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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Don't forget it's #JoelKallmanDay next week... Joel Kallman Day 2026 : Announcement oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... @oracleace @OracleDatabase @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleREST

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You have a few days off work and Oracle release APEX Patch Set Bundle 5 (26.1.5). www.oracle.com/tools/downlo... @OracleAPEX #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SQL Plan Management (SPM) Baseline Issue oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oracle Database 19c supported on Oracle Linux 10 (OL10), but… oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... @OracleDatabase @OracleLinux

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.20 oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... @virtualbox

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.18 oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... @virtualbox

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oracle AI Database 26ai (23.26.2) Supported on Oracle Linux 10 (OL10) oracle-base.com/blog/2026/08... @OracleDatabase @OracleLinux

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oracle APEX Patch Set Bundle 4 (26.1.4) was released a couple of days ago. www.oracle.com/tools/downlo... @OracleAPEX #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.16 and Vagrant Box Hosting Issues oracle-base.com/blog/2026/08... @virtualbox

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Happy 3rd birthday to my son, who I gave birth to...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oracle APEX Patch Set Bundle 3 (26.1.3) was released a couple of days ago. www.oracle.com/tools/downlo... @OracleAPEX #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oracle Support : An Update oracle-base.com/blog/2026/08...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Oracle Support : A recent experience oracle-base.com/blog/2026/07...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14 oracle-base.com/blog/2026/07... @virtualbox

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Well, they aren't really here yet. 🙄 Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2026 www.oracle.com/security-ale...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just noticed Patch Set Bundle APEX 26.1.2 was released 3 days ago. www.oracle.com/tools/downlo... @OracleAPEX #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.12 oracle-base.com/blog/2026/07... @virtualbox

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : Some Clarification oracle-base.com/blog/2026/06...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.10 oracle-base.com/blog/2026/06... @virtualbox

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Join me online at the ODTUG - Oracle ACE Alliance where I'll be presenting a session on public speaking tips. Wednesday, June 24, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT) www.odtug.com/events/odtug... @odtug @oracleace @debralilley @thtechnology

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

AI Vector Search : Generating vectors outside of the database using Ollama and EmbeddingGemma oracle-base.com/blog/2026/06...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally : My new inference machine oracle-base.com/blog/2026/06...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

via @JulianFreyCH If you have any public facing ORDS installations, you need to patch them again. Oracle Critical Security Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - May 2026 www.oracle.com/security-ale... @OracleREST

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

No Agile? No DevOps? Without them your AI assisted development will fail! oracle-base.com/blog/2026/05...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Could this be the APEX 26.1 upgrade? oracleapex.com/ords/r/apex/... @OracleAPEX #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

APEX Patch Set Bundle 16 released (APEX 24.2.16). www.oracle.com/tools/downlo... @oracleapex #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.8 oracle-base.com/blog/2026/04...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The delayed Linux x86-64 Oracle database patches were scheduled for release today. Looking at the patch notes they have been delayed again, and are now due out on 01-MAY-2026. This is really starting to mess up our patching schedule... 😡

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

OMG the OPatch page on My Oracle Support has to be the worst experience ever! Does nobody actually do any testing anymore? support.oracle.com/support/?pat... Heaven forbid you don't want the top option...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Unfortunately, lots of delayed patches. 🙁 Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2026 www.oracle.com/security-ale...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It's nearly time... Oracle Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - April 2026 www.oracle.com/security-ale...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Running LLMs locally. One size does NOT fit all oracle-base.com/blog/2026/04...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) 26.1.0 Released oracle-base.com/blog/2026/04... @OracleREST

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Oracle ACE Program : My 20 Year Anniversary oracle-base.com/blog/2026/04... @oracleace

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Database Links from Oracle to Snowflake : How to fix a couple of problems… oracle-base.com/blog/2026/03...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Patch Set Bundle 15 for Oracle APEX 24.2 (37366599) is listed as available. Pity Oracle Support is down, so you can't download the 24.2.15 patch set... www.oracle.com/tools/downlo... @OracleAPEX #orclapex

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Calendar Functions in Oracle AI Database 26ai oracle-base.com/articles/26/...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Aggregation Filters in Oracle AI Database 26ai oracle-base.com/articles/26/...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Third-Party Applications and Assertions in Oracle AI Database 26ai oracle-base.com/blog/2026/02...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI): The CEO BS Generator oracle-base.com/blog/2026/02...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I've been playing about with this recently. Building AI Agents with Local LLMs: Using smolagents with LM Studio www.matt-adams.co.uk/2025/03/14/s...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Oracle AI Database 26ai : Latest articles on my website oracle-base.com/blog/2026/02...

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Tim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I thought oracleapex.com was down and got excited, thinking they might be upgrading to APEX 26.1. Unfortunately I had a typo in my URL. Oh well, I can dream... @OracleAPEX #orclapex