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Oracle Autonomous Database Select AI

Imagine querying your Oracle database as easily as asking a question in plain English. Oracle ...

Diverse data professionals collaborating over a holographic database diagram, analyzing materialized view structures and query optimization strategies.

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Materialized views (revised.. but only a little!)

Struggling with query rewrites or massive temp sorts when building Materialized Views in ...

Data engineers balancing NOLOGGING performance with NOARCHIVELOG safety in a data warehouse environment.

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Getting To The Bottom Of NOLOGGING, NOARCHIVELOG and Standby Databases

Are you setting up a data warehouse and ...

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Analytics

Bitmap Indexes Redux

Everyone knows bitmap indexes save space, but persistent myths about update performance and ...

A diverse team of developers visualizing the integration of a custom Oracle APEX plug-in into an application framework.

Analytics

Oracle APEX - Creating a Dynamic Action Plug-in

Hitting a wall with standard Oracle APEX components? Don't settle for messy, one-off code fixes—discover how to ...

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DatabaseJournal Article on DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT

Securing sensitive data in Oracle doesn't have to require a decoder ring, despite the ...

Developers configuring Oracle APEX Social Sign-in using Google OAuth2 authentication.

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Oracle APEX - Social Login

Gone are the days when implementing Social Sign-in for Oracle APEX required mountains of custom code. Today, ...

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Oracle APEX - Escape Vulnerabilities

Your beautifully designed Oracle APEX application might be hiding a dangerous secret: ...

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Experiments with Elastic’s Graph Tool

Stop guessing how your data points interact and start

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Linux cluster sysadmin -- Parallel command execution with PDSH

Managing a cluster of Linux machines shouldn't feel like herding cats, especially when you ...

Tech professionals analyzing cloud infrastructure and database hosting options in a modern server environment.

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Oracle APEX - Hosting and Licensing

Oracle APEX is a powerful no-cost feature of the Oracle Database, but deploying it effectively ...

Diverse team of tech professionals analyzing a streamlined Oracle powered RAG data architecture model.

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Oracle Powered RAG - Revisiting our Chatbot

Why juggle multiple APIs and siloed databases when you can power your AI entirely within

A diverse team of data professionals collaborating on code and data analysis using a digital workbench interface, representing the Cloudera Data Science Workbench.

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Overview of the New Cloudera Data Science Workbench

Data teams often struggle with siloed environments and complex configurations that slow down ...

Diverse technology professionals analyzing generative AI models and text data on a futuristic digital interface representing Oracle Generative AI Services.

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Oracle Generative AI Services

Ready to harness the power of Large Language Models

Analytics

Oracle Analytics AI Assistant: An Exploration

Ready to chat with your data? The highly anticipated Oracle Analytics AI Assistant has finally ...

A diverse team of data scientists using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to build, train, and deploy machine learning models in a modern office.

Analytics

Introduction to Oracle Data Science Service

Ready to take your machine learning models from a static notebook to a fully deployed production environment? We are ...

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Oracle AutoML UI at a glance

You don't need a data science degree to unlock ...

Diverse team of data scientists and engineers working on deploying machine learning models in a modern office environment.

Analytics

Productionizing Machine Learning Models

Developing a machine learning model is only half the battle;

Analytics

Optimizing Oracle Analytics AI Assistant: Bring the Intelligence to Life

While the Oracle Analytics AI Assistant generates plenty of buzz, it doesn't always deliver ...

Tech professionals analyzing data chunk sizes for RAG pipeline optimization in a futuristic office setting.

Generative AI

Tip Tuesday | Choosing a Chunk Size for RAG

Optimizing your Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline starts with one crucial decision:

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Analytics

Breaking the Assumptions of Linear Regression

Linear regression is a machine learning ...

IT professionals monitoring OBIEE system performance on Windows using Perfmon metrics and data visualizations on computer screens.

Analytics

Using Perfmon.exe to Monitor OBIEE on Windows

Running Oracle BI Standard Edition One or hosting your OBIEE platform on Windows? You don't need expensive ...

: A professional data analyst encountering a software crash error on their laptop screen while working in a modern office environment.

Analytics

Tip Tuesday | What To Do When Analytics Publisher Desktop in Office 365 Will Not Enable

Is your Oracle Analytics Publisher Desktop plugin crashing Word or Excel after a recent Office 365 update?

Diverse technology professionals analyzing data using a holographic faceted search interface representing Oracle Endeca capabilities.

Analytics

Oracle Endeca Week : So Just What Is Endeca?

Visualizing complex relationships shouldn't require a Ph.D. in data science or hours of manual labor. With Python's ...

Data professionals collaborating on a holographic database schema model to visualize degenerate dimensions and business intelligence structures.

Analytics

Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.4.1 – Modeling Degenerate dimensions – Fact attributes

Degenerate dimensions are a staple of data warehousing, yet they often break conforming dimension joins in Oracle BI ...

Diverse group of IT professionals monitoring a complex database software installation and code execution on a computer monitor.

Analytics

Installing the Analytic Workspace Manager

Dealing with the intricacies of legacy Oracle patches and Analytic Workspace Manager installations can feel like ...

Diverse tech professionals analyzing XML code and reporting templates for business intelligence data.

Analytics

Wrapping Up on XML Publisher

Stop guessing how XML Publisher Desktop translates to a live production environment. We break down the anatomy of ...

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Analytics

XML Publisher 5.6.2 Available for Download

Ready to streamline your reporting workflow? The production release of XML Publisher 5.6.2 has arrived, featuring a ...

Diverse tech team analyzing advanced business intelligence dashboards and data models.

Analytics

Exploring the New OBIEE 10.1.3.4 Samples Sales Application & Data

Tired of basic dashboards that don't deliver deep insights? Dive into the

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Analytics

Metadata Modeling in the Database with Analytic Views

Stop wrestling with complex joins and confusing aggregation rules just to extract basic business insights. Oracle ...

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Oracle Autonomous Database Select AI

Materialized views (revised.. but only a little!)

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