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Posts by Sven Weller

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SQL skills just got MORE important There seems to be a school of thought in the tech community that a robust knowledge SQL is now optional. After all, with modern AI tools able to generate SQL from plain English, it seems “obv…

There seems to be a school of thought in the tech community that a robust knowledge SQL is now optional. My thoughts are that the exact opposite is true: Learning SQL is more important than ever.

connor-mcdonald.com/2026/04/22/s...

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#apexconn26 | Heute um Mitternacht endet die Aktionsphase "Mit dem Early Bird zur APEX connect 2026 – vom 18. bis 20. Mai in den Heide Park Soltau" ⏱️

Jetzt noch zugreifen, um bis zu 260 EUR zu sparen 🤩

Der Clou: Mitglieder erhalten weitere 15 % Rabatt auf diesen Aktionspreis ➡️ scomp.ly/YkRAYpa

2 weeks ago 2 2 0 0

Congrats to the winners of the #OracleACE assertions bounty!

1st Enforcing Acyclic Hierarchies With Assertions @salvis.com
2nd Temporal Assertions @anthony-harper.bsky.social
3rd Assertions for data integrity on a less-than-ideal data model @kibeha.dk

Details at blogs.oracle.com/sql/assertio...

1 month ago 5 2 0 1
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📅 DOAG WebSession — March 13 (11:00–12:00 CET) | Online 💻
Two #OracleACE experts will unpack the topic Oracle Database licensing SE2 vs EE—on‑premises vs cloud—and the common pitfalls ⚠️

Register: meine.doag.org/event/id.950...
#OracleACE

1 month ago 1 1 0 0
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I updated my SQL Assertion article with some maths and added the ALL ... SATISFY syntax that avoids double NOT EXISTS in Oracle Database SQL Assertions dev.to/franckpachot...

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Oracle Developer Coaching: March News Edition Join us for a fast-paced, 30-minute global broadcast packed with the latest updates for developers.

All the news you can handle for all things Oracle database and cloud, TOMORROW

go.oracle.com/LP=152179?el...

1 month ago 0 1 0 0
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Wir machen mit beim Trend:
„Create a caricature of me and my job!“ 🤖

Syntegris = IT-Mission 🚀
Oracle APEX, Java, BI, Security, KI wir bringen alles zusammen.

IT-Probleme? Wir biegen das für Sie. 😎
Welcher Bereich ist für Sie am spannendsten?

2 months ago 3 1 0 0
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Thank you shout out to @jon.cloudnueva.com ! His post about IG selectionStateItem (new in APEX 24.1) just saved me a ton of time! #orclapex

blog.cloudnueva.com/apex-ig-proc...

2 months ago 0 0 0 0
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Definitive guide to moving from SQL Developer to VS Code Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Definitive guide to moving from SQL Developer to VS Code

Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Definitive guide to moving from SQL Developer to VS Code

2 months ago 1 1 0 0
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Reading List – February 2026 #2 📰 Dealing with TNS database connections with Oracle MCP (SQLcl) - Jeff Smith explains how to connect your MCP server via TNS names 🎉 Announcing the winners of the 2025 Oracle Dev Gym Championships - Oracle announced the 2025 Dev Gym Championship winners 🎉 Ascend to the Diamond Tier: Introducing the Next-Gen Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) - Oracle introduced a new top-level for its Maximum Availability Architecture…

📚 New Reading List is out!

This week, people dug into all sorts of new 🅾️ #Oracle #AI #Database features - definitely a must read to get you up to speed, and we got a couple of really 🤩 🎉 exciting announcements!

📖 Happy reading!

2 months ago 1 2 0 0
Top-N queries
The table at the top is the input (from)
The operation is ORDER BY NUMBER FETCH FIRST ...
The results below show which rows are fetched for each of the alternatives ... in FETCH FIRST ...

Top-N queries The table at the top is the input (from) The operation is ORDER BY NUMBER FETCH FIRST ... The results below show which rows are fetched for each of the alternatives ... in FETCH FIRST ...

Top-N queries
The table at the top is the input (from)
The operation is ORDER BY NUMBER FETCH FIRST ...
The results below show which rows are fetched for each of the alternatives ... in FETCH FIRST ...

Top-N queries The table at the top is the input (from) The operation is ORDER BY NUMBER FETCH FIRST ... The results below show which rows are fetched for each of the alternatives ... in FETCH FIRST ...

I'm working on diagrams to visualize how #SQL works

Here are examples comparing different options for FETCH FIRST

The table at the top is the input

Below it are the rows returned for different options for the dots in

ORDER BY NUMBER FETCH FIRST ...

Which diagram do you prefer? Other comments?

3 months ago 1 1 3 0
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Was macht KI in der Datenbank? Was muss ich als DBA zu KI wissen? Und wo kann ich das mal ausprobieren? Antworten auf diese Fragen gibt es beim noon2noon - KI für den DBA am 10./11.02.2026 in Hannover
Weitere Infos: www.ora2know.de/event/noon2n...

