It’s a Wrap – MakeIT 2024

In the last days of May, I had the absolute pleasure of attending the MakeIT 2024 conference. Once again, the conference was held in the beautiful seaside city of Portorož, Slovenia.

The conference is a joint venture with the JCON conference, so you can catch one or two sessions on Java as well. I really value learning about related technologies as well. This year I listened in on caching options in Java and the use of JDBC driver.

You should come next year. There is also a good selection of English speakers, so even for foreigners, there is a reason to travel.

The Slides

Workshop – Patching Oracle Database

This is a full workshop on patching Oracle Database. It includes a hands-on lab, so you can try it on your own.

You should flip through the slides if you want a deep dive on patching.

You can also try the hands-on lab for free.

Best Practices for Upgrade to Oracle Database 23ai

This session and the slides help you prepare for the next long-term support release of Oracle Database.

Patch Me If You Can

This session and the slides give a quick fly-over of the essentials of patching.

Oracle Data Pump – News, Internals, Tips and Tricks

I had the pleasure of talking about Oracle Data Pump and presenting some new features. If you’re curious about a faster way of creating indexes and adding constraints, you can flip through the slides.

Thanks

Thanks to the organizer of MakeIT 2024 for pulling off yet another successful conference, to the sponsors for making it all possible, and to everyone who attended my sessions or the conference in general.

Impressions

Quote of the conference

My Data Pump talk

Going to conference is hard

Low hanging clouds at the airport

It’s a Wrap – DOAG 2023 Conference + Exhibition

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!

Pictures

It’s a Wrap – UKOUG Conference ’23

I just finished my presentation at the UKOUG conference. This time, it was held at the Oracle office in Reading. Two intense days full of learning experiences.

It’s the 40th anniversary of UKOUG – that’s truly amazing. The community started when I was just a little child and still lives on today, what a change tech has undergone since then.

Congratulations to the board and the entire community on the 40th anniversary.

The Slides

Patch Me If You Can – Grid Infrastructure Edition

This is a modification of an existing talk about database patching, but mostly on Oracle Grid Infrastructure. But since Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure go hand in hand, it also has some database stuff.

You should flip through the slides if you work with Oracle Grid Infrastructure. And remember – always patch out-of-place.

Help! My Database is still on 8i!

I also had the opportunity to close the conference with my 8i talk. I really like this talk because it is a walk down memory lane. Plus, it includes demos using Oracle 8i Database. It’s cool to be old school.

For a little laugh, you can find a comparison of Oracle Database releases and mobile phones of the same age.

Thanks

Thanks to the board of UKOUG and the organizers for pulling yet another successful conference. Thanks to the sponsors making it all possible and to everyone who attended my sessions or the conference in general.

It keeps impressing me how much you can learn in such a short time. My head is full. Luckily, the weekend is coming up.

P.S. The chocolate fountain was amazing (see below)!