Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 06/09/2026What he said. It was another great experience. @pougorg.bsky.social is the best. 070
Reposted by Øyvind IseneOracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🇵🇱 POUG 2026 lands in Kraków on 4–5 September! 🎤 Two days of deep technical content, real-world Oracle expertise and community connections—plus an incredible lineup of #OracleACE speakers sharing knowledge across the agenda. 🚀 🔗 social.ora.cl/6018B1iqFp 054
Reposted by Øyvind IseneDoug Burns @orcldoug.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Domain gone, database gone, files gone — but the Wayback Machine had it all. I've (actually Claude) rebuilt oracledoug.com from the archive, post by post. Back at orcldoug.com: 700+ Oracle posts & comments, the old white papers, and my '80s Speccy games playable in-browser. 🕹️ orcldoug.comorcldoug.comHome - Doug Burns Oracle ResourcesWelcome to oracledoug.com The primary purpose of this site was always to distribute various Oracle-related papers I’ve written and presented at User Group conferences over the years. Alongside those y... 2103
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New swag from the Oracle ACE program! #oracleace Thank you @oracleace.bsky.social ! 152
Reposted by Øyvind IseneConnor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Time to level up your GUID usage. connor-mcdonald.com/2026/08/05/m...connor-mcdonald.comMore Gooey-ness from GUIDsI wrote a post a few years back (well, actually it was 2018!) but I’ll paraphrase briefly. There are two common schools of thought when it comes to automatic generation of values for a surrog… 073
Reposted by Øyvind IseneConnor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The same old chestnut... just in a different guise with APEX collections connor-mcdonald.com/2026/07/28/t...connor-mcdonald.comThe APEX_COLLECTIONS crash puzzler…What would you do if everything in your environment looked perfectly fine, the data looked correct and yet every time you query a table, the query crashes with some sort of error? Yes, here I am ba… 021
Reposted by Øyvind IseneChristoph Lutz @christophlutz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Undocumented SYS_CONTEXT parameters: t.ly/822eRt.lyUndocumented SYS_CONTEXT ParametersUndocumented SYS_CONTEXT Parameters 063
Reposted by Øyvind IseneSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I honour of @erlinghaaland let me reshare this reminder that the Norwegian flag is the Swiss Army knife of flags: It contains six other flags! 613533
Reposted by Øyvind IseneDaniel Overby Hansen @dohdatabase.com · 25/06/2026When working with encrypted databases a missing rekey may cause problems later on. Like when you try to use refreshable clone PDB on an encrypted database. Do you remember to rekey your database?dohdatabase.comWhen You Forget To Rekey Your Encrypted DatabaseWhen working with encrypted databases a missing rekey may cause problems later on. Like when you try to use refreshable clone PDB on an encrypted database. 021
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Not the best start on my journey to #MakeIT2026: IT-outage at Schiphol www.schiphol.nl/en/messages/...schiphol.nlSchiphol | IT-outage at Schiphol: disruption intra-European flightsDue to an IT outage, we are currently experiencing severe disruption to our operations. Flights within Europe are expected to get delayed. 210
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 26/05/2026First time for me at the wonderful Make IT Conference! One session on Thursday and one on Friday. Looking forward to this a lot. #OracleACE #MakeIT2026 0104
Reposted by Øyvind IseneOracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🌊💻 MakeIT 2026 & JCON Slovenia 2026 are almost here! Join the Oracle, Java, and open-source community in Portorož, Slovenia for three exciting days of learning, innovation, and networking. 🚀 📍 Portorož, Slovenia | 📅 May 27–29, 2026 🔗 makeit.si #OracleACE 053
Reposted by Øyvind IseneChris Saxon @chrisrsaxon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026If two transactions try to change the same rows concurrently, one must wait Maybe a loooong time! A timeout would be handy to avoid this Do this from Oracle AI Database 23.26.2 with the wait clause for all DML: NOWAIT WAIT n [ [MILLI|MICRO]SECONDS ] WAIT FOREVER blogs.oracle.com/sql/how-to-s... 041
