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Connor McDonald

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Perth, AustraliaJoined April 2022

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CMConnor McDonaldconnormcdonald.hashnode.devDec 6, 2022 · 4 min read

Faster operations with CLOBs

Somewhere around version 9 (maybe before, maybe later…all so long ago 😀) the distinction between CLOB and VARCHAR2 became less defined. This was a good thing because the typical operations you would do with a VARCHAR2, for example, SUBSTR, REPLACE, ...

CMConnor McDonaldconnormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 30, 2022 · 4 min read

The cost of DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE

I had an inquiry about the performance of DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE today from a customer. Whilst the utility (as the name suggests) is designed to break up a large task into smaller chunks and then run those in parallel, the customer asked what was the ...

CMConnor McDonaldconnormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 23, 2022 · 5 min read

Google-like search for your entire application

I published a video today showing how to use a Text index to pick up search terms from multiple tables to allow a “Google-like” search across your entire application or even your entire database. The video walks through a lot of background on how Tex...

CMConnor McDonaldconnormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 11, 2022 · 3 min read

I did not write this blog post

In fact…no-one wrote this blog post! Here’s a little bit of fun for you. I was doing my normal doom scrolling through Twitter and came across an advertisement that claimed an AI engine could write my blog posts for me! So I went to the site, typed in...

CMConnor McDonaldconnormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 9, 2022 · 6 min read

From stateful to stateless PL/SQL

I’ve done a lot of talks mainly around the tremendous performance benefits you can get just by employing a little bit of PL/SQL in the core parts of your applications. This advice has been valid for as long as PL/SQL has existed. And PL/SQL has been ...

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Faster operations with CLOBs

The cost of DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE

Google-like search for your entire application

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From stateful to stateless PL/SQL

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Connor McDonald

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Connor McDonald's blogs

Recently published

Faster operations with CLOBs

The cost of DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTE

Google-like search for your entire application

I did not write this blog post

From stateful to stateless PL/SQL