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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A new ORDS quarterly release is out: with additions to our Deep Data Security, MCP Server capabilities, Oracle DB API for MongoDB. An Honorable Mention goes out to the Oracle Fusabase team too (where ORDS plays a supporting role). See the details here: www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o...

chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oracle AI World is coming up. We'll be featuring a very special AI hackathon. Are you attending? If so, be sure to register for the hackathon too. Or, just come hangout and watch the fun. Details here: reg.rf.oracle.com/flow/oracle/... We can't wait to see you this year. #aiworld #oracledatabase

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

ORDS 26.1.2 is now available; some security bugs on this one. Our download page has a new 18-month "trailing" Change-log; displaying currently supported ORDS versions. www.oracle.com/database/sql... And on the way: demo of deploying ORDS w/ OCI Database API Gateway Configuration Service. Stay tuned.

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I know this is old. But this was sweet.

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A follow-up to this post, a new companion video: youtu.be/AcF1CP6P9z0?... Not meant to replace, but rather complement the article. Lessons learned working with Vectors as well as general ORDS wisdom. Like this sort of content? Let me know. We can do other videos on our database tools too.

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An intro to the ORDS /vectorSearch and /vecdb/embed REST APIs

YouTube video by Chris Hoina

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

ORDS 26.1 dropped 2 weeks ago. 26.1 has a TON of VECTOR-focused ORDS APIs; like the new /vectorSearch endpoint. Check out this article where I discuss a common use case and how I've solved for it with ORDS and VECTOR search. blogs.oracle.com/database/pai... #AI #LLMs #oracleREST #vectorsearch #api

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I'm using our built-in ORDS OAuth2.0 Server (using the Client Credentials grant type), a single Auto-REST enabled table (PARKS), and a lone /vecdb/embed endpoint to make this all work. This demo should help illustrate how Vector search works in real life. #vectorsearch #huggingface #ords #rest #ONNX

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I'm putting the finishing touches on a simple app, for demonstrating how to use the new /vectorSearch and db-api/vecdb/ endpoints. This demo should be on Oracle blogs soon. But in the meantime, here is a screen grab of what to expect (the UI might change a little, but here is the current state).

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

ORDS 26.1.0 is out, available for download (rolling out in ADB now): www.oracle.com/database/sql... In the meantime, take a look at the release notes here: www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o... #vector #vectorsearch #huggingface #ords #rest #ONNX #apidevelopment #LLMs #LLM

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..."okay I think I need to start looking at JVM and memory optimization, VM or container settings, web server memory and configuration, different garbage collection strategies..." What does your process look like? #ords #api #loadtesting #apm

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Okay, here is something else...at what point do move from, "okay my SQL and PL/SQL is 100% optimized, as are the underlying tables, views, etc..." to...

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Now...here is what I'd like to know: how are you, in your own way, correlating some of these failed HTTP requests with a specific endpoint? I'm leaning towards a custom Unified Audit Policy for this specific test. But what do you prefer?

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Don't get me wrong, creating a scenario for a single user is tough; we haven't even started on multiple unique users yet! But once you have defined the scenario, and executed it, you'll then have your results.

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

onversation starter: Hypothetically, you want to load test your ORDS (/ords/) endpoints or APEX (/r/) app; in this case the Brookstrut APEX app. It's almost like the easy part is the test itself.

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And if you've taken this LiveLab, how did you like the prompts? How did they work out for you? Were the results what you were expecting? And how are you using prompts in your daily database admin/developer workflows today? #ai #agents #sqlcl #cline #agentic #llms #mcp #mcpserver #sqldeveloper

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Curious about MCP Servers? Well, now is a great time to learn. We've just updated our SQLcl MCP Server LiveLab, yet again. The setup labs are even more streamlined and we've added some helpful steps for macOS AND PC users too. Try it out or share with others: livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/...

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We also provide folks with free access to a 26ai database as a "FreeSQL" user. We'll plug your connection details into VSC, or if you don't yet have the Oracle SQL Developer for VS Code extension, we'll prompt to download and then enter in your FreeSQL connection details. Thanks FreeSQL team 🙌

chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New update to our SQLcl MCP Server Intro Lab: updated prompts for your AI Agents and we cut down on the lab's overall word count. Learn more here: livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/... #ai #oracle #26ai #cline #sqldeveloper #oracledatabase

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

A reminder that k6 is still out there, and people are using it for their ORDS APIs too. Nice write-up: btimmerman.hashnode.dev/load-testing... At one point Grafana Labs had a .har -> k6 scenario script (.js) convertor browser extension. Making it much easier to create test scenarios. #api #testing

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

ICYMI, ORDS 25.4 is available for download and being updated across the Autonomous fleet. Link: www.oracle.com/database/sql... We've updated our image in the Oracle Container Registry, made doc improvements, and added fixes too. Release Notes: www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o... #newrelease #ords #apis

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Want to just read/follow along? Check out these three companion blogs: blogs.oracle.com/database/pro... blogs.oracle.com/database/bui... blogs.oracle.com/database/pro... Video series is up next. See in real time how AI Agent + the SQLcl MCP Server and prompts work for the Oracle database.