Reposted by Øyvind IseneOracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026☁️🗄️ DOAG 2026 Database with Cloud Infrastructure is coming up. We’re excited to see Oracle ACEs sharing their expertise across database innovation, performance optimization, productivity enhancements, and cross-platform integration. 🚀 🔗 datenbank.doag.org/de/home/ #OracleACE 063
Reposted by Øyvind Iseneavelio.ch @avelio.ch · 13/05/2026Avelio is live! 🚀 We are your Swiss partner for Oracle on‑premises database operations. Our mission: Optimised. Automated. Always Available. From proactive monitoring to 24/7 SLA‑backed support. Your business deserves reliability. Find out more: avelio.ch #Oracle #DatabaseManagement 094
Reposted by Øyvind IseneDOAG e.V. @doagev.bsky.social · 11/05/2026#DOAGDB26: In seinem Vortrag "Time for Timeouts" erläutert Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social verschiedene Arten von Timeouts und zeigt, wie sich Systemausfälle vermeiden lassen.➡️ scomp.ly/eZ0rqWw Konferenz: datenbank.doag.org/de/home/ Tickets: scomp.ly/nZwDB5m #Datenbank #CloudInfrastructure 012
Reposted by Øyvind IsenePolish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026@rogermacnicol.bsky.social + one last encore = storage fireworks! 🎆 "Intelligent storage, a 20 year retrospective" at #POUG2026. Oracle legend, legendary stories, legendary send-off. Don’t miss the final chapter. 💾🔥 Tickets: poug.org/edycja/poug2... 0125
Reposted by Øyvind IsenePolish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Before we start celebrating the long weekend in Poland, jump in on a webinar that will help you get back to work on Monday: pwowwebinar2.konfeo.com/pl/groups Wednesday, April 29th, 8PM CC: @jasminfluri.bsky.social 🙌 152
Reposted by Øyvind IseneNeil Chandler @chandlerdba.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I wrote a blog post. for the first time in a while. About Oracle Transparent Hugepages. Did you know the recommended setting has changed? And what's the advantage? chandlerdba.com/2026/04/23/o...chandlerdba.comOracle Transparent HugepagesI have only just found out (thanks Sascha) that Oracle has changed its stance on transparent hugepages, depending upon which linux kernel you are using. If you are using UEK7 (basically, Oracle Lin… 2124
Reposted by Øyvind IseneMirela Ardelean @mirelarooug.bsky.social · 18/04/2026When community turns into friendship: the traditional annual #sym42 gathering @sym42.bsky.social 1124
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Impressive crowd on a Saturday evening. Oracle ACE Connect in São Paulo. 020
Reposted by Øyvind IseneToon Koppelaars @toonkoppelaars.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Oh my... docs.oracle.com/en/database/...docs.oracle.comSQL Language Reference 1124
Reposted by Øyvind Isenermoff 🏃♂️🫖🥓 @rmoff.net · 26/11/2025How to win [or at least not suck] at the conference abstract submission game rmoff.net/2020/01/16/h...rmoff.netHow to win [or at least not suck] at the conference abstract submission gameJust over a year ago, I put together the crudely-titled "Quick Thoughts on Not Writing a Crap Abstract" after reviewing a few dozen conference abstracts. This time around I’ve had the honour of being… 062
Reposted by Øyvind IseneOracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 14/11/2025🎤 Don’t miss DOAG Konferenz + Ausstellung 2025 — Nov 18–21, the premier event for database technologies in the German-speaking region! Join #OracleACE experts and industry leaders for in-depth sessions on Oracle tech, modern IT trends, open source, and more. 👉 anwenderkonferenz.doag.org/de/home/ 02113
Reposted by Øyvind IseneSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 12/11/2025Happy beached whale dynamite day for all who celebrate 68723
Reposted by Øyvind IseneJasmin Fluri @jasminfluri.bsky.social · 22/10/2025I felt like writing a blog post —a little write-up on why fixing failed #database deployments is challenging. Spoiler: The part about undo-scripts might feel like a rant, probably because it is. 🙃 medium.com/@jasminfluri...medium.comDatabase Rollbacks in CI/CD: Strategies and PitfallsDatabase rollbacks would be incredibly valuable and essential if we want quick fixes for failed deployments. But they are rarely feasible. 1112
