This post will help you use the OCI Database Tools Runtime Python SDK to build tools that can speak to databases in OCI by executing SQL statements using connections and converting the result-set to a...

In this post we look at creating your first custom SQL tools with the OCI Database Tools MCP server. This tutorial assumes you already have an MCP server and that you are ready to create your first cu...

This post will help you use the OCI Database Tools Runtime Python SDK to build tools that can speak to databases in OCI by executing SQL statements using connections and converting the result-set to a...

In 2026 the Database Tools service introduced a new data plane called Database Tools Runtime supported by all the standard OCI interfaces such as the OCI CLI, SDK, and Terraform provider. This is an i...

Secure read-only SQL access to a private Autonomous Database using OCI Database Tools and IAM authentication.

How to expose database capabilities to AI agents with OCI Database Tools MCP Server, using custom SQL toolsets, application roles, and least-privilege connections instead of unrestricted SQL.

The Database Tools MCP server supports role-based access control for tools which allows for users or groups to be granted access to only specific MCP tools. In this example we will look at one way to ...

You can use a Database Tools identity in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to give Oracle Databases access to OCI resources through something called a "resource principal". There are a few configurati...

A 25 minute introduction to Terraform and refactoring suitable for beginners to intermediate developers who are just getting started dealing with code c…

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ORDS version 25.2 is now available! Also a quick overview on the new PAR support in SQL Developer Web and a note regarding RESTful Services interface in APEX.

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You take an instance of some type and decorate it with additional responsibilities at runtime. The decorator acts like a proxy for the instance, forwarding or augmenting requests sent to methods along...

With Oracle's Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver starting with 23ai it is now possible to provide the configuration of a connection to Oracle Database using the opaque identifier of a Database T...

This is a presentation about using Terraform (or OpenTofu) to build cloud infrastructure. The content presented is suitable for beginner to intermedi…

Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code v25.1 is now available! This release includes the ability to organize your connections via folders (and subfolders!)

tl/dr: Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a light-weight protocol that attempts to address a specific problem of how to allow 3rd parties (you, me, or anyone) to provide relevant prompts or context to a ...

ℹ️ Protocol Revision: 2024-11-05 The Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows servers to expose tools that can be invoked by language models. Tools enable models to interact...