Monthly Archives: April 2023

Grey Beards #7 with Cary Millsap

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Oracle 23c, if exists and if not exists.

In the old days before Oracle 23c, you had two options when creating build scripts. 1) Take the error message such as ORA-00942 Table or View does not exists, or you could write pl/sql and trap the error like this. … Continue reading

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Oracle 23c Schema privileges

In Oracle 23c we can now grant privileges on a schema to a user. Now, in previous versions of Oracle, you never wanted to grant with the “ANY” clause; however, now we can just apply that to a schema. In … Continue reading

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Gray Beards #3 with #Oracle ACE Director, Jim “the why guy” Czuprynski.

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Gray Beards #2, we’re chatting with #Oracle ACE Director Craig Shallahamer.

“Welcome to Grey Beards #2 with Oracle ACE Director Craig Shallahamer, where we delve into the exciting world of Oracle technology and beyond! In this episode, we’re discussing the back story behind the sale of OraPub to Viscocity, the impact … Continue reading

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Why do I keep seeing this problem with Transparent Data Encryption? Performance issues.

There are days when I honestly want to hang up my spurs and retire. To be honest, the problem is not with TDE; it’s with some people not understanding how TDE works. There are a couple ways you can implement … Continue reading

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Oracle 23c Free Developers edition is now here.

We’ve come a long way from 10g XE to 23c Free Developers edition. Oracle 23c Free Developers Release

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Gray Beards #2 with Oracle ACE Director Craig Shallahamer.

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