5 months ago 8 5 0 1

🛠️ Oracle APEX 24.2 Patch Set Bundle 12 is available!

Learn More: apex.oracle.com/download

Known Issues: lnkd.in/gF2pJiKB

#orclAPEX

4 months ago 2 2 0 0
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#apexconn26 | Die 12. Ausgabe der #orclapex Konferenz lockt uns diesmal in den Heide Park Soltau – und der Call for Papers läuft noch 8 Tage.

Wir haben für euch und eure Netzwerke & Profile über 30 coole Banner gestaltet. Gerne verwenden & weitersagen 🤩 scomp.ly/AC25media

#plsql #lowcode #nocode

4 months ago 2 4 0 0
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The developer VM has been freshened up! Go get some!
www.oracle.com/database/tec...

5 months ago 13 8 2 0
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Call for Papers for APEX connect 2026 18-20 May in Heidepark has started! This is your chance to share your experience about what you have been building using Oracle APEX, SQL and/or PL/SQL!

CfP ends on 2-DEC EOD.

apex.doag.org/en/home/

#orclapex

5 months ago 7 4 0 0
Events - DOAG

🤖 Oracle Datenbank & KI – was hat es damit nun genau auf sich?

Finde heraus worum es sich beim Thema DB und KI dreht, und zwar beim DOAG Dev Talk am 16.10. – kostenlos & garantiert ohne Buzzword-Bingo!

👉 meine.doag.org/event/id.939...

#Oracle #KI #DevTalk #DOAG

6 months ago 2 3 0 1
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IEEE top programming languages for jobs in 2025
The top three are
Python
SQL
Java

IEEE top programming languages for jobs in 2025 The top three are Python SQL Java

#SQL is second in the IEEE Top Programming Languages for jobs in 2025

Good going for a language that's over 50 years old!

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6 months ago 7 1 0 0
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Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement

oracle-base.com/blog/2025/09...

#JoelKallmanDay

@oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase

6 months ago 20 13 1 5
Spanish Food in tapas restaurant in Poznan

Spanish Food in tapas restaurant in Poznan

After conference meal in beautiful historic city of Poznan. #poug2025

Always a pleasure to meet old friends and make new ones!

@danischnider.bsky.social @oraesque.bsky.social @salvis.com @syntegris.bsky.social

7 months ago 11 2 0 0
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It was a wonderful conference again! Thanks to @ora600pl.bsky.social @luizafrompoland.bsky.social and the whole POUG team for organizing #POUG2025

7 months ago 25 4 0 1

Such a great idea, I especially like the BY NAME enhancement for Insert .. select !

7 months ago 1 0 0 0

A very valuable blogpost - describing now only a new feature, but which thought process led to that specific implementation.

7 months ago 10 2 2 0

Get faster PL/SQL in #SQL with

alter session set sql_transpiler = on

=> database will convert eligible functions to SQL

Read my latest post for details on

What can be transpiled
Transpiler vs scalar macros
Functional differences
Impact of function-based indexes

blogs.oracle.com/sql/post/fas...

7 months ago 12 6 0 1
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Offline GPT in your #orclAPEX apps: UC AI with Ollama
Offline GPT in your #orclAPEX apps: UC AI with Ollama YouTube video by United Codes

OpenAI just launched their first open model! Discover how to run it on your hardware and integrate its AI capabilities into your #orclAPEX apps.
#Ollama #PLSQL #Oracle
youtu.be/_o6jbdDqCR0

8 months ago 7 2 0 0
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You don’t have to wait for 23ai for these features!

oracle-base.com/blog/2025/08...

@OracleDatabase #database #19c

8 months ago 11 4 2 0
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Please welcome Lida Gholizadeh from Germany to the Oracle ACE Program! Lida's focus in APEX makes her a valuable asset to our global community. ♠️
Congratulations! 🎉
ace.oracle.com/ords/ace/pro...
#OracleACE

9 months ago 8 3 0 1
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We found our location for APEX connect next year! CU there 18-20 May 2026 in Heidepark, Soltau! #apexconn26 #orclapex

9 months ago 12 3 1 0
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📣 Friendly Reminder 📆 Morgen um 15:00 Uhr realisiert die DOAG in Zusammenarbeit mit der Low-Code Association e.V. die WebSession Nr. 3 (von 4) zum Thema #LowCode – die WebSession ist gratis 🤩

Agenda & Anmeldung ➡️ scomp.ly/9x4k9vN

Wir freuen uns auf deine Teilnahme 👩‍💻 👨‍💻

#LowCodeCreator

10 months ago 2 3 0 0
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9th year of being an Oracle ACE director. Thanks Oracle! Now I need to find a similar bottle like the one from 2016 to celebrate (again). 🤪 #orclapex #aced

10 months ago 10 1 1 0