Relaxing a bit after yet another exciting visit to Germany for the annual DOAG conference. The conference always delivers. Many great speakers and many interesting session. If you have yet to arrive, you should try it out. Even if you don’t speak German, there are so many English sessions. Don’t hesitate to visit next year.

This year was slightly different, as all my sessions were with either Mike or Roy. I really enjoy presenting with other people. It brings extra energy into the session, and I’m sure the audience also feels it. When you also have a completely full room – even with a standing crowd also – that serves as additional motivation.

The Slides

Move to Oracle Database 23c – CDB-architecture migration on auto-pilot

The slides contain essential information for everyone who will work on upgrades to Oracle Database 23c and adopting the multitenant architecture.

Data Pump Best Practices, Secrets and Real World Scenarios

The slides give an overview of some new features and tips and tricks for troubleshooting in Data Pump. Finally, it describes how LOBs work in the database, why Data Pump might not deliver the expected performance – and what you can do about it.

Help! My Database Is Still on 8i!

What do product managers do when they find an empty slot at a conference? Of course, they quickly throw in another presentation. Which is what happened this year. We took the audience a walk down memory lane to the database of the previous millennium.

Thanks

Thanks to the organizers in DOAG. Again, the conference was a huge success. I enjoy coming here. This is a great conference. If you can’t go to Oracle CloudWorld this is a perfect second option.

Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions – especially those with all the good questions.

See you next year!

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