Golden oldie time: here's one that came to my attention thanks to a recent question on MOSC. Can you find the statement that triggered a "too many parse errors" report to the alert log: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/12c… Something's changed by 23.4, though.

Something happened in year 774 that was so powerful we can measure the radioactivity in old tree rings. Best guess is a solar flare, 10 times more powerful than the Carrington Event in 1859 that zapped telegraph wires. Worth considering the effect of the next one. Details:

Food labelling is so dishonest oracle-base.com/blog/2025/02/2…

Jonathan Lewis The issue has been fixed with Patch 36791812: FDA DDLs Are Offline, Leading to Unusable FDA Indexes.

When Oracle Database Release Updates Attack oracle-base.com/blog/2025/03/1…

"Just the facts, ma'am" wjtv.com/business/press…

I've just spent a silly amount of time updating the catalogue pages on my blog with references to the last 27 (!) items I've published: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/cat…

The database can now directly track all of the SQL statements you ran in a session, and keep a plethora of metadata and execution statistics about them as well! youtu.be/V5m4OTELby4

Stew Ashton Franck Pachot Gwen (Chen) Shapira Connor loves SQL , 🍸and ☕️ If your developers are talking about the database as «the Persistence Layer», you are in trouble 🥸

"If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy." Miss Tick (The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett)

Calling out delusional developers... connor-mcdonald.com/2025/04/03/spa…

In case anyone in the US wonders why Australians live approximately 7 years longer on average than Americans… 🤷‍♂️ 🇦🇺 #TrumpTariffs

The old mathematical ones are the best. Maybe jokes are like mathematics. You either get them or you don't. But if you need a clue for Vishal's joke, this might help: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residue_t…

I'll be speaking at #POUG2025 (Sept 5th/6th). poug2025.konfeo.com/en/groups The abstract for my session is the sole entry under the "Public Appearances" page on my blog: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/public-appea...

Christoph Lutz Martin Berger 🇺🇦 Stefan Koehler Jonathan Lewis The days of running oradebug without restriction are numbered! jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/dis…

I've just come across a blog note I wrote a few years ago about unexpected (and unreliable) results from v$undostat when it reports the "maxquerylen / id"; it's probably worth knowing about it: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/max…

More than 3 months to #POUG2025 and we have 30 tickets left. Do you really want to miss over 40 tech sessions (no marketing! no sales pitches!) & opportunity to meet #Oracle stars like Connor loves SQL , 🍸and ☕️ Jonathan Lewis or Kerry Osborne ? Buy now or cry later: poug.org/edycja/poug-20…

Daniel Lemire I think the more practical question (for now) is if a senior dev would end up producing junior level code when using AI agents? (... having distractions and deadlines, etc...)

Two months since the last blog note, I hope it's worth the wait: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/pag…

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq