Kim Berg Hansen: SQL ♠ 🤓 👨‍🍳 🍺

You want to read the book? www.apress.com/gp/book/9781... www.amazon.com/Practical-Or... You want to taste the beer? Be at #POUG2025 poug.org/en/edycja/po... Lucky you if you have a ticket - it's sold out. Be faster next year! ( @pougorg.bsky.social organizes awesome conferences 🍻😁)

I just realized it will be Friday the 13th (November) that I will be speaking at DB World 2026 😱. Don't worry, I don't see any J(a)SON on the agenda 😉. You can safely get your ticket: nloug.nl/en/events/db... I'm speaking after afternoon break. #DBWorld26 #octemea2026 #nlOUG @nloug.bsky.social

Of course it takes AI to summarize to "10am👍" 😁

#SQL Macros as objects instead of functions - yay \o/

I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Already waiting my flight back after another great conference by the #HrOUG user group ! #HROUG2026 was amazing. Thanks Davor, Ela, David/Mirko and everybody else who helped in making it a successful event. See you next year? Maybe… need to find something new to talk about 😅

..and the winner of the quiz is, of course, the quizmaster @kibeha.dk

Those were tricky questions in @avanderput.bsky.social quiz in his #HrOUG2026 session on constraints, assertions and triggers. We in the audience definitely needed to learn about it, as I won the quiz with just 2 out of 5 correct answers 😇 Thanks for the CAT t-shirt 👕🤩

🇭🇷 Rovinj is welcoming a BIG #OracleACE presence! 🎤🔥 This week, dozens of Oracle ACEs will take the stage at HrOUG 2026, sharing their expertise, experiences, and practical insights with the community. Check out the sessions, spot the ACEs, and come say hello! 👋 🔗 social.ora.cl/6019BGv5lv

Let’s learn some math basics after lunch at #HrOUG2026 @ora600pl.bsky.social on stage

Joel Kallman Day 2026 : It’s a Wrap! (#JoelKallmanDay) I hope you enjoy reading all the contributions. oracle-base.com/blog/2026/10... @oracleace @OracleDatabase @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleREST

5 minutes and #HrOUG2026 sessions begin - just enough time to enjoy the view and the air 😎

Woohoo \o/ #HrOUG2026 road trip 🤩

Bus of speakers and @dbandycapp.bsky.social heading for Rovinj for #HrOUG2026 😎

Just in time for #JoelKallmanDay I happened to notice a little tidbit about database links that came in handy for datapumping: www.kibeha.dk/2026/10/data...

#JoelKallmanDay is tomorrow (Wednesday 14th October). Joel Kallman Day 2026 : Announcement oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... @oracleace @OracleDatabase @OracleDevs @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleREST

📸 Great to see so many familiar faces at our October Oracle ACE Program Monthly Update! 🙌 A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us, and to our special guest, @chrisrsaxon.bsky.social, for sharing Oracle Dev Gym updates! 🎤💻 💙 See you at our next event! #OracleACE

Note to self: 1 >>character<< is written as VARCHAR2(1 CHAR), *not* VARCHAR2(1) d'oh... (Yes, I know, you can set your session NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS to CHAR, but I prefer to be explicit, that way I catch when I make mistakes like this.)

Don't forget it's #JoelKallmanDay next week... Joel Kallman Day 2026 : Announcement oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... @oracleace @OracleDatabase @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleREST

#orclAPEX

Congratulations to the winners on Oracle Dev Gym for Q3 2026 1st Stelios Vlasopoulos 2nd Rakesh Dadhich 3rd mentzel.iudith Sept 2026 1st Stelios Vlasopoulos 2nd msfadeev 3rd Rakesh Dadhich 🍾🏆🎉 Think you know more about #SQL? Try your skills at devgym.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p...

