Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Connecting to Oracle using VS Code & Kerberos Auth

Two days in Vienna. Two talks. 100 attendees. A view from the 19th floor and a morning run on the Donau-Insel. AOUG 2026 delivered. oradba.ch/blog/2026/06... #OracleACE #Oracle #DatabaseSecurity #AOUG @oracleace.bsky.social

@cgohmannde.bsky.social leas us to the generation of proper test data at #AOUG2026 #OracleACE

Last session of the day at the #AOUG2026. @martinberx.bsky.social gives insides on performance analysis and tuning in ADBs

@stefanoehrli.bsky.social shares about latest security improvements in 26ai #AOUG2026 #OracleACE

@mikedietrichde.com tells at #AOUG2026 why patches are important!

@stefanoehrli.bsky.social shares his knowledge about Data Safe at #AOUG2026 #OracleACE

🇦🇹🚀 The Oracle ACE community is heading to Vienna for the AOUG User Conference 2026! Connect with Oracle experts, discover the latest innovations, and learn from real-world customer experiences. 🙌 🔗 www.aoug.at/Event/668 #OracleACE

🗞️ Oracle AI Database Insider May 2026 is out! Check out the latest updates from the team and don't forget to congratulate our ACEs on getting featured in this edition. 🎉 @danischnider.bsky.social @stefanoehrli.bsky.social www.oracle.com/webfolder/dm...

Two days, two talks, one morning run in the Heide — DOAG DB 2026 done. Recap of my sessions on Oracle 26ai security features and Database MFA is up on the blog. #OracleACE #DOAG #Oracle #DatabaseSecurity #DOAGDB26 @oracleace.bsky.social @doagev.bsky.social oradba.ch/blog/2026/05...

Exciting talk by Martin about Oracle AutoUpgrade. Packed session with great examples and plenty of insightful information. Always impressive to see how much automation and best practices are built into AutoUpgrade. #Oracle #Database #AutoUpgrade @oracleace.bsky.social @doagev.bsky.social #DOAGDB26

Now on @doagev.bsky.social #DOAGDB Stage in Soltau/Germany - #Accenture Oracle Security Expert @stefanoehrli.bsky.social - 26ai New Security Features #community @oracleace.bsky.social

Seven KB articles on Oracle Unified Audit infrastructure - because "we'll clean it up later" is how SYSAUX fills up and retention windows never get set. Pure mode, dedicated tablespace, jobs, bin loader, views. All SQL included. url.oradba.ch/aud01 #Oracle #DatabaseSecurity @oracleace.bsky.social

Oracle CPU April 2026 is out — 481 patches, 8 for the DB, and the most-wanted RUs (19.31, 23.26.2) delayed until April 28+. Plan now, patch the moment they drop url.oradba.ch/cpuapril26 #Oracle #PatchManagement #OracleSecurity @oracleace.bsky.social #OracleDatabase

The Easiest Way to Download the Latest OPatch You don't have to connect to My Oracle Support to find the latest OPatch. There's a much easier way.

It's a Wrap — #OUGN2026 🚢 Two sessions on Oracle Unified Audit and TDE Demystified, two days at sea, and a family trip to Oslo on the side. Slides & demo notes linked in the post. #OracleDB #TDE #Auditing #OracleACE @oracleace.bsky.social @doagev.bsky.social url.oradba.ch/ougn26

#DOAG2026: Der Call for Papers für die DOAG 2026 Konferenz + Ausstellung ist eröffnet! Bis zum 8. Juni habt ihr jetzt die Gelegenheit, eure Beiträge einzureichen.➡️ scomp.ly/3jJdQBr Konferenz: scomp.ly/xqV9Jp8 🔗Early-Bird-Tickets bis 29. September: scomp.ly/v0xlWdZ

OraDBA has a new home 🏠 After years on WordPress I moved to MkDocs Material - Markdown, Git, Forgejo Actions, Cloudflare CDN. Faster, privacy-friendly and fun to write again. Good to be back! 👉 url.oradba.ch/6guaz

♠️ OUGN 2026 is bringing the Oracle community together in Norway (April 15–17)! 🇳🇴 With a strong lineup of Oracle ACEs presenting, this event is packed with expert-led sessions, knowledge sharing, and valuable networking opportunities across the Oracle ecosystem 🌍🚀 🔗 2026.ougn.no

If you want to live a little healthier again after all the various events and food at #DOAG2025 in the run-up to the holidays, remember... 😎🥂

On my last leg back home from the #DOAG2025 conference. Only light snow this year 😉 It was great to meet lots of friends and hear interesting presentations. Thank you @doagev.bsky.social and @oracleace.bsky.social I'm looking forward to next year.

