📚 New Reading List is out! What's included 🤔 🎉 Recognition from analysis 🎉 New product announcements 🤓 Technical details

GraalVM 25 is here, with lots of updates for native compilation, GraalPy, GraalJS, and WebAssembly. Faster and better than ever!🐰🚀 Download: www.graalvm.org/downloads/ Release notes: www.graalvm.org/release-note...

📚 New reading list is out! This week's edition has lots of exciting 🎉 #announcements and 🏆 #successstories sprinkled with some technical 💡 #insights

Oracle Database 23.9 added non-positional inserts This assigns values to columns in the SET clause (like UPDATE) INSERT INTO employees SET employee_id = 210, first_name = 'Gerald', ... @gvenzl.bsky.social dives into the details and gives the backstory in

How to Unplug an Oracle Database PDB into a .pdb File and Replug into Another Container Database Oracle's Multitenant architecture allows you to unplug a Pluggable Database (PDB) from one Container Database (CDB) and plug it into another, simplifying database migration and management. This quick…

📚 New reading list is out! 🔐 #security, 🩹 #patching, 🎛️ #internals, 🏆 #customerwins and more are part of it. Check it out! 👇

The yearly swag pack from @oracleace.bsky.social arrived today #OracleACE #SWAG

Virtual columns in Oracle Database have long been able to define calculated columns These run the expression on read Store the expression on write from release 23.7 with <col> <data_type> AS ( ... ) MATERIALIZED @gvenzl.bsky.social takes a closer look

📚 A rather mixed bag of items is in this week's reading list: 🔐 #security, ⚒️ #internals, 💡 #insights, and a by many long-awaited 🎉 #announcement are all included Happy reading 🤓

🌟 The non-positional INSERT #SQL statement will hopefully change the way how we write INSERT statements forever. I'm proud that I was directly involved in this effort. 🧠 This blog post is a "brain dump" recounting that journey.

📚 #Database, #OCI, #Linux, #AI 👷‍♂️ This week's reading list contains highlights to many cool things you can build with #Oracle technology.

Materialized Columns are new in #Oracle #Database 23.7 Let's take a closer look at them! ⚠️ Lots of code coming next! 🤓

📚 This week's reading list has it all: 🔐 #Security, 🩺 #Healthcare, 🏆 #CustomerSuccess, 🚀 Product #Announcements, 🎛️ #Internals, and more! Dive in to stay updated on the latest in the #Oracle ecosystem.

📚 This week's reading list is out, packed with #announcements and #releases galore. Definitely worth a look! 🔖 Missed some reading lists? Find them all at https://www.geraldonit.com/category/reading-list/

‼️ #Oracle #Database 23.9 brings some really cool #Developer features to the table: 😎 GROUP BY ALL 🥇 Non-positional INSERT statements - first and only database to support this 🔢 UUIDv4 And more! Definitely check it out 👇

What do #AI, #Healthcare, environment variables and #Oracle #Database features all have in common? They are all part of this week's reading list.

Cooking up something new - stay tuned github.com/gvenzl/mcp

Just updated my gvenzl/oracle-free images to #Oracle #Database 23.9 #Free

Reached a personal milestone yesterday www.linkedin.com/posts/gerald...

Anatomy of a SQL statement SQL is a declarative, English-like domain language for querying, analyzing, and manipulating data. SQL originated from relational databases but has since seen wide adoption outside of them. Because SQL statements can almost be read as English sentences and its…

Things are looking good for #SQL users! ✌️ 😎 👊 survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technol...

Crocodile photobombs, Dungeons & Dragons, dropped Zoom calls and of course some #Oracle are all part of this week's reading list! Enjoy!

The #SQLcl #GitHub action just received an update. There's no longer a need for the versions.txt file and you can pick up versions as long as they are live on oracle.com. However, the recommendation remains to just use "latest". github.com/marketplace/...

Learn what's new for #Developers in #Oracle #Database 23ai Release Update 8

Did you know that in #Oracle #Database 23ai, you can now #materialize columns in your tables, just like Star Trek, but cooler. 👉 www.geraldonit.com/whats-new-fo...

This week's reading list is out - lots of announcements and releases to catch up on!

This week's reading list is out - lots of announcements and releases to catch up on!

Oracle Database has added many #SQL features in each RU for 23ai @gvenzl.bsky.social runs through what's new in 23.7 TIME_BUCKET Function Materialized columns DBMS_DEVELOPER.GET_METADATA Call PL/SQL from JavaScript stored procedures Smallfile Tablespace Shrink

📰 Check out my reading list for the 2nd week of July 2025

What’s new for #Developer in #Oracle #Database 23.7 www.geraldonit.com/whats-new-fo...

#Oracle #Database 23.8 images are now available and just a "docker pull gvenzl/oracle-free" away! 🎉

Our #Oracle #Database #Sample Schemas have new and improved ReadMes, including interactive #MermaidJS ER diagrams. github.com/oracle-sampl...

🎉 The 2025/2026 Oracle ACE Program members have just been announced! Join us in celebrating the incredible contributors, experts, and community leaders making a difference in the Oracle world. Check out the full list and let’s congratulate the new ACEs! 👉 blogs.oracle.com/ace/post/int... #OracleACE

Python quietly powers Mars rover missions, particle physics at CERN, industrial robotics and more, revealing its role in the physical world.

Learn what's new for #developers in #Oracle #Database 23ai Release Update 6 www.geraldonit.com/whats-new-fo...

Learn what's new for #developers in #Oracle #Database 23ai Release Update 5 www.geraldonit.com/whats-new-fo...

geraldonit.com got quite a facelift today – unexpectedly

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The convergence of SQL and NoSQL combines the simplicity of JSON document development and the power of relational databases within a single database.

Ever tried monitoring a couple of #Linux (#Cloud VM) servers to see what's going on? I flexed my #Java muscles again over the last couple of weekends. Here is the result...

Coming this weekend (probably)

Found a new favorite #Linux tool of mine. :)

AWR reports are a great way to get a summary of all activity in Oracle Database in a period You can now manage them using Oracle SQLcl e.g. take a snapshot & get a report from the last 2 snaps with: awr create snap awr create text @gvenzl.bsky.social explains

Do you want your own local #Kubernetes #Dev environment? minikube might be what you are looking for.

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Read how you can create #Oracle #Database AWR reports straight from @Oracle #SQLcl!

#Windows vs #Linux

Getting ready for the #KubeCon EU keynote kick off!

Packed room at the #KubeCon EU @cncf.io landscape talk with Dr. Who @lorilorusso.bsky.social