Good Points. This needs Attention.

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New table added to Schema ... No jokes about Devs creating tables. And having 7 columns with actual names, well, it Is an Improvement over key-integer + payload-varchar2...

Macros in Oracle #SQL enable you to define expression templates as text At parse time the database merges these with the parent query, replacing parameters with the actual values passed Macros come in two types Scalar - use in SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, etc. Table - use in FROM

Useful And potentially Addictive...

how to find (some of the) typos.. just push your text to t' internet.

Could not resist playing with UUIDs in my Oracle database... Oracle 26ai can provide UUID-V4. Soon UUID-V7 ? simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/11/orac... Just Playful code.... Dont Use this in Anger.. If you give them a finger they take the whole arm...

When a DBA adds you to their team... ...and in the next 4hrs you receive 180+ mails (from cronjobs...) Some Things Never Change... #DBAsRunTheWorld (I have that sticker somewhere.. Thx to @mikedietrichde.com )

Serious ?? The vacuum-cleaner spying + pwd-sniffing on your home-network ?? codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...

Grinning at this...

Great: Oracle v26ai has the capability to generate UUID-V4. Nice, and interesting to play with. But I am also expecting at least UUID-V7 in the near future, Right ? /cc @oracleasktom.bsky.social and @oracleace.bsky.social simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/11/orac...

One cool thing we have since this year’s AI World - #Dev Tips cards for #OracleDatabase Shout out to @richard.fichtner.dev for the great idea!

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Yes, Please. Set. That. Info. In python it is as simple as assigning a str: ora_connection.module = 'this is the culprit' It doesnt even cause an additional round-trip, the setting is piggybacked on the next real call, just so you know. (did I mention I dont like round-trips... I guess I did)

Thx Tim (@oraclebase.bsky.social). That is a very read-worthy list. And a sign that "the community" is still very much Alive.

Recommended! Even if you only go to conferences for the food and the drinks... I had a lot of good learning, a lot of good connections, and quite a lot of Fun from being in this program.

Beste @ftm.nl , ik waardeer jullie Hogelijk. Ga. Zo. Door. Maar ik wil Niet Nog een App op mijn telefoons (inloggen, notifiations, tracing...). Please, maak content (text en podcasts) ook via het ouderwetse www met een (anonieme, no-javascript, ad-blocked... ) beschikbaar. #followthemoney

Apart from all the buzz around the "release" of 26ai, Today is also #joelkallmanday , Coordinated by @oraclebase.bsky.social, our community blogs in with that hashtag to remember Joel ... pdvfirstblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/simp...

Italian!

Processing one row at a time leads to lots of round-trips to the #database This is SLOOOOOOOW It's faster to batch records and send many in one call How much faster? @pdevisser.bsky.social tested with Python and batching inserted 150x more rows!

Good Memories. I was read to. I did some reading to my kids... Not sure if it worked in our case, but I can definitely Recommend this.

got a concept ready... #JoelKallmanDay @oracleace @OracleDatabase

Got it to work, Properly. (including the elusive "hidden" parameter) simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/09/orac... With Thanks to ... @martinberx.bsky.social (blog + tips) @connormcd.bsky.social (office hrs) @gvenzl.bsky.social (images) For hints, answers and container-images.

About those chocolate tastings.... /cc @oracleace.bsky.social @jen-nicholson.bsky.social

Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement oracle-base.com/blog/2025/09... #JoelKallmanDay @oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase

Phoenix Projects come and go, But the Mythical Man Month will always be so. (couldnt resist... a small tribute to F.P Brooks) #IT #projects #Development #Operations #DEVOPS

The V$SQL_HISTORY is a Promising new feature in Oracle23ai but still has some limitation. I wanted more so I picked up an old trick... simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/09/orac... Not perfect, but this works, even in in existing older versions. #oracledatabase #python

New post! MERGE is 23ai is even cooler than first appears... connor-mcdonald.com/2025/09/18/m...

In all the #Oracle23ai New-Feature-stories, how did this one got lost ?? The information in the new V$SQL_HISTORY is a Hidden Gem! Can we give this thing a bit more attention? Great Potential as a "Problem Fixer" for Devs, Ops, and DBA's... simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/09/orac...

This is Most Likely ... Exactly. Spot. On. True. Thx for kicking this out there. (and only pass it on to those bosses that are Worthy to know.. )

It feels like they took out the heart of the ACE program 😢

Yeah! Pinging conference ppl everywhere....

I suddenly have a much higher opinion of ChatGPT..

Here I am researching my talk for a Conference later this autumn. And this code, ready to copy + run, pops up. (it IS one Good Sounding number...)

Prompt-Engineer....

Yep. That is how you do boardroom-sale of AI.

An AI reply is only as good as its Reader. plus An AI reply is only as good as its Provider. Using AI in search is Fine, If you Know What You are Doing... (now over to some minor-guru-thought-leader to Claim this and re-phrase this stmnt for his minions...)

In the runup to #POUG2025 I suddenly get all sorts of Polish stuff in my timelines.. ? /cc @pougorg.bsky.social @luizafrompoland.bsky.social

Brilliant idea

NOT obsessed with network-latency. Not. Obsessed. But I do tweak python programs to find, report, and avoid latency... (and it is interesting and kinda fun) /cc @oracleace.bsky.social @pougorg.bsky.social Looking fw to discuss at #poug2025 simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/08/orac...

Yep: Roundtrips, and other items to watch out for when using python and Oracle. (oh, and those cute cars were also built in Poland and in Yugoslavia... and probably in more places: There is your link with #POUG2025 and @pougorg.bsky.social ) cjones-oracle.medium.com/round-trips-...

.. and on #latency and #roundtrips, I had a few chats with Christopher Jones, the ProductManager for python-oracledb, the driver to connect python to your Oracle RDBMS. If you are working with #python and #Oracle: check his blogs: cjones-oracle.medium.com /cc @oracleace.bsky.social

Network, Latency. The eternal problem for distributed applications... At least 3 sessions at #poug2025 are about "latency" And I keep digging into RoundTrips and RTTs: simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/08/orac... /cc @oracleace.bsky.social @pougorg.bsky.social #oracle23ai #python

Probably Correct. But also: maybe want to keep this a guarded secret to avoid a grey-wave ?

How do you apply "Green" practices in your work ? Desired answer: we buy Expen$ive green paint... (bigger budget is more Status for Boss, more commi$$ion for $alesrep) My Answer: make systems More Efficient, use less resources, consume less electricity.... (not always what they wants to hear...)

There is an Old Proverb... To Find Typos... Publish your blog.

hm. today we still laugh at this....

Ancient Wisdom to make a program faster: Dont Execute it. How to skip "unnecessary" code, and thus avoid RoundTrips... simpleoracledba.blogspot.com/2025/08/orac... #Oracle #python