Øyvind Isene
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Oracle ACE Pro. Independent consultant. Mostly Oracle stuff.
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Tim Hall
20 days ago
Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement
oracle-base.com/blog/2025/09...
#JoelKallmanDay
@oracleace @OracleAPEX
#orclapex
@OracleDatabase
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Siri Leknes
20 days ago
Please RT 2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD! Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all! We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/286516/postdoctoral-research-fellowship
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Martin Bach
about 1 month ago
You can define your own inline JavaScript code delimiters in Oracle MLE — even emojis (💥). A small but useful detail I explored after a great question from
@oyvindisene.bsky.social
at
#POUG2025
. Blog post 👉
martincarstenbach.com/2025/09/08/i...
#oracle
#MLE
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Inline JavaScript and some further details about code delimiters
I recently attended POUG 2025, perhaps the most technical conference in Europe with focus on Oracle Database. My friend Øyvind Isene presented about Multilingual Engine (MLE)/JavaScript and made a …
https://martincarstenbach.com/2025/09/08/inline-javascript-and-some-further-details-about-code-delimiters/
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Andy Colvin
about 1 month ago
Wow…can’t believe it took me 10 years to get to
@pougorg.bsky.social
but it delivered in every possible way. So great to see old friends and I haven’t learned that much at a conference in a very long time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Gianni Ceresa
about 1 month ago
And it’s over, sadly.
#poug2025
ended yesterday, and it was a great 10th anniversary event very well organised by the
@pougorg.bsky.social
team. Well done
@luizafrompoland.bsky.social
and
@ora600pl.bsky.social
Looking forward to
#poug2026
, no idea where it will be, but I will be there.
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Doing my best to treat post-conference blues.
#POUG2025
was as usual fantastic. Learned a lot and met great people. Thanks to
@luizafrompoland.bsky.social
,
@ora600pl.bsky.social
and the rest of the team for a great conference.
about 1 month ago
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Priit Piipuu
about 1 month ago
/me needs moar coffee
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Priit Piipuu
about 1 month ago
@oyvindisene.bsky.social
going all in for JavaScript
#POUG2025
@sym42.bsky.social
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Priit Piipuu
about 1 month ago
@jasminfluri.bsky.social
on OpenTelemetry
#POUG2025
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Oracle ACE Program
about 1 month ago
Join the Oracle ACEs at POUG 2025 this week in Poznań. Knowledge, lectures, discussion and networking for two full days! Join them now ♠️ 👉
poug.org/en/edycja/po...
#OracleACE
@edelweissk.bsky.social
@ora600pl.bsky.social
@julianfrey.ch
@danischnider.bsky.social
@chandlerdba.bsky.social
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Insulting the AI.
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Polish Oracle User Group
about 2 months ago
Pretty proud and excited to announce that
#POUG2025
is sold out!😎 Thank you for your support & trust. It's gonna be super fun, just look at the agenda:
poug.org/edycja/poug-...
See you next week! POUG Team
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Gerald Venzl
about 2 months ago
Materialized Columns are new in
#Oracle
#Database
23.7 Let's take a closer look at them! ⚠️ Lots of code coming next! 🤓
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Oracle Database Materialized Columns – a closer look
My recent blog post about Oracle Database 23.7 has generated significant interest in one particular feature: materialized columns. In this post, I’ll dive deeper into what materialized columns are, how they work, and when you might want to use—or avoid—them.
https://www.geraldonit.com/oracle-database-materialized-columns/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Rodrigo Jorge
2 months ago
⚠️ New feature in 23.9! ⚠️ Now you can raise the COMPATIBLE without bouncing your database! Learn more:
www.dbarj.com.br/en/2025/08/o...
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Mixed Feelings About MERGE - @DBoriented
Why Oracle's MERGE Statement Fails Where INSERT/UPDATE Succeeds
https://db-oriented.com/2025/07/12/mixed-feelings-about-merge/
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Jeff Smith
3 months ago
we have an official MCP Server for Oracle Database as of...today
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Philipp Salvisberg
3 months ago
Want to use Oracle SQL Developer in VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf or Theia? In this blog post, I explain how to do it.
www.salvis.com/blog/2025/07...
