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Connor McDonald on Database and SQL
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Hi I'm Connor McDonald!

🔥keen on tech esp. SQL/database
🔥keen on fitness
🔥keen on coffee
🔥keen on gin
🔥keen on sarcasm

I speak for me not my employer
All I need is a browser .... uh huh

....and a sh*tload of RAM :-(
January 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Boolean is finally coming! Here's how to make the leap!
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
That kinda week here in Aus
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
What's the first thing *you* are going to do?
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Heads up for long term LiveSQL users:
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Finished editing the last video of the year ...time to celebrate
December 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We had 2minutes left in last night's AskTOM Live when someone asked "Will AI take my job?". That's a BIG question, but here's my 2 minute take.
December 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Quick tip. When refreshing a materialized view and you get ORA-1031: Insufficient privileges, before you race off granting anything, first thing to do is check you didn't just simply misspell the mview name
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
and ... we're in!

Details on Jeff's blog
www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025...
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Nothing like waking up to a morning christmas present!
December 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Probably old news but a TIL for me. You can pipe your windows CLI output to "clip" to add it to the clipboard
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Get ready to party in January...
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
😂
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Nice new modern look to MOS
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
yup
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
It's not new to 26ai, but it's the first time we've described it in the docs. So if you're still thinking there's only an SGA and a PGA ... let me introduce you to the MGA
docs.oracle.com/en/database/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I ... am ... pumped....
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Can't remember what I was saying at NZOUG but ..... IT WAS THIS BIG ! 😂
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NZOUG is a wrap
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Last touches on a great trip to NZ
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You're always welcome at the next AUSOUG event
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Wrapping up NZOUG as we close down after a great day of tech
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Alphabet elevator floors is freaking me out 🤣
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Speakers all getting to know each other before the NZOUG conference
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM