Tim Hall

I know it’s been a long time waiting for the on-prem release of Oracle database 23ai. I feel your pain! Added to that, the previous release was 21c, which was an innovation release, so very few people would have bothered to upgrade to it. Over time some of the functionality from 21c and 23ai has … Continue reading "You don’t have to wait for 23ai for these features!"

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On a recent post I got a comment from someone called Domi that said the following. “Sorry to bother you.. It seems that your RSS feed is not being updated since Dec 2024” I checked the RSS feed (here) and it looked fine. I was about to respond, but I thought I would check to … Continue reading "My RSS feed is now unstuck"

The post My RSS feed is now unstuck first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.My RSS feed is now unstuck was first posted on July 11, 2025 at 11:26 am.
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I find myself increasingly looking at people and thinking they are cosplaying as a developer. What do I mean by this? We are all developers now, right? I don’t want to come across as the gatekeeper of development, because there are many times I’m also cosplaying as a developer. Sometimes things have to get done, … Continue reading "Cosplaying as a developer"

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You may have spotted the recent announcement about the release of Oracle Linux 10 (OL10) here. As usual, I tried my hand at some Oracle installations on OL10. Remember, this is not currently supported or certified, so don’t do this for any real databases. I’m just playing about. Oracle Installations Followers of the blog will … Continue reading "Oracle Linux 10 (OL10) and Oracle Databases"

The post Oracle Linux 10 (OL10) and Oracle Databases first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Oracle Linux 10 (OL10) and Oracle Databases was first posted on June 30, 2025 at 7:15 am.
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I recently tweeted about this article. I’ve had a few conversations, both online and offline about this recently, so I thought I would write something to bring together a few of my thoughts. I think it’s also worth mentioning this post I wrote a couple of years ago, as some of it is relevant to … Continue reading "The death of independent content creators?"

The post The death of independent content creators? first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.The death of independent content creators? was first posted on June 24, 2025 at 7:30 am.
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Patch Set Bundle 6 was released for APEX 24.2 a little over a week ago (see here). I’ve just got round to applying it, and I noticed something a little odd on a small number (not all) of my APEX installations. When I apply the 24.2.6 patch the “…Validating APEX” section is sometimes kind-of slow, … Continue reading "APEX 24.2.6 : Have you seen this error when applying Patch Set Bundle 6?"

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Every so often something happens and I find myself asking, “Is that the last time I will ever do that?” After using the Database Migration Assistant for Unicode (DMU) last week I found myself asking the same question. For quite some time I’ve only ever created new Oracle databases using the AL32UTF8 character set, so … Continue reading "Database Migration Assistant for Unicode (DMU). Was that the last time I will ever use it?"

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Due to a rather random sequence of events, I’ve recently been playing around with GraphQL. What is it? Well this is what Wikipedia says about it. “GraphQL is a data query and manipulation language for APIs, that allows a client to specify what data it needs (“declarative data fetching”). A GraphQL server can fetch data from separate sources for a single client query and … Continue reading "Playing with GraphQL and Oracle #JoelKallmanDay"

The post Playing with GraphQL and Oracle #JoelKallmanDay first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Playing with GraphQL and Oracle #JoelKallmanDay was first posted on October 16, 2024 at 6:40 am.
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Since 2016 we’ve had an Oracle community day where we push out content on the same day to try and get a bit of a community buzz. The name has changed over the years, but in 2021 it was renamed to the “Joel Kallman Day”. Joel was big on community, and it seems like a … Continue reading "Joel Kallman Day 2024 : Announcement"

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At work we’ve been using containers for a while. We started by running all our Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) inside Docker containers running on Oracle Linux 7 (OL7), and over time we’ve introduced some more services based on Podman containers running on Oracle Linux 9 (OL9). This was all done with very little drama. … Continue reading "When Podman refuses to stop containers"

The post When Podman refuses to stop containers first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.When Podman refuses to stop containers was first posted on September 20, 2024 at 11:16 am.
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Oracle has released VirtualBox 7.1. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done an install on a Windows 11 PC and it worked fine. Working with Vagrant? The current version of Vagrant is 2.4.1, which doesn’t support VirtualBox 7.1. You can make it work by doing the following. Edit the “meta.rb” file, … Continue reading "Oracle VirtualBox 7.1"

The post Oracle VirtualBox 7.1 first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Oracle VirtualBox 7.1 was first posted on September 12, 2024 at 6:12 pm.
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This is a summary of some of the points covered in Juan Loaiza’s keynote at Oracle CloudWorld 2024, with links to relevant posts to help you get started using them. AI Application Development The first section of the presentation discussed generative data and application development. These are some of the subjects he touched on. These … Continue reading "Generative Data Dev and App Dev"

The post Generative Data Dev and App Dev first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Generative Data Dev and App Dev was first posted on September 12, 2024 at 1:54 pm.
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Oracle now have the main players lined up as far as their multicloud aspirations go. Here are the announcements for the main players. The original Azure interconnect announcement was in 2019 (here), but the expansion of their partnership is probably a bigger deal. Choice is good From my perspective this is cool because it gives … Continue reading "Oracle Multicloud – AWS, Azure, GCP"

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It’s been an odd few months on the content creation front. When Oracle Database 23c/23ai Free was released I was no longer under NDA for the shipped functionality, and I pushed out a glut of version 23 content here. Since then I’ve been waiting for the full on-prem release so I can publish the remaining … Continue reading "Getting inspiration from daily use (or not)"

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If you can’t make it to Oracle CloudWorld 2024 in Las Vegas, you can keep on top of thing by registering for Oracle CloudWorld 2024 On Air. I’m a stay at home cat dad these days, so I just registered for “On Air” here. It comes at the great price of $0. In previous years … Continue reading "Oracle CloudWorld 2024 (On Air)"

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I’ve mentioned this before in posts such as Automation Patterns for Typical DBA Tasks, but I think it’s worth mentioning again. A software repository, or library, is really important. Why? We should always keep hold of multiple versions of the software we are using. At the very least this should contain all current versions (and … Continue reading "Software repositories are really important!"

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There have been a couple of posts about the latest release of Oracle Database 23ai Free. First I saw Gerald Venzl with this post, talking about the latest version of the Docker image. Oracle Database 23.5 Free now available on gvenzl/oracle-free Next was Jeff Smith with his post about the VirtualBox image. Oracle Database 23ai … Continue reading "Oracle Database 23ai Free (23.5)"

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VirtualBox 7.0.20 has been released. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve installed it on my Windows 10 and 11 machines with no drama. Vagrant There was no new version of Vagrant since the last VirtualBox release. If you are new to Vagrant and want to learn, you might find this useful. Once you understand that, I … Continue reading "Oracle VirtualBox 7.0.20"

The post Oracle VirtualBox 7.0.20 first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Oracle VirtualBox 7.0.20 was first posted on July 17, 2024 at 7:48 am.
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Here’s a little story about how things are all the same but different… Software Sprawl Let’s cast our minds back to the bad old days, where x86 machines were so underpowered, the thought of using them for a server was almost laughable. In those days the only option for something serious was to use UNIX … Continue reading "A History of Tech Sprawl"

The post A History of Tech Sprawl first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.A History of Tech Sprawl was first posted on July 15, 2024 at 7:15 am.
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A couple of years ago I wrote the following post, where I detailed my journey through some skin cancer treatments. Life Update : Dude, what’s wrong with your face? Fast forward a couple of years and here we are again. Fortunately I didn’t need anything chopped off this time, but I did need to repeat … Continue reading "Life Update : Dude, what’s wrong with your face? (Episode 2)"

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