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I keep reviewing this SQLcl MCP Server LiveLab as new Tools are added and as LLM models mature. Today, the prompts in the LL are (see GIF). Review the lab and test the prompts with your favorite LLM API provider before I change them up again! livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/... #LLMs #AI #MCP #SQLcl

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SQLDaily @sqldaily.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

AI agents can help you build schemas and create test data @chrishoina.bsky.social shares an example prompt to store data about cars, trucks, motorcycles and their manufacturers Then shows you how to use it with SQLcl MCP Server and Cline to make the tables

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

While you are at it, might as well try out our new LiveLab too :) livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbp...

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Friday Announcement: ORDS 25.3 is now available for download (with ORDS in ADB dropping soon). Download the latest here: www.oracle.com/database/sql... Check out Sessionless Transactions. We'll have an upcoming demo provided by our TxEventQ team, so stay tuned for that. Links in the reply.

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Since having placed some more focus on the ORDS image we've been getting lots of great feedback. Here is one example, Martin had some really great observations/thoughts on how we could improve the developer's debugging experience when working with our ORDS container. Thanks @martindba.bsky.social 😃

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Quoting oneself: cool or cringe? "Eventually...we'll all need to become "prompt engineers." And as you'll see [there], you actually have to know what you are doing to be able to ask the right questions and to challenge an LLM's assumptions." followthecoffee.com/from-one-api... #apis #LLM #ords

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Coming to you live from 35000ft, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. An ORDS and GraphQL tutorial: using Maven to build the polyglot and js dependencies for GraalVM 21: followthecoffee.com/ords-and-gra... #graalvm #oracle #database #maven #jdk #ords #oraclerest

chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

ORDS 25.2 is now available for download! Download directly from www.oracle.com/database/tec... And review the Release Notes too www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o... I'm following up with a blog with some examples, so stay tuned! #newrelease #productupdate #ords #oracledatabase #newordswhodis #plsql #rest

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I have a poll going for showing how to perform a legacy ORDS install/migration. I can set up a podman 23ai container with a legacy ORDS install and show you how to migrate to the latest ORDS version. Please read the details and vote. Would this be helpful? www.linkedin.com/posts/chrish...

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We keep seeing these legacy ORDS installs/migrations popping up more… | Chris Hoina

We keep seeing these legacy ORDS installs/migrations popping up more frequently. I can set up a podman 23ai container with a legacy ORDS install and show you how to migrate to the latest ORDS version....

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Yeah, that’s really cool. It just looks so pretty too 😍

This united-codes site is really pretty, I am excited to see it grow :)

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The more "building" type stuff I do, the more I appreciate the terminal. Especially in and around VMs and containers.

I'm going to ask we add in some more info in those docs though. For a beginner, it's a steep learning curve. Alternatively, we may create an official Oracle blog for walking through how to do this on/with Podman 😍

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Philipp, I just got the containers to work using that compose file! Were you able to? Let us know if you have issues. I have to say, first time using that compose file, and it is so nice to start up/down both at the same time.

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Huh, somebody must have corrected it?? I see: DBSERVICENAME=FREEPDB1 - DBHOST=database - DBPORT=1521 - ORACLE_PWD=oracle In the compose file. That's weird. Looks good now, no?

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

FYI to all, the ORDS team just published a new patch, 25.1.1. Now available for download here: www.oracle.com/database/sql... Two small bug fixes, and an update to our Jetty library. Happy Friday 😍 #oraclerest #oracledatabase #restapi #apidevelopment #jdk17 #jdk21 #graalvm #newupdate #bugfix

chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

And two additional ORDS + JWT blogs that demonstrate using JWTs in OCI IAM or Microsoft Azure. You can check those out here: followthecoffee.com/configuring-... and here: followthecoffee.com/ords-apis-an... Enjoy, and let me know what you want to see next! #blog #oracleblogs #learning #tutorial

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Configuring OCI IAM Domain JWTs to use with ORDS OAuth2.0 protected APIs – Follow the Coffee

chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Now, on to part two. Part two takes the previous configuration and uses it to showcase this JWT authorization/authentication in a simple single-page web application. We use JavaScript, basic HTML, Node.js, and Express.js too. You can follow along here: blogs.oracle.com/database/pos...

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

New Oracle blogs are live! With a two-part tutorial showing you how to create custom claims in your Identity Domain, include them in a JSON Web Token, and use it to access ORDS OAuth2.0 protected resources. Part One is here: blogs.oracle.com/database/pos... #wednesday #oracle #restapis #oraclerest

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chrishoina @chrishoina.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Sneak peek of an upcoming blog post. A super simple single page web app, exploring using JSON Web tokens with ORDS protected resources. This time using Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC). 😁😎