Reposted by Øyvind IseneMartin Bach @martindba.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Java devs, please instrument your code 🧠 Have you ever struggled tracing SQL back to the app? Use setClientInfo(...) to add meaningful metadata to your JDBC queries. It makes tracing and perf debugging way easier. New blog post with real code & tips: 🔗 martincarstenbach.com/2025/10/16/j...martincarstenbach.comJava devs, please instrument your code 🥺While preparing a talk for Java developers I revisited the topic of code instrumentation. Within the database, for example when writing PL/SQL or MLE/JavaScript code, you would use DBMS_APPLICATION… 161
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 15/10/2025New blogpost enesi.no/2025/10/uuid... #JoelKallmanDay #oracleenesi.noUUIDs in Oracle DatabaseUUIDs are useful, especially when you expose data in REST APIs, but there are cases where you may want to stick to the good old sequence-based primary key. UUIDs in Oracle Database #JoelKallmanDay UUI... 044
Reposted by Øyvind IseneTim Hall @oraclebase.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement oracle-base.com/blog/2025/09... #JoelKallmanDay @oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase 12013
Reposted by Øyvind IseneSiri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Please RT 2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD! Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all! We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPostdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of OsloJob title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 17177
Reposted by Øyvind IseneMartin Bach @martindba.bsky.social · 08/09/2025You can define your own inline JavaScript code delimiters in Oracle MLE — even emojis (💥). A small but useful detail I explored after a great question from @oyvindisene.bsky.social at #POUG2025. Blog post 👉 martincarstenbach.com/2025/09/08/i... #oracle #MLE #javascriptmartincarstenbach.comInline JavaScript and some further details about code delimitersI recently attended POUG 2025, perhaps the most technical conference in Europe with focus on Oracle Database. My friend Øyvind Isene presented about Multilingual Engine (MLE)/JavaScript and made a … 283
Reposted by Øyvind IseneAndy Colvin @acolvin.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Wow…can’t believe it took me 10 years to get to @pougorg.bsky.social but it delivered in every possible way. So great to see old friends and I haven’t learned that much at a conference in a very long time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2245
Reposted by Øyvind IseneGianni Ceresa @gianniceresa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025And it’s over, sadly. #poug2025 ended yesterday, and it was a great 10th anniversary event very well organised by the @pougorg.bsky.social team. Well done @luizafrompoland.bsky.social and @ora600pl.bsky.social Looking forward to #poug2026, no idea where it will be, but I will be there. 1213
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Doing my best to treat post-conference blues. #POUG2025 was as usual fantastic. Learned a lot and met great people. Thanks to @luizafrompoland.bsky.social, @ora600pl.bsky.social and the rest of the team for a great conference. 0131
Reposted by Øyvind IsenePriit Piipuu @ppiipuu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025@oyvindisene.bsky.social going all in for JavaScript #POUG2025 @sym42.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Øyvind IsenePriit Piipuu @ppiipuu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025@jasminfluri.bsky.social on OpenTelemetry #POUG2025 @sym42.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Øyvind IseneOracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Join the Oracle ACEs at POUG 2025 this week in Poznań. Knowledge, lectures, discussion and networking for two full days! Join them now ♠️ 👉 poug.org/en/edycja/po... #OracleACE @edelweissk.bsky.social @ora600pl.bsky.social @julianfrey.ch @danischnider.bsky.social @chandlerdba.bsky.social 0166
