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AWS Summit Zurich 2026 Edition

New AWS Summit, new day to learn new stuff and deepen my knowledge of this cloud provider. As a starter, I attended the Keynote. The various speakers explained to us the benefits of AWS for startups, how they(…)

Rename a GoldenGate Extract Without Missing Transactions

Throughout my consulting missions, I have often been asked to rename GoldenGate extracts. While this is not a difficult task, it should still be done correctly to avoid missing transactions. In this blog, I will explain how to rename(…)

The forgotten power of relationships in ECM

In many people’s minds, an Enterprise Content Management System (ECM) is just a shared folder on steroids: enhanced security, lifecycle tracking, and more efficient search capabilities. This is broadly true and can encourage user adoption by explaining what(…)

GoldenGate DB2 z/OS Upgrade Checklist

Upgrading GoldenGate when the source is DB2 for z/OS is not quite the same exercise as upgrading a GoldenGate installation for Oracle. Most of what I described in my generic blogs about planning a GoldenGate(…)

Fixing ORA-00904 on Oracle hidden columns during SSMA data migration

SSMA fails with ORA-00904 on Oracle SET UNUSED columns. Fix it with a custom select aliasing NULL, no source DDL required.

NGINX Secured Distribution Path with GoldenGate REST API

In a previous blog, I presented how to set up a distribution path between two GoldenGate deployments both secured with NGINX. The method I used there was purely through the Web UI. But GoldenGate also(…)

GoldenGate 26ai out-of-place patching with Python

I already covered out-of-place patching from the web UI, but patching tasks should be automated, and clicking through the same screens for every deployment can get repetitive. Let’s do the exact same out-of-place patch of(…)

M-Files Compliance Kit 2026 is available

Recently, I decided to conduct an initial test involving a review in one of our test environments. The aim was twofold: to explore the new features and to verify the update process. You can read about my experience and(…)

Information debt: The technical debt nobody talks about

When people hear the term “Technical debt”, they immediately understand what it means! Take shortcuts today, pay the price tomorrow. Everyone knows it: developers, architects, project managers… But there’s another kind of debt quietly accumulating inside(…)

Checking Long Running Transactions in GoldenGate

When doing complex operations with GoldenGate, checking for long running transactions is mandatory if you don’t want to miss transactions. Let’s look at two ways of retrieving such information, first with the adminclient, and then with the REST API.