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Oracle Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - April 2026

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Immutable Table Enhancements in Oracle Database 23ai/26ai Immutable tables were introduced to Oracle 21.3 and 19.11 at the same time, so it could be considered a 19c and 21c new feature. This article demonstrates the enhancements to immutable tables in…

Make insert-only tables in Oracle AI Database with

CREATE IMMUTABLE TABLE ... ( ... )
NO DROP UNTIL m DAYS IDLE
NO DELETE UNTIL n DAYS AFTER INSERT

Take care with the NO clauses

They control when you can delete rows or drop the table

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Running LLMs locally. One size does NOT fit all

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The AI divide putting open weights models in spotlight FEATURE: Most customers don't need the biggest baddest models, just ones that work, are cheap, and won't pirate their proprietary data

Growing void between enterprise and frontier AI puts open weights models in the spotlight

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I keep saying this...

Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) 26.1.0 Released

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FYI: I Was using 19.30 on Oracle Linux 9 x86-64. Worked fine. I've not tried on an older release, as I only found out about it today. :)

Transport Layer Security (TLS) Connections without a Client Wallet backported to 19c...

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Thanks to @MartinDBA for bringing this to my attention. 😀

Adding self-signed certificates to a wallet became a one-liner in SQLcl 26.1

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OMG I actually look (and act) like them now... 😂

The Oracle ACE Program : My 20 Year Anniversary

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Database Links from Oracle to Snowflake : How to fix a couple of problems…

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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...

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Annotations in Oracle Database 23ai/26ai This article describes the use of annotations to document our database objects in Oracle database 23ai/26ai.

Document objects in Oracle AI Database with schema annotations

Define these name-value pairs with

ANNOTATIONS ( name { 'value' } {,} )

You can add these to

Tables
View
Materialized View
Domains

Added in 26ai, backported to 19.28

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This suggestion has legs, and I think we should run with it.

Jargon-lovers are worse at their jobs, say boffins : Cornwell Uni researchers pivot to pluck low-hanging fruit to optimize bandwidth

People who talk corporate bullshit and engage with corporate bullshit tend to be bullshit at their job. Who'da thunk it?

Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be crap at their jobs

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Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Work From Home, 4-Day Weeks In Asia - Slashdot Asian governments are implementing emergency measures like four-day workweeks and work-from-home mandates to cope with a fuel shortage triggered by the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of H...

The Working From Home (WFH) story I wasn't expecting...

Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Work From Home, 4-Day Weeks In Asia

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Sounds like an enhancement request to me. 😀

Calendar Functions in Oracle AI Database 26ai

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Perhaps Linda could help me tell the difference between "here" and "her" 😀

Where is Linda when you need here?

Let's all pile on Erik. 😀

Just set COMPATIBLE=7. You will be fine. 😂

It's at the bottom in an addendum. 😀

But you aren't pumping his YouTube stats... 😀

😀👍

Interesting stuff from @petefinnigan

Compare Oracle Autonomous Database Security to Other on-Premise Databases
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Upgrading your database ? APEX devs should check this! YouTube video by SQL and Database explained!

Super important if you are upgrading to 26ai and use APEX. Thanks
@connor_mc_d
👍

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Aggregation Filters in Oracle AI Database 26ai

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Third-Party Applications and Assertions in Oracle AI Database 26ai

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Artificial Intelligence (AI): The CEO BS Generator

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