A few years ago, during a conversation with Oracle OEM experts at Oracle OpenWorld, I asked a simple question:

“Why can’t Oracle Enterprise Manager automatically alert DBAs whenever a critical SQL execution plan changes and immediately show the performance impact?”

As every experienced DBA knows, a SQL execution plan change can turn a well-performing application into a production incident within minutes. Finding the exact SQL, comparing plans, analyzing AWR snapshots, and determining whether the new plan is better or worse often consumes valuable time during a critical outage. At that time, the capability I envisioned did not exist in the way I wanted it.

Today, thanks to advances in AI and automation, I have built that capability in-house using dbadeedsai, our AI-powered DBA Operations platform.

SQL plan instability remains one of the most common causes of unexpected performance degradation in Oracle environments.

• Detect issues automatically
• Explain performance changes
• Recommend corrective actions
• Execute approved remediations safely

AI did not replace DBA expertise.

Instead, AI accelerated development and helped transform an idea that had existed for years into a working solution. The combination of: AI-assisted development, Oracle performance tuning knowledge, AWR expertis, SQL plan management concepts

What started as a conversation at Oracle OpenWorld has evolved into a practical AI-powered solution that is already helping DBAs save valuable time and rapidly identify performance regressions.