I'm Nigel Bayliss. I work for Oracle. The opinions expressed here are my own. I'm the Oracle Optimizer PM and my background is doing stuff with very large DBs.

London, England
Joined May 2014
At DOAG I was asked an interesting question about real-time SPM and runaway/terminated SQL. I didn't know the answer for sure, but I do now. Scroll to the bottom of blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/p… for a new ADB demo.
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If you use the optimizer_secure_view_merging DB parameter, check out the change in Oracle Database 23ai blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/p…
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A new DBMS_SPM function is now available in #Oracle #Database #19c blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/p…
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Automatic SPM is now available in #Oracle #Database #19c RU 19.22 EE blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/p…
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The new SQL analysis report in Oracle Database 23c Free blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/p…
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ANNOUNCING #tvdpdays 2022 The hybrid event is scheduled on September 28/29. This year’s speakers are @vldbb @JLOracle @richardfoote @OracleSK #ShasankChavan @OracleDBTuning @MartinKlierDBA @martinberx @dani_schnider and me. Check out the agenda... trivadis.com/en/events/perfo…
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VLDB Bayliss retweeted
It's Follow Friday, so here are some awesome @OracleDatabase Product Managers you should be following @thatjeffsmith @vldbb @yasinbaskan @krisrice @KnownAsMarkus @ashishray @GeraldVenzl @jtsaismith @AnnamalaiMelli @hiphopengineer1 @ChrisRSaxon @Loic__Lefevre @dohdatabase
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Follow Friday - some core @OracleDatabase Product Managers @yasinbaskan @dohdatabase @KnownAsMarkus @SQLMaria @GeraldVenzl @jtsaismith @vldbb @RACMasterPM @AnnamalaiMelli @hiphopengineer1 @ChrisRSaxon @Loic__Lefevre Follow all 12 and I'll follow you back :)
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Here's the first follow-up post as promised. It's on extended statistics and includes links to some utility scripts for you to grab and adapt. blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/e…
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I am going to write a short series of posts on improving cardinality estimates. This is the intro blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/s…
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Some information on the Automatic SQL Tuning Set blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/t…
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A quick note on #orcldb hint usage reporting in Oracle Database 19c blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/h…
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Using lock table stats to make life easier blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/l…
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VLDB Bayliss retweeted
The list of questions for the CBO panel at the UKOUG TechFest19 is slowly growing - but there's only a week left before the event starts and we could do with a few more questions: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/… @SQLMaria @vldbb @ChrisAntognini @foote will be in the hot seats.
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The CBO Panel Session for @UKOUG TechFest19 has been moved from Monday to Tuesday at 16:45. I'll be chairing it, with a terrific panel of experts - but we need a few more questions in advance: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/…
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Resolving performance regressions with #oracle 18c and 19c SQL plan management blogs.oracle.com/optimizer/r…
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