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Sql Konferenz 2023 in Hanau, Germany

Introduction It was a very great pleasure to participate to the Sql Server konferenz 2023 in Hanau, Germany, the 12 and 13 September 2023. I went with my colleague Petar, of the same Microsoft Sql Server team by dbi services,(…)

ODA X10: the new Oracle Database Appliances are already there

Introduction ODA X8-2 series was sold for 3 years, and I would have expected X9-2 series to be on the market for 2-3 years, but I was wrong. ODA X10 series has just been announced. Maybe Oracle has a different(…)

Declaring environments in GitLab

Why do I need to declare environments in GitLab ? To track deployed versions on each environment To control deployment on environments (e.g. add an approval to deploy production) Add environment-related variables An environment can be linked to a pipeline(…)

Managing transaction priority in Oracle 23c

Introduction Out of the 300 features encapsulated in the new Oracle 23c database, I’ve chosen to write during the Oracle CloudWord a brief blog post about a feature that particularly caught my attention: Automatic Transaction Rollback. Starting from version 23c,(…)

Things you can, but probably shouldn’t do in PostgreSQL: Tables in tables, types in types, and arrays on top

PostgreSQL comes with a lot of flexibility for defining new data types, defining tables and defining arrays over data types. You can make that as complex as you want, which does not mean that you should do it. Somehow you(…)

Larry Ellison – Oracle’s Vision for the future

Generative AI changes everything Larry Ellison kicked off his keynote by delving into Artificial Intelligence, particularly focusing on ChatGPT. The phrase is sure to become famous “About a year ago OpenAI demonstrated ChatGPT 3.5 and much to the shock of(…)

SQL Konferenz 2023 in Hanau – Meet Tame, the data monster

After 2 years, or even 3 years? The organizers could not agree, the SQL Conference took place again in Hanau. 73 speakers have taught us in over 80 sessions with their experience as well as knowledge new. There were incredibly(…)

Adapt Zabbix to Your Needs

Zabbix comes with an long list of smart and customizable templates (more than 270). In this blog post, I will explain how to customize these templates and adapt them to your environment’s needs. Macro The first level of customization is(…)

Ansible automates roadshow 2023

I attended this tour from Red Hat to promote automation at Ansible automates roadshow with my colleague Arnaud Berbier. You’ll find his review of the journey here) in Geneva. It was the third date from their tour. In case(…)

Oracle to the rescue of MGM with SQL Firewall?

Introduction It is true that it’s a somewhat daring title, and it’s unlikely that SQL firewall has changed anything about the attack that several casinos in Las Vegas suffered last week. However, the opportunity was too good to pass(…)