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Installing SQL Developer in IDEs Implementing the VS Code Extension API
Introduction The Oracle SQL Developer team is working on bringing the essential functionality built over the last 20 years in the classic SQL Developer IDE—a JDeveloper extension running as a standalo...
https://www.salvis.com/blog/2025/07/05/installing-sql-developer-in-ides-implementing-the-vs-code-extension-api/
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Mike Dietrich
4 months ago
ora2know Hands-On Workshop: Upgrade to Oracle 19c and 23ai Let's kick it off. When the ora2know group started at DOAG conference in Nuernberg in November 2024, we committed ourselves to support them. And this is exactly the reason why I am going to invite you to this unique event in Munich on July…
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ora2know Hands-On Workshop: Upgrade to Oracle 19c and 23ai
Let's kick it off. When the ora2know group started at DOAG conference in Nuernberg in November 2024, we committed ourselves to support them. And this is exactly the reason why I am going to invite you to this unique event in Munich on July 10, 2025. I will run an ora2know Hands-On Workshop: Upgrade to Oracle 19c and 23ai. And you are going to type 🙂 You need to sign up early since we have only a limited number of seats available.
https://mikedietrichde.com/2025/06/24/ora2know-hands-on-workshop-upgrade-to-oracle-19c-and-23ai/
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ITOUG Tech Day starts.
#itougtd2025
#oracleace
5 months ago
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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL
5 months ago
If smoke isn't coming out of your machine, you aren't really working :-)
connor-mcdonald.com/2025/05/05/s...
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Smashing a database on my PC
Colleague Martin Berger posted this recentlyand it got me thinking: If we take out the network (by running a program locally on the database server) how many requests per second can a modern but af…
https://connor-mcdonald.com/2025/05/05/smashing-a-database-on-my-pc/
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DOAG e.V.
6 months ago
📣
#apexconn25
– T minus 13... ⏳ Am 13. Mai öffnet die 11. APEX connect ihre Türen im Europa-Park in Rust. Der 2. Konferenztag endet mit einer großen Dinner- & DJ-Party 🍽️ 🔊 🪩 💃 🎵 🍻
scomp.ly/Q1zLZAG
Infos 🔗
apex.doag.org
Tickets 🔗
scomp.ly/Anlevna
Hotels 🔗
scomp.ly/OWwJkd5
#orclapex
#lowcode
#plsql
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Oracle ACE Program
6 months ago
Are you curious to see where you will find our ACEs speaking in May? Then you're in luck, because we have just curated the list of upcoming events where you will get a chance to meet and network with many amazing ACE speakers. ♠️ Check it out now 👉
blogs.oracle.com/ace/post/ora...
#OracleACE
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Polish Oracle User Group
6 months ago
It's time to break the silence.
#POUG2025
is not just a fun conference. It can be dangerous. @Erik Van Roon was the first to speak loudly about the consequences of attending our event. ...but if you have no fear, cheaper tickets are still available:
poug.org/edycja/poug-...
😎
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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL
6 months ago
Dropping columns ... some idiosyncracies
connor-mcdonald.com/2025/04/23/c...
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Can you REALLY drop those columns?
Good friend Gwen posted this on Twitter yesterday, presumably alluding to some sort of potential issue with Postgres. and it got me thinking: “I wonder how Oracle will go with this”. So…
https://connor-mcdonald.com/2025/04/23/can-you-really-drop-those-columns/
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Niall Mc Phillips
6 months ago
ORDS 25.1 has just been released 😀 Release notes here:
www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o...
Downloads:
www.oracle.com/database/sql...
#OracleRest
#ORDS
#OracleDatabase
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https://www.oracle.com/database/sqldeveloper/technologies/db-actions/download/
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Road trip
6 months ago
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Hilarious!
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6 months ago
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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨
7 months ago
How can Tromsø, Norway shut down some schools? Let’s ask the AI!
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/28/h...
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How can Tromsø, Norway shut down some schools? Let’s ask the AI!
In Tromsø, in northern Norway, the local administration decided it had too many schools and kindergartens for too few children, and they should shut some of them down. So they prepared a very nice …
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/28/how-can-tromso-norway-shut-down-some-schools-lets-ask-the-ai/
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Heineken Bar, isn’t that an oxymoron, or what? Currently at Schiphol. Nice place, but they should fly in some decent beers.
7 months ago
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First leg en route to Valencia meeting others from
@sym42.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Jeff Smith
7 months ago
New post! Using a PAR to copy your IOT data to an Oracle Database, via a secured REST API, and a bit of python
www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025...
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Secure IOT device uploads to Oracle Database via REST API
Easily setup your Internet of things (IOT) devices to share their telemetry data with your Oracle Database, via a secured REST API and a bit of Python.
https://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025/03/secure-iot-device-uploads-to-oracle-database-via-rest-api/
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Chris Saxon
7 months ago
APEX Lang is a new domain specific language you will be able to use to define Oracle APEX apps This is a human readable language designed to help you build and manage apps faster
#apexworld2025
#orclapex
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SQLDaily
7 months ago
Foursquare open sourced over 104 million points of interest in a Parquet file
@oyvindisene.bsky.social
used DBMS_CLOUD in Oracle Database to create an external table to read this data Then loaded it into a table using Oracle Spatial for fast analysis
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104 million places from Foursquare in Oracle
Foursquare open sourced over 104 million points of interest (POIs) collected over several years. This is a large dataset perfect for testing and learning more about Spatial in the database. Oracle…
https://buff.ly/4hXHWCx
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Polish Oracle User Group
8 months ago
A kind reminder: you can join
#POUG2025
as an attendee or a speaker! One more month to submit your session:
sessionize.com/poug-2025/
PS We do not recommend not joining at all 🫡
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I had some fun with Spatial in Oracle Autonomous Database:
enesi.no/2025/02/104-...
