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Using faker-js/Faker to generate test data respecting referential integrity in Oracle Database 23c
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Using faker-js/SimpleFaker to produce test data in Oracle Database 23ai
After returning from an inspiring tech conference last week I had an agenda full of items to research. One of the talks I attended mentioned how simple it was for some popular open-source databases to generate sample data. Performing the same task with the Oracle Database was perceived to be quite tricky. This is only…
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Configure PDB Lifecycle Management for ORDS 23.3
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Working with JSON in Multilingual Engine/JavaScript in Oracle Database 23ai Free
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MLE type mapping: passing JSON to JavaScript functions in Oracle Database 26ai
Everyone knows that JSON is very popular, and that includes its use in databases. Turns out that JavaScript is a popular way for working with JSON. Both can be used in Oracle AI Database 26ai Free. The question quickly arises: how do I pass a JSON variable from SQL or PL/SQL to a JavaScript function?…
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Dealing securely with state changes in Multilingual Engine for Oracle AI Database 26ai
Most PL/SQL developers are aware of the ORA-04068: existing state of packages has been discarded error as explained by Connor McDonald for example in his excellent post about the topic. The article also explains how to ensure that stateful sessions are optionally terminated in case an ORA-04068 occurs using SESSION_EXIT_ON_PACKAGE_STATE_ERROR, a new-ish initialisation parameter. JavaScript,…
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Performance Monitoring for In-Database JavaScript in Oracle Database 23c #JoelKallmanDay
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Using the Operating System’s certificate store instead of an Oracle wallet in Oracle AI Database 26ai
Before jumping into the example, it’s worth highlighting an important aspect: security. Therefore you cannot simply write to a file or open a network connection in Oracle AI Database without doing some setup work Developers wishing to perform network I/O via UTL_HTTP for example must define fine-grained access control settings. More realistically, they need to…
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Python one-liners: converting markdown to HTML
This has come in handy a number of times. Assuming you have an input file in markdown format and need to convert it to HTML. This is a low-tech solution to the problem, most importantly it is available for MacOS on M1 chips without any further software installation. And yes, it’s not the only solution…
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Linting MLE JavaScript Modules in Continuous Integration Pipelines
Continuous Integration (CI) is the process of automatically building and testing your application’s code each time a developer pushes a commit to a remote source-code control repository like GitLab, Jenkins, or GitHub. The use of CI is an integral part of DevOps and can be used to great effect: lead times (e.g. the time it…