Reposted by Øyvind IsenePolish Oracle User Group @pougorg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Pretty proud and excited to announce that #POUG2025 is sold out!😎 Thank you for your support & trust. It's gonna be super fun, just look at the agenda: poug.org/edycja/poug-... See you next week! POUG Team 0113
Reposted by Øyvind IseneGerald Venzl @gvenzl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Materialized Columns are new in #Oracle #Database 23.7 Let's take a closer look at them! ⚠️ Lots of code coming next! 🤓geraldonit.comOracle Database Materialized Columns – a closer lookMy recent blog post about Oracle Database 23.7 has generated significant interest in one particular feature: materialized columns. In this post, I’ll dive deeper into what materialized columns are, how they work, and when you might want to use—or avoid—them. 094
Reposted by Øyvind IseneRodrigo Jorge @dbarj.com.br · 01/08/2025⚠️ New feature in 23.9! ⚠️ Now you can raise the COMPATIBLE without bouncing your database! Learn more: www.dbarj.com.br/en/2025/08/o... 1102
Øyvind Isene @oyvindisene.bsky.social · 12/07/2025db-oriented.com/2025/07/12/m...db-oriented.comMixed Feelings About MERGE - @DBorientedWhy Oracle's MERGE Statement Fails Where INSERT/UPDATE Succeeds 020
Reposted by Øyvind IseneJeff Smith @thatjeffsmith.com · 07/07/2025we have an official MCP Server for Oracle Database as of...today 1217
Reposted by Øyvind IsenePhilipp Salvisberg @salvis.com · 05/07/2025Want to use Oracle SQL Developer in VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf or Theia? In this blog post, I explain how to do it. www.salvis.com/blog/2025/07...salvis.comInstalling SQL Developer in IDEs Implementing the VS Code Extension APIIntroduction The Oracle SQL Developer team is working on bringing the essential functionality built over the last 20 years in the classic SQL Developer IDE—a JDeveloper extension running as a standalo... 064
Reposted by Øyvind IseneMike Dietrich @mikedietrichde.com · 24/06/2025ora2know Hands-On Workshop: Upgrade to Oracle 19c and 23ai Let's kick it off. When the ora2know group started at DOAG conference in Nuernberg in November 2024, we committed ourselves to support them. And this is exactly the reason why I am going to invite you to this unique event in Munich on July…mikedietrichde.comora2know Hands-On Workshop: Upgrade to Oracle 19c and 23aiLet's kick it off. When the ora2know group started at DOAG conference in Nuernberg in November 2024, we committed ourselves to support them. And this is exactly the reason why I am going to invite you to this unique event in Munich on July 10, 2025. I will run an ora2know Hands-On Workshop: Upgrade to Oracle 19c and 23ai. And you are going to type 🙂 You need to sign up early since we have only a limited number of seats available. 1147
Reposted by Øyvind IseneConnor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 05/05/2025If smoke isn't coming out of your machine, you aren't really working :-) connor-mcdonald.com/2025/05/05/s...connor-mcdonald.comSmashing a database on my PCColleague Martin Berger posted this recentlyand it got me thinking: If we take out the network (by running a program locally on the database server) how many requests per second can a modern but af… 034
Reposted by Øyvind IseneDOAG e.V. @doagev.bsky.social · 30/04/2025📣 #apexconn25 – T minus 13... ⏳ Am 13. Mai öffnet die 11. APEX connect ihre Türen im Europa-Park in Rust. Der 2. Konferenztag endet mit einer großen Dinner- & DJ-Party 🍽️ 🔊 🪩 💃 🎵 🍻 scomp.ly/Q1zLZAG Infos 🔗 apex.doag.org Tickets 🔗 scomp.ly/Anlevna Hotels 🔗 scomp.ly/OWwJkd5 #orclapex #lowcode #plsql 0117
Reposted by Øyvind IseneOracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Are you curious to see where you will find our ACEs speaking in May? Then you're in luck, because we have just curated the list of upcoming events where you will get a chance to meet and network with many amazing ACE speakers. ♠️ Check it out now 👉 blogs.oracle.com/ace/post/ora... #OracleACE 033
![Examples of the [NO]WAIT clause in Oracle AI Database 23.26.2
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select … for update wait 42 microseconds
update … set … wait 42 milliseconds
delete from … wait 42 seconds
merge into … wait forever](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xh6h36ybpgxcl47nmewyotj7/bafkreiafmvzje7memupo3yxfgjdneyd3pcc5djrtudvz4mzqocukiih2yu)