SQL> select to_char(sysdate + 42, 'YYYY-MM-DD') as DOUG_DAY; DOUG_DAY ---------- 2026-11-11 1 row selected. www.doug.dk/doug-day-2026/ #octemea26 #dougday26

Personal vs Functional 💯✅

🌍 October is a busy month for the #OracleACE community! ACEs are sharing their expertise at conferences, community events, user groups & webinars around the world. See where you can meet and learn from Oracle ACEs this month 👇 blogs.oracle.com/ace/oracle-a... #OracleCommunity

Feel free to join us for another #PWOW (Pint With Oracle Witches) webinar. This time, Mirela Ardelean will share her experience with #apex sert. Hop in: pwowwebinar4.konfeo.com/en/groups

www.adaptivecapacitylabs.com/2026/08/24/t... And what's more, those human abilities come from experience. If you say "we'll only replace the juniors and keep the seniors", shortly you'll have no experienced seniors. (H/T @connormcd.bsky.social for the link)

Good point that I hadn't really thought of, but definitely an advantage if the language (like APEXlang) provides less room for hallucinations 👍 (PS. Careful if you like me have to google DSL, there are other definitions beside Domain Specific Language and Digital Subscriber Line 😉)

🎙️ Speaker: Mirela Ardelea 🗓️ Data: 28.10.2026 godz. 20:00 CET ✅ Temat: Five Years Later: Reflecting on My Journey with APEX SERT 💰 Koszt: 0 PLN / FREE 🔗 Szczegóły: how2ora.pl/pwow ✍️ Zapisy: lnkd.in/d53tuvW7 📅 Kalendarz PWOW: how2ora.pl/pwow 📅 Kalendarz POUG: lnkd.in/dEssXsYG

I started using Make in my APEX projects to keep the SQLcl, etc. commands in 1 place. There's also a sync script that exports the app before importing and merges the changes with Git →imports don't overwrite what others did in App Builder. #orclAPEX hartenfeller.dev/blog/makefil...

Joel Kallman Day 2026 : Announcement oracle-base.com/blog/2026/09... #JoelKallmanDay @oracleace @OracleDevs @OracleDatabase @OracleREST @OracleAPEX #orclapex

Kind of stupid 💯

Patching recommendations: Which route is the best? RUs, MRPs, n-1?? mikedietrichde.com/2026/09/21/p... From @MikeDietrichDE

Whether or not you can follow Mike's patching recommendations, at the bare minimum you MUST have a current version of the database. It's not up for debate, folks!

Watch and never ever confuse UNION with UNION ALL again

My AI LLM was miles off the mark with this befuddling error... but is probably has a very simple solution connor-mcdonald.com/2026/09/17/o...

The #octemea26 #CASOUG part ends today with the event in Dushanbe @ilmarkerm.eu @nassyambasha.bsky.social Zaheer Syed, Rustam Khodzhaev @oracleace.bsky.social @oracleugs.bsky.social

Ask TOM Live has been running over 8 years now! That's nearly 100 sessions covering Oracle #SQL I've hosted - most of which included live demos As requested by an attendee yesterday I've uploaded all my scripts for past sessions to GitHub Get them at: github.com/ChrisSaxonOr...

You should get involved in the Oracle Community - it'll take you on a journey. Perhaps the story of my journey can inspire you. And perhaps the #OracleACE program can be part of your community involvement too.

In October I'll do two presentations at #HrOUG2026. Join me on a lovely island, where a bunch of top-notch speakers provide excellent content. Check out agenda & tickets at: 2026.hroug.hr/eng Thanks HrOUG for organizing an awesome event. Thanks #OracleACE program for #OracleCommunity support.

Another POUG is over <3 Check my Conference Recap! how2ora-en.blogspot.com/2026/09/poug...

#POUG2026

#POUG2026 is over - post conference blues kicks in. Thank you @luizafrompoland.bsky.social & @ora600pl.bsky.social and all your team for the fabulous event! Big thanks to all the speakers and attendees for content, questions & discussions. You all make this conference unique. See you at #POUG2027

#POUG2026 is over 😞 11th event by @pougorg.bsky.social , in the beautiful city of Krakow 🇵🇱. Lot of amazing sessions by great speakers. Well done @luizafrompoland.bsky.social @ora600pl.bsky.social and all the board of POUG 👏👏👏 Asking for a friend: Where is the registration form for 2027? 😁

Nearing the end of another fantastic #poug2026

Goran Paues helps us doing vibe coding the right way. #POUG2026

#QotD by Kerry Osborne at #POUG2026 : If you want to be the smartest in the room, spend 90% of your time listening!