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Reading List – April 2026 #1

Assertions, Optimizer, MCP Servers, AI Data Platforms and more

Announcements, SQL fun and more!

Lots of tools, announcements and some thoughts

AI, SQL and financial results

Closer look at Oracle Database setups, AI and a bit of Linux

New SQL features and an extended partnership

Lots of good 26 (and) ai content

Customer wins, AI integration and more

📰 Dealing with TNS database connections with Oracle MCP (SQLcl) – Jeff Smith explains how to connect your MCP server

Oracle AI Database 23.26.1 is now available as container images

🏆 Oracle Advances American AI Innovation and Local Economic Prosperity in New Mexico – Oracle will be the tenant of

Oracle AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition is now generally available for Linux x86-64. You can download it from the usual