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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 7h

23 things to do at AI World

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 7h

23 things to do at AI World

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 14h

This is your chance to shape what products we build, how we build them, and what features they should have ... Take the Oracle DB Developer Survey 2025 and share your insights:

customersurveys.oracle.com/ords/surveys...

customersurveys.oracle.com

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 15h

What's the old saying:

"Most AI is just sed, awk and grep" :-)

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 20h

Previously on the blog. Cool stuff with partition elimination. https://connor-mcdonald.com/2018/03/12/cool-stuff-with-partition-elimination/

Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 1d

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 1d

When your "Zero Slides" session requires you to have a QR code for the post-event survey 😂 #SQL #FTW

bit.ly/aiworld23ai

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 1d

Woo hoo! Fresh update! Just in time for @OracleAIWorld ❤️‍🔥

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 1d

Retro blog post. Not using binds .. banging an obsolete drum?. https://connor-mcdonald.com/2016/01/20/not-using-binds-banging-an-obsolete-drum

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 2d

Who wouldda thought ? :-)

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 2d

Blog greatest hits :-) . Implementing dynamic partitions AND subpartitions. https://connor-mcdonald.com/2022/04/22/implementing-dynamic-partitions-and-subpartitions/

Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 3d

Today's video is a SQL tip!
Are you seeing the ORA-00918 error at random times? Here is the likely cause, and just like in most cases, it all comes back to same reason as always :-)
youtu.be/VErx5k-H4J8

Why you are getting "ORA-00918: column ambiguously defined"

YouTube video by SQL and Database explained!

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 3d

A little known about SQL feature... being able to "bring along extra columns" when you aggregate.

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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 3d

From the vault. Connection shortcuts with a wallet. https://connor-mcdonald.com/2015/09/21/connection-shortcuts-with-a-wallet

Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 4d

"If you come to my session at AI World...that will be the end of it" :-)

bit.ly/aiworld23ai

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Reposted by Connor McDonald on Database and SQL

Connor McDonald on Database and SQL @connormcd.bsky.social · 10d

Not many companies make their senior executives available for an AMA. I got to attend a similar session in Singapore - great insight into Oracle from both a tech and business level. Put this one on your AI World calendar

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