Faster operations with CLOBsSomewhere 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, ...4 min read·connormcdonald.hashnode.devDec 6, 2022
The cost of DBMS_PARALLEL_EXECUTEI 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 ...4 min read·connormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 30, 2022
Google-like search for your entire applicationI 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...5 min read·connormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 23, 2022
I did not write this blog postIn 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...3 min read·connormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 11, 2022
From stateful to stateless PL/SQLI’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 ...6 min read·connormcdonald.hashnode.devNov 9, 2022
