21c – Learning is not a spectator sport

Patching just keeps getting easier

After attending a talk by Mike Dietrich at the DOAG conference, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that in 21c,

The more you play with SQL macros, the more you find simple but powerful use cases which will make life

Thanks for attending my talk on Futuristic SQL during Database World.If you missed it, or want to rewatch it at

Since 18c, Express Edition (XE) has typically been my “Go-To” release of the Oracle Database. It is free, quick to

Hopefully by now you have seen the buzz about the release of 21c Express Edition (XE) and here’s a walkthrough

With the new release of every product from every software vendor, there are always the big banner headline features that

Just a quick tip that caught me out when creating my 21c database with the Database Creation Assistant. Once you

Before your 21c database software installation, there are a number of prerequisite steps in order to get your operating system

Now that 21c is out and you’re all busily downloading it to explore on your local servers, the twitter DMs

I posted late last year about how to query APEX patch updates directly from the database. Now that APEX 21