Fuad Arshad
fuadar.bsky.social
Fuad Arshad
@fuadar.bsky.social
Oracle Database guy - Work at Oracle helping protect and backup databases. Ask me about Zero Data Loss autonomous recovery service (ZRCV)
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Exciting news for #Oracle #Python devs! python-oracledb 3.0 is here with support for #DataFrames (Pandas, NumPy, PyTorch), #AQ in thin mode and #sparse vectors. Plus, #pipelining is now production-ready! Perfect for #AI and #ML apps!

cjones-oracle.medium.com/python-oracl...
python-oracledb 3.0 Fetches Directly to Data Frames
Python-oracledb 3.0 is a big release, well worthy of a major version jump. It has a focus on connection management, but two other marquee…
cjones-oracle.medium.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#Oracle #Database 23.6 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free
Oracle Database 23.6 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free
Oracle Database 23.6 Free multi-platform images are now available on container registries docker.io/gvenzl/oracle-free and ghcr.io/gvenzl/oracle-free.
geraldonit.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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Please join me for our first Oracle ACE Virtual conference on Dec. 11th! ♠️

With sessions from our amazing ACE speakers on:
🔥 Gen AI
🏆 Java
💥 Oracle Database@Azure
🎉 JSON Relational Duality
✨ Fusion Apps
⚡ OCI

Register for this FREE event here: apex.oracle.com/go/oracleace...
December 4, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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"[...]" #SQL popularity with employers is a natural extension of today’s emphasis on networked and cloud-based system architectures, where #databases become the natural repository for all the bytes a program’s logic is chewing on."

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November 1, 2024 at 5:38 PM
November 2, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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I totally missed the configuration option to enable Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) at database creation time for Oracle Database 23ai Free. As easy as flicking a switch. Interested? I wrote a small blog post:
martincarstenbach.com/2024/05/24/s...
Simplified TDE configuration in Oracle Database 23ai Free
The newly published Database 23ai RPM provide a new configuration option named CONFIGURE_TDE. Setting it to true creates a new database with TDE enabled in united mode.
martincarstenbach.com
May 24, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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finally ready to announce that my git zine, “How Git Works", is coming out in ONE WEEK! on May 31!
it also comes with this (free!) cheat sheet which you can download and print out here: wizardzines.com/git-cheat-sh...
May 24, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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Second-to-last instalment of a mini-series how to generate sample data for Oracle. You can benefit from QuickSQL even if you don't have access to APEX martincarstenbach.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/u... Generate data models with ease, including sample data using In-Database JavaScript powered by GraalVM
December 20, 2023 at 11:41 AM
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Oracle REST Data Services with more than 300 bug fixes and improvements, is now available.

Quick write-up here -
Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) v23.4 is now available
Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) version 23.4 is now available for download. This is a maintenance release with more than 300 bug fixes included!
www.thatjeffsmith.com
December 21, 2023 at 1:39 PM
I love my team. Every day i see awesome people doing awesome stuff for our customers in the backend
November 6, 2023 at 2:04 AM
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📝✨Agenda announcement! ✨📝

We're happy to announce the agenda for the first-ever Database Circle Conference in Zurich! 💬

Have a look at the fantastic speaker line-up, and get your ticket today! 🎫

swissouc.ch/events/dcc20...
#SwissOUC #DCC2024 @oracleace
Agenda - Swiss Oracle User Community - SwissOUC
The agenda of the Database Circle Conference 2024, hosted in the Oracle office at The Circle in Zurich on 30-31 January 2024.
swissouc.ch
November 1, 2023 at 10:53 AM
ok starting my bluesky journey . let’s see if this is a better platform to connect
October 18, 2023 at 3:11 PM