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104 million places from Foursquare in Oracle
Foursquare open sourced over 104 million points of interest (POIs) collected over several years. This is a large dataset perfect for testing and learning more about Spatial in the database. Oracle APE...
https://enesi.no/2025/02/104-million-places-from-foursquare-in-oracle/
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SQL Outlines, SQL Profiles and the Hints you should NOT use
YouTube video by SQL and Database explained!
https://youtu.be/nijudqAjlOU?si=5XqlUiql91CD5JsQ
8 months ago
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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL
8 months ago
Quick heads up for JSON in PLSQL
connor-mcdonald.com/2025/02/17/j...
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JSON_OBJECT_T and the PGA
Just a quick heads up for anyone using JSON_OBJECT_T in PL/SQL that was brought to my attention by an AskTOM memberIt looks like repeated use of JSON_OBJECT_T in an associative array can consume PG…
https://connor-mcdonald.com/2025/02/17/json_object_t-and-the-pga/
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Brendan Tierney
8 months ago
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Chris Saxon
8 months ago
Join me next Wednesday (12 Feb) to learn about using PL/SQL to build
#database
APIs We'll cover Oracle Database 23ai enhancements to help you do this such as: Better loops Extended case expressions JSON integration The automatic SQL transpiler Starts 10am UK time
go.oracle.com/LP=146704?el...
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Developer Coaching: Build Database APIs with PL/SQL in Oracle Database 23ai
Oracle Database 23ai continues to enhance PL/SQL with better loops, extended case expressions, and better JSON integration. Join this session to learn what’s new to help you build data-drive apps.
https://go.oracle.com/LP=146704?elqCampaignId=604008?src1=:ow:lp:cpo::::DCXSLACK&intcmp=WWMK250120P00035:ow:lp:cpo::::DCXSLACK
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Tim Hall
8 months ago
Trivialising past events
oracle-base.com/blog/2025/02...
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Jasmin Fluri
9 months ago
If you missed our
#AskTomOfficeHours
session about
#SQL
Version Control, you can now rewatch it on Youtube ⬇️ 📹
youtu.be/ZmmyquWkhno?...
@oracleace.bsky.social
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Jeff Smith
9 months ago
📣 New post! Scheduling a PDB to be created or cloned via REST APIs
www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025...
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A quick note on Creating PDBs using REST APIs with ORDS
Creating or Cloning Pluggable Databases (PDBs) via ORDS Database REST APIs is now an asynch operation via DBMS_SCHEDULER jobs. Here's an example.
https://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025/01/a-quick-note-on-creating-pdbs-using-rest-apis-with-ords/
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Join me at Databaseforum - 2025
meetu.ps/e/NMPKx/wnNk...
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Databaseforum - 2025, Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Godt nyttår! Vi ønsker å starte det nye året med en fot i bakken på hva som er status innen Oracle 23ai. Versjon 23.6 er nyeste utgave av vår database. Dette er den 6. vers
https://meetu.ps/e/NMPKx/wnNkC/i
9 months ago
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Brendan Tierney
10 months ago
Saw this over on the other place
#AI
#ML
#GenAI
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Great post! You deserve a cold Bohemia (the leftmost one), hope nobody ships you a Heineken.
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10 months ago
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Brendan Tierney
10 months ago
Some Christmas cheer using SQL
#data
#database
#sql
youtu.be/3RsWqR9zSmw
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SQL Christmas Fun
YouTube video by Brendan Tierney
https://youtu.be/3RsWqR9zSmw
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Just blogged about embedding in Python and storing the vectors in Oracle 23ai:
enesi.no/2024/12/exte...
#oracle
#python
10 months ago
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If you need an excuse to open a bottle, now you have one. Please report back your findings.
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10 months ago
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What datatype does systimestamp return? The answer is in here
youtu.be/H41U1veeYT8?...
#oracle
#til
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What is INTERNAL_FUNCTION in my execution plan?
YouTube video by SQL and Database explained!
https://youtu.be/H41U1veeYT8?si=JBYz7aNTLQFZ2HRJ
10 months ago
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Jeff Smith
10 months ago
Just another day of shipping software, ORDS 24.4 is out Be sure to follow
@chrishoina.bsky.social
for details and more news for all things Oracle REST Data Services.
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