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In Oracle AI Database, annotations provide a powerful way to attach metadata to database objects. Tables, columns, views, and domains are enhanced with self-describing, user-defined assets. This article introduces annotations and how you can start using them to make your data more explainable and AI-ready. Database Annotations Create a Table With Annotations Update Annotations Remove Annotations Example: Use annotations as context for AI Agents with SQLcl MCP Server…

Many of you have read my blog post from October during Oracle AI World in Las Vegas about Oracle AI Database 26ai replacing Oracle Database 23ai. But the main question remained: When is it available on-prem on non-Oracle hardware? It's December now, and Christmas is coming soon, it is time for presents. Yes, finally ... Oracle AI Database 26ai is going to be available on non-Oracle hardware…

The Oracle Database is one of the most robust and feature-rich databases available. Naturally, its documentation is vast and frequently updated. Navigating through thousands of pages to find the right information can be time-consuming, even for experienced users. And in the advent of AI, who wants to search the documentation manually for clues anyway? That's where the brand new Oracle Database Documentation MCP server…

Making the Invisible Visible

For more information on what’s new in Oracle Database 23.9, see: What’s new for Developers in Oracle Database 23.9 Oracle AI Database 23.26.0 brings some fantastic new features to developers—again! This release has quite a broad spectrum of new features, some of which are near and dear to everyday developers, such as the SQL QUALIFY clause, and some of them help venture into new(er) avenues, such as GraphQL support.

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