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Nov 23, 2017 10:14:54 AM

APEX Development on a Raspberry Pi

Before you get excited, I’ll start off by saying that there’s no way you’re going to get an Oracle database running properly on a Raspberry Pi at the moment. However, the..

Nov 13, 2017 12:05:31 PM

ORDS, OAuth2 & Web Services in APEX – Part 2

In my previous blog, I took you through how to create RESTful Web Services with ORDS and how to test them with a REST client. This blog will build on those Web Services (Fig.1)..

Nov 9, 2017 7:29:15 AM

Why invest in Exadata

Generic infrastructure gives you generic results.

Oct 30, 2017 10:08:26 AM

ORDS,OAuth2 & Web Services in APEX – Part 1

I recently gave a presentation on how to get started with Web Services at the UKOUG APEX SIG in London. The first half covered how to create Web Services with ORDS, how to protect..

Oct 23, 2017 2:30:58 PM

Oracle Goldengate or Dbvisit Replicate?

These two products offer data capture functionality and replication between multiple Database environments covering both Oracle SE and EE versions. They essentially operate by..

Oct 19, 2017 12:42:42 PM

Oracle skip unlucky 13 with new Database version structure

Following the announcements at OpenWorld last week here are my thoughts on the changes to the new software version numbering structure…

Oct 16, 2017 9:39:22 AM

Oracle Data Visualization Update

Throughout 2016, I posted a series of blogs introducing Oracle’s recent additions to its Data Visualization portfolio – Data Visualization Cloud Service (DVCS) and Data..

Oct 11, 2017 8:55:16 AM

Using Oracle Cloud for Database Upgrade

The Oracle Cloud provides a comprehensive set of services that can be used for fast and efficient data migration & testing between different Database versions. The notes below are..

Oct 9, 2017 1:37:40 PM

ODA X7 – more than just a hardware refresh

Following a week out in San Francisco with Oracle a number of announcements have come out relating to Cloud Infrastructure and Engineered Systems that are very relevant for our..

Oct 9, 2017 10:00:47 AM

Validations and Duplicate Page Submissions in APEX 5.1

I had a problem with a modal dialog page in APEX 5.1, which created new rows in a table on the database whenever the Create button was pressed. The problem was that if the user..