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Why attend PGConf.EU? My feedback from Valencia

This week I was in Valencia for the PGConf.EU 2026, the biggest PostgreSQL conference in Europe. Something surprised me right at the start. During the welcome session on the first day, the organizers asked who was attending for(…)

Oracle Reports 14.1.2 REP-50125 – A Hidden REPORTS_JVM_OPTIONS Requirement

How bytecode analysis exposed an ORB initialization defect during an Oracle Fusion Middleware upgrade!(…)

Oracle WebLogic Configuration Wizard Freezes on Linux

During an Oracle Fusion Middleware 14.1.2 upgrade, I encountered an issue while reconfiguring an existing Oracle ADF domain. The WebLogic Configuration Wizard launched successfully through SSH X11 forwarding, but the graphical interface became unresponsive during the reconfiguration.

PGConf.EU 2026 – Day 1

Welcome to Valencia! This year, the European PostgreSQL conference, PGConf.EU, takes place at the Palacio de Congresos in Valencia, Spain. I am lucky to be able to attend it with some colleagues from dbi services. Let’s see what’s going(…)

SQL Server 2025: is optimized locking really working? Ask the Extended Events

How to check what SQL Server 2025 optimized locking really does with Extended Events: escalations, LAQ attempts and restarts.

How to detect a suspended GoldenGate extract

While testing EVENTACTIONS (SUSPEND) on an extract, I noticed that nothing in INFO tells you the process is suspended. The extract shows as RUNNING, the lag might look fine for a while, and yet it has stopped capturing. You(…)

Oracle FMW Upgrade – ADF Failed (INVALID_WLS_COMPONENT_SCHEMA_OWNER)

During the preparation of an Oracle Fusion Middleware upgrade from 12.2.1.4 to 14.1.2, the Upgrade Assistant readiness check flagged the WebLogic schema in an ADF domain. The error identified during the investigation was INVALID_WLS_COMPONENT_SCHEMA_OWNER.

OCI-managed MCP Server: Troubleshooting ORA-12170 errors with Private Endpoint connectivity

We recently worked on a customer proof of concept (PoC) involving Oracle databases hosted in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) within private VCN subnets. The goal was to evaluate OCI-managed MCP servers and determine whether extending their available toolsets(…)

Import order matters for GoldenGate instantiation filtering

When migrating a large database with GoldenGate, most of the volume is sometimes in old partitions which no longer change. A common shortcut is to move them first with expdp/impdp, even before GoldenGate is set up. Everything else, the(…)

SQL Server: Disabling FileTable/FileStream on an AlwaysOn high-availability instance

Contexte A customer recently asked me to disable FileTable/FileStream on their instance because the databases no longer use it, and to ensure that this is indeed the case.The aim is to migrate to a new architecture without FileTable/FileStream in(…)