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Oracle Database 23.9 implements the non-positional INSERT statement. In my social media posts, I called out that Oracle Database is the first and only database to support this functionality, and by that, I mean not only the SET clause but the entirety of that feature set. There is a lot that can be done now, and this blog post provides the backstory of how this feature came about, what it does, and when you should use it.