9 High-Performance Tips when using Oracle with JPA and Hibernate
Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you 9 tips that will help you speed up your Oracle database application when using JPA and Hibernate. To get the most out of the relational database in use, you need to make sure the data access layer resonates with the underlying database system, so, in this article, I’m going to present you several tips that can boost up the performance of your Oracle, JPA and Hibernate applications.
The fastest way to update a table row when using Hibernate and Oracle
Introduction Oracle provides several pseudocolumns, and ROWID is one of them. The ROWID pseudocolumn specifies the address of the underlying database record, and according to Oracle documentation, it’s the fastest way to reference a table row. As explained on Ask TOM, there are some operations that might lead to a ROWID change (e.g. partitioning or compacting tables). If that’s the case, then you should not rely on the ROWID pseudocolumn since its value iss no longer consistent. If your database never executes an operation that triggers a ROWID modification, then you should… Read More
How does a relational database work
Introduction While doing my High-Performance Java Persistence training, I came to realize that it’s worth explaining how a relational database works, as otherwise, it is very difficult to grasp many transaction-related concepts like atomicity, durability, and checkpoints. In this post, I’m going to give a high-level explanation of how a relational database works internally while also hinting some database-specific implementation details.
How to call Oracle stored procedures and functions with JPA and Hibernate
Introduction This article is part of a series of posts related to calling various relational database systems stored procedures and database functions from Hibernate. The reason for writing this down is because there are many peculiarities related to the underlying JDBC driver support and not every JPA or Hibernate feature is supported on every relational database.
Why you should always use connection pooling with Oracle XE
Introduction Oracle Express Edition is the free version of Oracle Enterprise Edition and its smaller size makes it very convenient for testing various Oracle functionalities. According to Oracle documentation, the Express Edition can use at most one CPU and 1 GB of RAM, but in reality, there are other limitations that are not always obvious.
