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In today’s video we’ll demonstrate how to use virtual columns, introduced in Oracle 11g.

The video is based on this article.

• Virtual Columns in Oracle Database 11g Release 1

The star of today’s video is Scott Wesley of APEX fame. I think he’s into gardening too, because he has a blog about grass or something…

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In today’s video we’ll demonstrate how to convert a CentOS installation to an Oracle Linux installation.

The video is based on this post.

• Convert CentOS 8 to Oracle Linux 8 (OL8)

The star of today’s video is Dan Norris, in a clip from a previous OpenWorld, which seems like a long distant memory now.

Cheers

Tim…

PS. I know I said there would be no more videos this year, but this was very much “of the moment”, so I thought it was worth doing.

In today’s video we’ll discuss read-only partitions and subpartitions, introduced in Oracle 12.2.

This is based on the following article.

• Read-Only Partitions and Subpartitions in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2)

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Most people know AskTOM as the go-to resource for getting answers to the most common and sometimes the most tricky questions on the Oracle Database. AskTOM runs on the robust Application Express architecture, which is a large part of the reason that it has been in operation for over 20 years without any problems in terms of upgrades, obsolescence etc. It just keeps….on….working.

In today’s video we’ll discuss Invisible Indexes, introduced in Oracle 11g.

The video is based on this article.

• Invisible Indexes in Oracle Database 11g Release 1

The star of today’s video is Chris Muir, who was instrumental in me becoming a presenter. He invited me down to Australia to speak at a couple of AUSOUG events, which were the first proper conferences I ever presented at.

Cheers

Tim…

In today’s video we’ll discuss the Adaptive Cursor Sharing feature, introduced in Oracle 11g Release 1.

This video is based on the following article.

• Adaptive Cursor Sharing in Oracle Database 11g Release 1

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In today’s video we discuss a change to the old DBMS_JOB scheduler from 19c onward.

This video is based on the following article.

• DBMS_JOB Jobs Converted to DBMS_SCHEDULER Jobs in Oracle Database 19c

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In today’s video we’ll discuss Scalable Sequences, which were documented for the first time in Oracle 18c.

The video is based on this article.

• Scalable Sequences in Oracle Database 18c

The star of today’s video is David Peak, who is now working on the Oracle Pandemic Response Systems. This video is a throwback to a hotel we stayed in at São Paulo a few years back.

Cheers

Tim…