Reading List – September 2025 #1
📰 Oracle Master Encryption Key Management: Wallets, OKV, and HSM Explained – Bryan Grenn shows practical examples of Oracle Database […]
Reading List – August 2025 #4
📰 💡 Using a modern database? You might not need that ORM anymore – Anders Swanson shares his thoughts on
Non-Positional INSERT statement – the insider story
Oracle Database 23.9 implements the non-positional INSERT statement. In my social media posts, I called out that Oracle Database is
Reading List – August 2025 #3
📰 Autonomous DB and OCI: Exporting a Schema to Object Storage + Retention Policy – Marcus Vinicius gives you a
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
Reading List – August 2025 #2
📰 Were you aware of the two hidden columns in CDB-Views? – Mike Dietrich shares some interesting insights regarding the
Reading List – August 2025 #1
📖 UUID() Function in Oracle Database 23ai – Oracle Base demonstrates the new UUID function 📰 You don’t have to
What’s new for Developers in Oracle Database 23.9
For more information on what’s new in Oracle Database 23.8, see: What’s new for Developers in 23.8 Oracle Database 23.9
Reading List – July 2025 #4
📰 Idle Chatter – David Fitzjarrell shows how DBAs can use user profiles to limit the number of idle sessions
Oracle Database 23.9 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free
Oracle Database 23.9 Free multi-platform images are now available on container registries docker.io/gvenzl/oracle-free and ghcr.io/gvenzl/oracle-free. With this release, 23.7 images have now gone into Unsupported.
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
Reading List – July 2025 #3
📰 Bringing APEX and PL/SQL to D&D – Sean Stuber built some awesome APEX analytics for the popular Dungeons &