Tim Hall

Yesterday was an Oracle community day called the Joel Kallman Day (#JoelKallmanDay) 2025. I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to join in. Here is the list of posts I saw. If I missed you out, give me a shout and I’ll add you.  Along the way I … Continue reading "Joel Kallman Day 2025 : It’s a Wrap! (#JoelKallmanDay)"

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If you were on the internet yesterday you will have seen that Oracle announced Oracle AI Database 26ai at this year’s Oracle AI World. Mike Dietrich wrote about it here, which should answer some of the obvious questions. Here are some comments. Installations The first thing I did was download the Oracle AI Database 26ai … Continue reading "Oracle AI Database 26ai Released"

The post Oracle AI Database 26ai Released first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Oracle AI Database 26ai Released was first posted on October 15, 2025 at 9:23 am.
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Several recent events have made me reflect about community, so I thought it might be worth writing about it for #JoelKallmanDay. Creators Communities require people who actually produce something. In the case of the Oracle community that includes bloggers, YouTubers and people who help answer questions on the internet. That’s not an all encompassing list, … Continue reading "Thinking about community #JoelKallmanDay"

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Something happened to me yesterday and it has been bugging me, so I thought I would write about it to try and get it out of my head… What happened? I was driving on a two lane stretch of a motorway (freeway) with no hard shoulder (shoulder, breakdown lane). I was doing about 60 mph … Continue reading "Perspective is everything"

The post Perspective is everything first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Perspective is everything was first posted on October 5, 2025 at 9:16 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 2025 : Announcement"

The post Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement was first posted on September 24, 2025 at 7:18 am.
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As the undisputed worlds worst APEX developer, I just wanted to share a little story that illustrates why I love APEX when trying to deliver value as quickly as possible. Background We have an interface that uploads data from an on-prem service to a 3rd party product running on a cloud service. It does this … Continue reading "A little story of Oracle APEX (Low Code) for the win"

The post A little story of Oracle APEX (Low Code) for the win first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.A little story of Oracle APEX (Low Code) for the win was first posted on September 1, 2025 at 7:49 am.
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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.0 Oracle has released VirtualBox 7.2.0. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done an install on a Windows 10 and a Windows 11 PC and it worked fine in both cases. Vagrant 2.4.9 There is a new new version of Vagrant available. You can download version 2.4.9 from here. Vagrant 2.4.9 works with … Continue reading "Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.0 and Vagrant 2.4.9"

The post Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.0 and Vagrant 2.4.9 first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.0 and Vagrant 2.4.9 was first posted on August 24, 2025 at 8:21 am.
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I was recently contacted by a former colleague. We both started our first job in tech at the same company on the same day. His message started like this. “Insane isn’t it. 30 years! Where has the time gone?” It is insane to think it’s been that long. The second prompt for writing this post … Continue reading "30 years? OK, but what do you actually do?"

The post 30 years? OK, but what do you actually do? first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.30 years? OK, but what do you actually do? was first posted on August 15, 2025 at 1:29 pm.
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One of my friends is really into using LLMs to automate office processes. He has a few different accounts, including a business ChatGPT account which he’s making heavy use of. Unlike most of the tech bros who constantly talk rubbish about AI, he’s really enthusiastic about it because he has real world uses that are … Continue reading "AI will automate the jobs you probably wouldn’t have bothered to do!"

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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!"

The post You don’t have to wait for 23ai for these features! first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.You don’t have to wait for 23ai for these features! was first posted on August 1, 2025 at 11:02 am.
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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"

The post Cosplaying as a developer first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog.Cosplaying as a developer was first posted on July 3, 2025 at 11:25 am.
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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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