Hot on the heels of the 7.1.0 release, Oracle has now released VirtualBox 7.1.2. The release was actually about a week ago, but I seem top have missed it until now. ? The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done an install on a Windows 11 PC and it worked fine. Working with Vagrant? There is … The post Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.2 first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.2 was first posted on October 6, 2024 at 8:59 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this articl ..read more

Since 2016 we’ve had an Oracle community day where we push out content on the same day to try and get a bit of a community buzz. The name has changed over the years, but in 2021 it was renamed to the “Joel Kallman Day”. Joel was big on community, and it seems like a … The post Joel Kallman Day 2024 : Announcement first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Joel Kallman Day 2024 : Announcement was first posted on September 27, 2024 at 10:49 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the si ..read more

At work we’ve been using containers for a while. We started by running all our Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) inside Docker containers running on Oracle Linux 7 (OL7), and over time we’ve introduced some more services based on Podman containers running on Oracle Linux 9 (OL9). This was all done with very little drama. … The post When Podman refuses to stop containers first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. When Podman refuses to stop containers was first posted on September 20, 2024 at 11:16 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you ar ..read more

Oracle has released VirtualBox 7.1. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done an install on a Windows 11 PC and it worked fine. Working with Vagrant? The current version of Vagrant is 2.4.1, which doesn’t support VirtualBox 7.1. You can make it work by doing the following. Edit the “meta.rb” file, … The post Oracle VirtualBox 7.1 first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Oracle VirtualBox 7.1 was first posted on September 12, 2024 at 6:12 pm. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your fe ..read more

This is a summary of some of the points covered in Juan Loaiza’s keynote at Oracle CloudWorld 2024, with links to relevant posts to help you get started using them. AI Application Development The first section of the presentation discussed generative data and application development. These are some of the subjects he touched on. These … The post Generative Data Dev and App Dev first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Generative Data Dev and App Dev was first posted on September 12, 2024 at 1:54 pm. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you ar ..read more

Oracle now have the main players lined up as far as their multicloud aspirations go. Here are the announcements for the main players. The original Azure interconnect announcement was in 2019 (here), but the expansion of their partnership is probably a bigger deal. Choice is good From my perspective this is cool because it gives … The post Oracle Multicloud – AWS, Azure, GCP first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Oracle Multicloud – AWS, Azure, GCP was first posted on September 11, 2024 at 11:20 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you ..read more

It’s been an odd few months on the content creation front. When Oracle Database 23c/23ai Free was released I was no longer under NDA for the shipped functionality, and I pushed out a glut of version 23 content here. Since then I’ve been waiting for the full on-prem release so I can publish the remaining … The post Getting inspiration from daily use (or not) first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Getting inspiration from daily use (or not) was first posted on September 1, 2024 at 9:11 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not rea ..read more

If you can’t make it to Oracle CloudWorld 2024 in Las Vegas, you can keep on top of thing by registering for Oracle CloudWorld 2024 On Air. I’m a stay at home cat dad these days, so I just registered for “On Air” here. It comes at the great price of $0. In previous years … The post Oracle CloudWorld 2024 (On Air) first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Oracle CloudWorld 2024 (On Air) was first posted on August 27, 2024 at 11:40 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is gu ..read more

I’ve mentioned this before in posts such as Automation Patterns for Typical DBA Tasks, but I think it’s worth mentioning again. A software repository, or library, is really important. Why? We should always keep hold of multiple versions of the software we are using. At the very least this should contain all current versions (and … The post Software repositories are really important! first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Software repositories are really important! was first posted on August 8, 2024 at 11:01 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use ..read more

There have been a couple of posts about the latest release of Oracle Database 23ai Free. First I saw Gerald Venzl with this post, talking about the latest version of the Docker image. Oracle Database 23.5 Free now available on gvenzl/oracle-free Next was Jeff Smith with his post about the VirtualBox image. Oracle Database 23ai … The post Oracle Database 23ai Free (23.5) first appeared on The ORACLE-BASE Blog. Oracle Database 23ai Free (23.5) was first posted on August 6, 2024 at 8:36 am. ©2012 "The ORACLE-BASE Blog". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not read ..read more