8220 Hackers are exploiting a six-year-old critical security flaw in Oracle WebLogic servers to build a botnet for crypto mining. — Read on thehackernews.com/2023/05/8220-gang-exploiting-oracle-weblogic.html
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SQLcl: Customizing on a Mac
In this post I will summarize the steps I've taken to customize SQLcl on my Mac working environment. We assume that the reader is familiar with the procedures outline din my previous post on SQLcl on setting up SQLcl on…
Only on Windows: SQL Developer 23.1 and the Instant Client!!
If you require a ‘thick’ connection in SQL Developer 23.1 running on Windows, you’ll need to either: Use a 21c Client Use the 21c Instant Client with… SQL Developer 23.1 and the Instant Client
SQLcl: Setup on a Mac
Simple and straightforward steps about how to setup Oracle's new SQL command line tool on a macOS X environment. Download Download the mac kit from the Oracle site. Unzip the kit into the correct directory: % unzip Downloads/sqlcl-23.1.0.089.0929.zip -d Applications…
BUG? Oracle SQL Developer cannot access files on mac OS X
I used Oracle SQL Developer for years until recently (possibly after the upgrade to macOS 12.6.5?) when the SQL Developer stopped being able to access the files stored locally: Oracle SQL Developer Error The software does not prompt for access…
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Oracle SQL Developer 23.1 is now available
It’s time to go update your desktop copy of SQL Developer! We have some very important bug fixes for our community of Oracle Database users, …Oracle SQL Developer 23.1 is now available
Linux Playground on #OCI
Spring is here and I will definitely spend more time outside on my bike and carrying my iPad in my backpack. So I was looking for an easy to setup environment to practice and train my shell scripting skills. And…
Always Free Resources
Learn what Always Free resources are available to all Oracle Cloud Infrastructure users. — Read on docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier_topic-Always_Free_Resources.htm
Managed disaster recovery and managed reader farm with Amazon RDS for Oracle using Oracle Active Data Guard | AWS Database Blog
Managed disaster recovery and managed reader farm with Amazon RDS for Oracle using Oracle Active Data Guard | AWS Database Blog — Read on aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/managed-disaster-recovery-and-managed-reader-farm-with-amazon-rds-for-oracle-using-oracle-active-data-guard/
Oracle Database 23c Free – Wider Tables
Oracle Database 23c Free introduces the ability to have wider tables, up to 4096 columns. — Read on blogs.oracle.com/in-memory/post/23c-free-wider-tables
ChatGPT Won’t Replace MySQL DBA – An Example of a Question About Encryption at Rest
ChatGPT is the hottest topic in the tech world right now. One story even says that ChatGPT has passed Google’s Level 3 programming interview. I …ChatGPT Won’t Replace MySQL DBA – An Example of a Question About Encryption at Rest
Announcing custom third-party Python and R packages for use on Autonomous Database
In our continued expansion of Oracle Autonomous Database as a platform for data science and machine learning, we are pleased to announce that users of Oracle Machine Learning (OML) Notebooks and OML4Py and OML4R embedded execution are now able use…
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Problematic Statistics of the Application Objects in your Oracle Database
One of the often asked questions is to find out the status of the statistics of the application owned schemas. In this article, I will list the SQL code that I used for this purpose. As well, I will publish…
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Oracle Automated DB Maintenance Tasks
This is a short article on how to manage the automated Oracle database maintenance tasks. Make sure the needed rights are in place by running the check: SELECT grantee, privilegeFROM dba_tab_privsWHERE owner = 'SYS'AND table_name = 'DBMS_AUTO_TASK_ADMIN'AND privilege = 'EXECUTE';…