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Join us in Bengaluru and Hyderabad for SANGAM 2026

Posted on July 16, 2026 by Mike.Dietrich Conference 0

Many of you may have seen the social media posts already. But just in case you were in doubt, please get your ticket asap and join us in Bengaluru and Hyderabad for SANGAM 2026 this weekend. AIOUG (All India Oracle User Group – or more modern, AI Oracle User Group) is organizing the biggest and best Oracle conference in the APAC region with world-class speakers.

Still not convinced yet?

I understand, it will be on Saturday and Sunday. Your weekend.

But guess what: It’s our weekend, too.

Don’t waste time relaxing on your sofa – join us, come by, …

How to deal with statistics when you migrate?

Have you done migration projects in the past, or do you have some upcoming projects, and you wonder how you should treat all sorts of statistics in your database? What is the better option? Keep and migrate the existing ones? Regather them right away? A partial-move approach? How to deal with statistics when you migrate? Then this is for you. Sign up to our next Virtual Classroom Seminar on Thursday, June 18 at 14:00h CEST: Statistics and Migrations – Well-Kept Secrets Revealed

How to deal with statistics when you migrate?

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What’s the topic?

Statistics and Migrations – Well-kept Secrets Revealed…

Recap AIOUG OCYatra 2025 – a trip through India

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Mike.Dietrich Autonomous Database - ADB AutoUpgrade Workshop 0

I just returned the other day from the most strenuous trips I do once a year: The AIOUG Oracle Community Yatra tour. 6 cities in 9 days. It’s a wild ride with flights and bus transfers in between, monsoon rain, heat and nasty mosquitos – but it is still one of the most exciting trips I do. So, let me recap AIOUG OCYatra 2025 – a trip through India. And explain what’s so special about it.

But at first, a huge THANK YOU to the organizers, especially to Sai and all the volunteers making this a …

OCW25 – Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Mike.Dietrich OCW OOW Workshop 0

Time flies so quickly. Soon we’ll get together again in Las Vegas for Oracle Cloud World 2025. This year, it will be in October where hopefully it’s a few degrees colder (or less hot) than in early September last year. And as in the past years, we’ll do at OCW25 – Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades.

OCW25 - Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades

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Will our pre-event training be different this year?

Of course, we won’t do the same training as we did in 2024. It will be a different training set with plenty of different exercises. …

Utrecht in Spring is beautiful – and we’ll be there on May 6

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Mike.Dietrich Workshop 0

No worries, I don’t start writing a travel blog. Or, maybe one day I will. But not for now. Daniel and I will be on the road again next week for a full day workshop in Utrecht on May 6 and in Brussels on May 7. Brussels is sold out already, the registration is closed. But in Utrecht we still have a few seats open due to the superb conference auditorium space in the Oracle office. Clearly, Utrecht in Spring is beautiful – and we’ll be there on May 6. And it is very close to Brussels in …

ADB Migration: Why does my SPA report has so many errors?

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Mike.Dietrich Autonomous Database - ADB Performance Tuning SPA - SQL Performance Analyzer 2

I’m dealing lately with several migration to Oracle Autonomous Database, mostly to ADB Serverless (called “shared” a while ago, in short: ADB-S). With one of the customers we run SQL Performance Analyzer reports with about 1500 statements. But one topic came up in this ADB Migration: Why does my SPA report has so many errors? Let’s see why that is …

ADB Migration: Why does my SPA report has so many errors?

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A little bit of background on SPA

The SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA) is one of the two pieces of Real Application Testing. This is a feature in the database I keep using …

Oracle Database 23ai is available in the cloud and as Free

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Mike.Dietrich Oracle Database 23ai 23

You may have watched the announcement of Larry Ellison together with our EVP Juan Loiza this evening. And yes, Oracle Database 23ai is available in the cloud and as Free Developer Edition as of now.

Oracle Database 23ai announcement by Larry Ellison and Juan Loiza

Click on the picture to watch the announcement

What are we announcing?

Please see the important links for more information about the recent announcements Larry Ellison and Juan Loiza made today.

Oracle Database 23ai – Overview blog post
This blog post gives you a very detailed overview on the key features, and why it is called Oracle Database 23ai. Find out more about the 300+

Oracle Database World in London – THE event in April 2023

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Mike.Dietrich Conference Workshop 7

You may have heard or seen – or even registered already – for the regional Oracle Cloud World in London on April 19, 2023 already. But were you aware that the “event to be at” happens just the next day on April 20? It will be Oracle Database World in London – THE event in April 2023.

When and where will it happen?

April 20, 2023, a Thursday will be the day to mark in your calendar. We’ll meet you at Oracle Database World, the regional database event to be at in London this year at the …

Upgrade to Oracle 19c – Virtual Classroom Series – Parts 5 and 6

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich Workshop 4

October will be a very busy month. Daniel and I are putting the slides together at the moment for the upcoming Upgrade to Oracle 19c – Virtual Classroom Series – Parts 5 and 6. We will speak about “Database Migration Techniques” and about “Move to the Cloud – For Techies Only“. No worries if you missed Parts 1-4 as you can watch all of them online on-demand. Find all links below.

Upgrade to Oracle 19c – Virtual Classroom Series - Parts 5 and 6

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Register for the Virtual Classroom Part 5 and Part 6 events

Find the overview for both events here …

Thank you, Barcelona – I’ll be back soon :)

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich Workshop 1

I stopped more or less watching Champions League football since it is available on pay TV only for over a year in Germany. But of course I saw the result yesterday: Barca lifting Dortmund into the play-off stage by beating Inter in Milano. Well, I guess, all BVB fans will have celebrated yesterday night. Still, the reason for my blog post is not football. But I’d like to say Thank you, Barcelona – I’ll be back soon 🙂

On Monday, Dec 9, 2019, I held a full day upgrade workshop in Barcelona. The Oracle ACS team did all …

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Join us in Bengaluru and Hyderabad for SANGAM 2026

Still not convinced yet?

Recap AIOUG OCYatra 2025 – a trip through India

OCW25 – Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades

Will our pre-event training be different this year?

Utrecht in Spring is beautiful – and we’ll be there on May 6

ADB Migration: Why does my SPA report has so many errors?

A little bit of background on SPA

Oracle Database World in London – THE event in April 2023

When and where will it happen?

Upgrade to Oracle 19c – Virtual Classroom Series – Parts 5 and 6

Register for the Virtual Classroom Part 5 and Part 6 events

Thank you, Barcelona – I’ll be back soon :)

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