Sanjay Mishra has more than 12 years of experience working with Oracle systems. His key areas of interest include database architecture, database administration, performance management, scalability, software development and data modelling for mission-critical and decision support applications. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Master of Engineering degree in Systems Science and Automation. He is the co-author of the books Oracle Parallel Processing and Oracle SQL Loader: The Definitive Guide (both published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.). Sanjay has published several technical papers in Oracle Magazine and SELECT Journal, and has presented many technical… papers at various regional, national and international conferences.