emctl stop dbconsole Step 2: Connect to the database using the SYS […]

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Flow Chart and Upgrade Paths for Oracle Database 18c

You can perform a direct upgrade to the new release from the following releases: 11.2.0.3 and 11.2.0.4 12.1.0.1 and 12.1.0.2 12.2.0.1 The path that you must take to upgrade to the latest Oracle Database release depends on the release number of your current database. If your current Oracle Database is a release earlier than 11.2.0.3, […]

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Installing Oracle 18c Binary on OEL 6.3

In this post, we are installing Oracle 18c binaries on OEL 6.3. First, we need to download the software and start runInstaller from software location. Select a “Set Up Software Only” and click next. Select on “Single instance database Installation” and click on next. Select on “Enterprise Edition” and click on next Put the Oracle […]

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ols.pl – A script to display GI/RAC Flex Cluster

Oracle Clusterware command olsnodes displays node number/status/type/VIP, this is useful but not enough. To clearly display a node’s functional role in 12c, including but not limited to CRSD PE Master/Standby, CTSS/UI/ONS Master as well as Leaf-to-Hub connections etc, ols.pl is written to automatically present this info in a clear and handy way. You can download the […]

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Safe Harbor Statement – Oracle

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Display the sql_id for a query in Oracle 18c

The SET FEEDBACK command has an SQL_ID option to display the sql_id for the currently executed SQL or PL/SQL statements. The sql_id will be assigned to the predefined variable SQL_ID. Displays the number of records returned by a script when a script selects at least n records. SQL_ID returns the sql_id for the SQL or PL/SQL […]

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