July 2026: Oracle changed Base Database Services. ❌ OCPU billing — retired ❌ ASM — gone for new deployments ❌ Two-node RAC — gone ❌ EE-Extreme Performance — retired ⚠️ And that OCPU→ECPU conversion cuts your RAM in half bit.ly/4hheQzZ #OracleACE #OracleCloud

If you are using Autonomous AI Database, you have seen alerts regarding the announcement "Important Announcement for Autonomous AI Database Customers: DigiCert G1 Certificate Distrust on April 15, 2026" Here are the steps to verify. bit.ly/4lbGA9s

Introducing Run Oracle Your Way on Oracle Database@Azure – a new technical webinar series bit.ly/4008QCn #OracleDB #Azure

Oracle's "Fusion AI Data Platform" and "Oracle AI Data Platform" sound identical, but serve completely different users. One is a turnkey SaaS for business leaders. The other is a PaaS toolkit for builders. bit.ly/4tuBclI #TechStrategy #DataEngineering #OracleCloud

If you sit in front of a computer for a living, read this. Microsoft’s AI Chief says your routine tasks could be automated within a year and a half. "Professional-grade AGI" is arriving fast. bit.ly/4apYDny

Is the upgrade to Oracle Database 26ai really as easy as clicking a button? 🤔 I tested it on an environment with Cross-Region Data Guard. Here is exactly what happened and how long it took. Check it out: bit.ly/4aIhuvj #OracleDatabase #26ai #TechBlog

With Oracle Database@Azure, managed GoldenGate and Microsoft Fabric aren't competitors—they’re the perfect team. GoldenGate handles high-fidelity replication while Fabric drives analytics. bit.ly/4cnNDtj

#OraTidbit #AIDB26ai #DB23ai #SQL The GROUP BY clause now accepts column aliases, improving the readability and maintainability of complex queries.

#OraTidbit #AIDB26ai #DB23ai #Security You can create read-only users at the PDB level, providing granular control over data access. CREATE USER user1 IDENTIFIED BY testuser1 QUOTA UNLIMITED ON DATA READ ONLY;

#OraTidbit #AIDB26ai #DB23ai #Security Schema-level privileges simplify security management by allowing you to grant access to all objects within a schema with a single command. GRANT SELECT ANY TABLE on SCHEMA hr TO scott.

#OraTidbit #AIDB26ai #DB23ai #AIVectorSearch The VECTOR_DISTANCE function is a key component of AI Vector Search. Distance is a measure of the similarity or dissimilarity between the objects the vectors represent, which is fundamental to semantic search and other AI workloads.

SQLcl meets Claude Desktop! 💡 See the powerful, step-by-step guide to setting up the MCP server to unlock AI analysis for your #Oracle Database schema, metrics, and best practices. Start playing now: bit.ly/3JMBoL9 #SQLcl #GenAI #OracleDB

#OraTidbit #DB23ai #AIDB26 #DBA SYSDATE and SYSTIMESTAMP can now be managed separately in each Pluggable Database (PDB) in a Container Database (CDB).

#OraTidbit #DB23ai #AIDB26 #DBA Bigfile tablespaces are now the default for SYSTEM, SYSAUX, and user tablespaces in newly created databases.

#OraTidbit #DB23ai #AIDB26 #Security Password length has been extended to 1024 bytes, allowing for more complex and secure password policies.

Oracle Software Install using AutoUpgrade on a Brand New VM! #OracleDB #DB19c #AIDB26 #AutoUpgrade bit.ly/4hKsavk

Last day of the #AIWorld conference- but still full of enthusiasm to learn. Full room to deep dive into Oracle 26ai Vector Search!

AIWorld kicks off! I started my day with exciting AI-ready solutions on the Oracle database after grabbing my badge. Larry's keynote on Tuesday afternoon promises some big announcements! If you're in Vegas and see this post, I hope we get a chance to say hello. #OracleAce

#OraTidbit #OCI #Monitoring The OCI Monitoring service lets you create custom alarms with multiple notification destinations, such as PagerDuty, Slack, or email via the Notifications service.