Coming in Oracle AI Database #SQL assertions These enable you to create cross row, cross table constraints with SQL standard syntax CREATE ASSERTION … CHECK ( [ NOT ] EXISTS ( <query> ) ) @toonkoppelaars.bsky.social explains at #DOAG2025

Launch into the second day of the conference #DOAG2025 #DOAGrunning @doagev.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social

Oracle ACEs from all around the world met yesterday in Nuremberg to enjoy two amazing community events: 🏎️ A racing karting ACE experience 🤩 🍽️ An ACE dinner with 50 guests! 😋 It's so amazing seeing the community come together, have fun, create memories, and network! #OracleACEs

Christian about generating test data #DOAG2025 @oracleace.bsky.social

Tirthankar Lahiri introducing vectors and similarity search at #DOAG

Full house!

Refreshing my MAA/OCI knowledge with Markus. He talks about diamonds 💎 My wife would also enjoy the lecture. 😜😉 #DOAG2025 @oracleace.bsky.social

After the hearty menu at the ACE dinner, I balanced things out this morning with a short run, a light breakfast, and now I'm refreshed and ready for the first day of the conference. @oracleace.bsky.social Thank you very much for the dinner. #DOAG2025 @doagev.bsky.social

🎤 Don’t miss DOAG Konferenz + Ausstellung 2025 — Nov 18–21, the premier event for database technologies in the German-speaking region! Join #OracleACE experts and industry leaders for in-depth sessions on Oracle tech, modern IT trends, open source, and more. 👉 anwenderkonferenz.doag.org/de/home/

Some Oracle ACE Program swag waited for me after returning from two amazing days at the ATP Finals in Turin. Useful stuff for #DOAG2025 next week! Thanks @oracleace.bsky.social!

Let's kick off the DOAG conference week with a DOAG run! #DOAG2025 @doagev.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social #DOAGrunning

Are you encrypting your Oracle data right? Get pro tips from @stefanoehrli.bsky.social at our FREE Oracle ACE Live: TDE Demystified—config, keystore management, and more! 📅 Nov 12, 7am PT 👉 Save your spot: asktom.oracle.com/ords/r/tech/...

🔒 Ready to make sense of Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)? Join #OracleACE Live (FREE) on Nov 12 at 7am PT with Stefan Oehrli for config tips, demos & best practices! 👉 Register: asktom.oracle.com/ords/r/tech/...

🌐 Happy Internet Day! 🌐 Take a moment today to visit your favorite websites (maybe even check out the very first webpage ever created!), connect with friends across the globe, and appreciate how the Internet brings us all closer—one click at a time. #InternetDay

First MVP of my new Oracle Database Docker build configuration, which uses Autoupgrade to download the latest RU and create Oracle Home during the build. 😎 @oracleace.bsky.social #oracle #docker #container #autoupgrade

Mastering @oracle TDE Key Management? No problem for @stefanoehrli.bsky.social at the #Swiss @soug.ch day in Zurich. @oracleace.bsky.social #community #shareyourknowhow

Loved Martin’s session at #SOUGDay 🇨🇭 Great, honest take on the Oracle Autonomous Database — what works, what doesn’t, and where it really adds value. @oracleace.bsky.social @doagev.bsky.social @martinberger.bsky.social #SOUG #OracleDatabase #AutonomousDatabase #OracleCommunity

The #SQL analysis report in Oracle AI Database 26ai shows potential problems in a query Cartesian products UNION Non sargable filters (can’t use indexes) You can use this to find queries in the cursor cache which you may be able to improve

Run natural language queries against Oracle AI Database with SELECT AI <your query> e.g. SELECT AI what are the top 10 movies Michelle Malcher demos and gives example use cases for it #AIWorld

Nothing quite like an #OracleACE gathering. #OracleAIWorld

Great session on autoupgrade hacks @mikedietrichde.com @martinberger.bsky.social @alexzaballa.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social #AIWorld

The award for the most beautiful graphics at @Oracle AI World on the slides goes tooooo: @stefanoehrli.bsky.social #madewithpassion @excalidraw.com @oracleace.bsky.social

Yet an other Hands-on Lab on @Oracle Data Safe @oracleace.bsky.social #accenture #AIWorld #AIWorld25

#DOAG2025: Im "Security Panel: Datenbanksicherheit mit KI-Unterstützung?" könnt ihr mit den Securityexperten Cornelia Heyde und Dr. Matthias Mann diskutieren. ➡️ scomp.ly/aeRedza 🔗Anmeldung | scomp.ly/YAj48bE #Security #KI #Datenbank

Great blog post why and how 23ai is now 26ai - the release numbers explained by @mikedietrichde.com : mikedietrichde.com/2025/10/14/o... @oracleace

Why should you join the #OracleACE program and what does it enable you to do? Hear from @stefanoehrli.bsky.social #OracleAIWorld

Hands-in Lab at #AIWorld on Data Safe @oracleace.bsky.social #accenture

2nd day of #AIWorld, yet another run. This time to the other end of the Strip.

Kicked off my #AIWorld week with a quick morning run to the fabulous Las Vegas sign. @oracleace.bsky.social