Jeff Smith
@thatjeffsmith.com
A product manager for Oracle Database, specializing in database developer productivity. Blogs @ https://www.thatjeffsmith.com
🌟 SQL
⭕ Oracle
📊 Databases
🏋️♂️ Weights, poorly
🥃 Bourbon
🕸️ REST API
🙊 Product Manager
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🌟 SQL
⭕ Oracle
📊 Databases
🏋️♂️ Weights, poorly
🥃 Bourbon
🕸️ REST API
🙊 Product Manager
🤘 80's hair metal fan
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Jeff Smith
@thatjeffsmith.com
· Nov 15
💡 Tip: Working with lots of different databases and don't want to accidentally drop a table in your PROD Oracle system?
PS if you've never done this, you've probably not been in IT for very long #riteOfpassage
Use emojis in your connection names 🔴 🟡 🟢
Tip 2: STAY OUT OF PRODUCTION :)
PS if you've never done this, you've probably not been in IT for very long #riteOfpassage
Use emojis in your connection names 🔴 🟡 🟢
Tip 2: STAY OUT OF PRODUCTION :)
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Temporarily Closed – mr & mrs thatjeffsmith are on holiday
Temporarily Closed – mr & mrs thatjeffsmith are on holiday
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Temporarily Closed – mr & mrs thatjeffsmith are on holiday
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November 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Temporarily Closed – mr & mrs thatjeffsmith are on holiday
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Deploy updates to multiple Oracle Databases, concurrently
Deploy updates to multiple Oracle Databases, concurrently
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Deploy updates to multiple Oracle Databases, concurrently
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Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Deploy updates to multiple Oracle Databases, concurrently
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Quick Tip: copying from SQLDev/VS Code to your spreadsheet
Quick Tip: copying from SQLDev/VS Code to your spreadsheet
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Quick Tip: copying from SQLDev/VS Code to your spreadsheet
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November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Quick Tip: copying from SQLDev/VS Code to your spreadsheet
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 24.4.1 available with Excel & Access imports
Oracle SQLcl 24.4.1 available with Excel & Access imports
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 24.4.1 available with Excel & Access imports
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November 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 24.4.1 available with Excel & Access imports
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code 24.4 available
Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code 24.4 available
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code 24.4 available
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November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code 24.4 available
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... PL/SQL debugger now available in SQL Developer for VS Code
PL/SQL debugger now available in SQL Developer for VS Code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... PL/SQL debugger now available in SQL Developer for VS Code
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November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... PL/SQL debugger now available in SQL Developer for VS Code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... How to cancel a long running Oracle SQL query in VS Code
How to cancel a long running Oracle SQL query in VS Code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... How to cancel a long running Oracle SQL query in VS Code
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November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... How to cancel a long running Oracle SQL query in VS Code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 23.3 is now Available for download
Oracle SQLcl 23.3 is now Available for download
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 23.3 is now Available for download
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November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 23.3 is now Available for download
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLDev VS Code Formatter & Task Management
Oracle SQLDev VS Code Formatter & Task Management
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLDev VS Code Formatter & Task Management
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November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Why is my VS Code Extension (SQL Developer) not working?
Why is my VS Code Extension (SQL Developer) not working?
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Why is my VS Code Extension (SQL Developer) not working?
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November 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Why is my VS Code Extension (SQL Developer) not working?
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... SQLcl Projects: Automating Oracle Database app deployments
SQLcl Projects: Automating Oracle Database app deployments
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... SQLcl Projects: Automating Oracle Database app deployments
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... SQLcl Projects: Automating Oracle Database app deployments
It's me... at Kubecon talking about Oracle AI Database and AI Schema Enrichment plus MCP
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What’s new in #Oracle #AI #Database Tools?
YouTube video by Oracle Developers
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November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's me... at Kubecon talking about Oracle AI Database and AI Schema Enrichment plus MCP
www.youtube.com/shorts/TLm6_...
www.youtube.com/shorts/TLm6_...
know it's been hard to keep up on things around here, so I've put together this resource article for getting started with AI and your @OracleDatabase
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Zero to Hero: a 5 minute primer on bringing AI to your Oracle Database
It's so hard to keep up with technology these days. Folks are releasing new products, frameworks, and acronyms every day.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
know it's been hard to keep up on things around here, so I've put together this resource article for getting started with AI and your @OracleDatabase
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Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Using SQLcl in SQL Developer for VS Code for MCP with Cline
Using SQLcl in SQL Developer for VS Code for MCP with Cline
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Using SQLcl in SQL Developer for VS Code for MCP with Cline
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November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Using SQLcl in SQL Developer for VS Code for MCP with Cline
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Using SQL Developer for VS Code to build Duality Views
Using SQL Developer for VS Code to build Duality Views
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Using SQL Developer for VS Code to build Duality Views
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November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Using SQL Developer for VS Code to build Duality Views
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Introducing SQL Developer Web to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Introducing SQL Developer Web to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Introducing SQL Developer Web to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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November 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Introducing SQL Developer Web to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Having fun with SQLDev connection names 🚨🚰🌤️
Having fun with SQLDev connection names 🚨🚰🌤️
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Having fun with SQLDev connection names 🚨🚰🌤️
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Having fun with SQLDev connection names 🚨🚰🌤️
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Adding Custom Snippets in VS Code for SQL Developer
Adding Custom Snippets in VS Code for SQL Developer
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Adding Custom Snippets in VS Code for SQL Developer
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Adding Custom Snippets in VS Code for SQL Developer
Actually this is fresh, hot off the press content.
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
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November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Actually this is fresh, hot off the press content.
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... AI Schema Enrichment + a new MCP Tool = Simpler Prompts
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... How to Import connections from SQL Developer to VS Code
How to Import connections from SQL Developer to VS Code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... How to Import connections from SQL Developer to VS Code
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... How to Import connections from SQL Developer to VS Code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Asking AI to generate test data, more is better
Asking AI to generate test data, more is better
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Asking AI to generate test data, more is better
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November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Asking AI to generate test data, more is better
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Example: Loading Chicago Crime Data (CSV) with SQLcl
Example: Loading Chicago Crime Data (CSV) with SQLcl
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Example: Loading Chicago Crime Data (CSV) with SQLcl
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Example: Loading Chicago Crime Data (CSV) with SQLcl
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Logging in our VS Code Extension, the code behind the code
Logging in our VS Code Extension, the code behind the code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Logging in our VS Code Extension, the code behind the code
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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Logging in our VS Code Extension, the code behind the code
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle VirtualBox 23ai FREE Database Appliance updated: 23.6
Oracle VirtualBox 23ai FREE Database Appliance updated: 23.6
Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle VirtualBox 23ai FREE Database Appliance updated: 23.6
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Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle VirtualBox 23ai FREE Database Appliance updated: 23.6