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New Blog post : opatch rollback fails – .patch_storage directory is missing dincosman.com/2026/04/04/pat… #Oracle #database #patching #rollback

@pilatesdev Sorry for you layla. I hope better chances are waiting for you 🙏

Today, I was impacted by Oracle's layoffs. It’s a strange feeling, but I’m incredibly proud of what I was able to build over the past 4 years, from intern to full-time and through my work in the developer community, and grateful for the experience, mentors, and teammates along the way.

New Blog Post: ORA-00600: internal error while Gathering Fixed Object Stats dincosman.com/2026/03/29/ora… via @insanedba #Oracle #Database #AcesinAction #ORA600 #OracleGatherStats #srvctl

@afrikafutbolu1 Survivor Yasin’e dönmüş 😄

RONALDO KARDEŞ DEVEDEN BÜYÜK FİL VAR! Karim Benzema, Al Hilal'de!

New Blog Post : Unable to Parse the Content of exa_map Error on ExaCC Grid RU Precheck dincosman.com/2026/01/31/par… via @insanedba #Oracle #Exacc #GridReleaseUpdate #Patching

Cloning Oracle RAC Database Home to Single Instance and vice versa dincosman.com/2025/12/14/clo… #Oracle #Database #DatabaseCloning #DatabaseHomes

Backing up to a fake tape (SBT) in Oracle RMAN and using sbttest tool dincosman.com/2025/11/09/bac… via @insanedba #Oracle #RMAN #Database #BackupAndRecovery

Ping Checks Life, tnsping Checks Purpose #JoelKallmanDay dincosman.com/2025/10/15/pin… via @insanedba

@LefterisStath You are welcome. Hope it helps.

I found it very useful for DBAs. It is excellent! Thank you @InsaneDBA dincosman.com/2025/02/23/ora…

@thatjeffsmith Things change.

After 13 years, we have a new top post on my blog sheriff ... Importing from Excel to Oracle no longer even in the top 10!

@rodrigojorgedba I am sure, it will rock 🎸 💪🏿

It's going to be intense (and slightly unpredictable). See you at #POUG2025 🍻 if you dare! 😎

@GeraldVenzl Thank you.

@InsaneDBA For virtual columns, yes. For identity columns, they are stored on insert

Did you know that in #Oracle #Database 23ai, you can now #materialize columns in your tables, just like Star Trek, but cooler. 👉 #materialized-columns" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">geraldonit.com/whats-new-for-…

@sir_agnostic Sağolun 🙏

@InsaneDBA Tebrikler Osman Bey.

My article "When Bind Variables Backfire" is published in ORAWORLD Issue 35 (July 2025), pages 53–58! 🔥 I explore surprising real-world issues around bind variables in Oracle Database. Read it here 👉 oraworld.org/fileadmin/docu… #Oracle #ORAWORLD #SQL #DBA #Database

@petefinnigan Thank you Pete 🙏

great article by Osman (@InsaneDBA)...

Is it possible to deploy an Oracle Autonomous Database on your laptop with a management interface like OCI? Yes. Here it is. dincosman.com/2025/06/18/dep… #Oracle #AutonomousDatabase #OracleATP #Docker #OracleDeveloper #DevOps #OracleCloud #DatabaseActions #ORDS #SQLcl #DB

Oracle Database Patching with AutoUpgrade in Offline Environments DBAs may forget some post-patching tasks, but it seems that AutoUpgrade does not. dincosman.com/2025/06/14/aut… #Oracle #DatabasePatch

New Blog Post: Downloading Oracle Patches with AutoUpgrade on Windows Behind a Proxy Say goodbye to the browser, after reading this post, you'll download Oracle patches the smarter way. dincosman.com/2025/06/04/dow… #Oracle #AutoUpgrade

New Blog Post: How Oracle Changes Your SQL: Uncovering Hidden Query Transformations Query transformations and translations are some kind of magic. 👉 Read the full post here: dincosman.com/2025/05/24/hid… #Oracle #Database #SQL