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a picture of the original hard copy oracle manuals from version 4 to version 8
May 13, 2022 Uncategorized

Version 7 was so much better…

Full disclosure: This is a rant post. If you’re not into ranting and pontificating, perhaps best to move along now

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an old style wooden ruler with measurements from 1 to 10centimeter
May 12, 2022 Uncategorized

The Fractional Part of a TIMESTAMP. Be careful.

This discovery came in from an AskTom customer but I figured it’s worth passing on to any PL/SQL programmers out

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November 8, 2021 Uncategorized

Database World 2021 – now it is your turn

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

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Hi I'm Connor McDonald. I love playing with and exploring the Oracle database. But most of all I like seeing people succeed with the technology.
 
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