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Patch Set Bundle 7 for Oracle APEX 24.1 was released on the 9th December. 😀

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SYM42 are currently watching a SYM42-internal webinar by @franckpachot.bsky.social on PostgreSQL & Yugabyte.

It would be interesting to know if our followers would like this (and similar) webinars to be held publicly also.

Of course, some things said privately to the group would be missing 😁

He does bang on about this...

Mike Hitchwa just demoed the new version 2 of #oracle LiveSQL which is really cool Chrck it out at livesql.oracle.com

screen shot of SYM42 bluesky profile showing 15 followers

Screen shot of Twitter SYM42 profile showing 210 followers.

It’s about a month since the tectonic shift of Oracle community activity from Twitter to Bluesky occurred.
In just a month SYM42 account followers have gone from 25-ish to 215, Twitter followers have dropped from about 230 to 210.
To us it feels so much busier & friendlier on Bluesky too.
Thoughts?

Hope you can join us tomorrow to help decide how to build our database schema

Hat Tip to all those community players - and also to the family/friends who support those close to them doing this stuff.
Sometimes we choose to do things that are maybe less in the best interest of those closest to us and more for the community.
And they let us!
So Hat Tip to them. Thank you!!!

It was really good to see Oren again (and everyone else). So many bad things going on in the world, especially at the moment, so coming together to share friendship and knowledge is more important than ever.

Miranda looking into the camera. Blurred in the background: Patrick, screen

Miranda looking forward to NULL - and receiving lots of cute dog pictures and interesting examples by @jolliffe.bsky.social

#SYM42 #ukougdiscover24

The first session I attended at #ukougdiscover24 was a session of @nakdimon.bsky.social - and the last one is from @nakdimon.bsky.social again 😊

Cool New Features in Oracle 23ai (that I will definitely use) with @oraclebase.bsky.social
#ukougdiscover24

Our feed on Twitter is very quiet now, even with #UKOUG2024 underway. Here in the sky it's maybe 8-10 times busier. Further, most of what's on there is duplicated here.
Add in the friendlier feel, huge reduction in bots & accounts simply following hundred or thousands of random people, much better.

Deep diving with @danischnider.bsky.social at #ukougdiscover24

A few #SYM42 people & friends enjoying a beer after a day of learning & sharing at #UKOUG2034
@sym42.bsky.social

on my way to speak at the #ukoug #oracle conference in Birmingham today, just got on the train in York #oracleace #sym_42

Oracle Database at Google Cloud with @acolvin.bsky.social #ukougdiscover24

It's the one he sent us, we know there are a couple of others people took, so maybe they could be added as comments!

SYM42 gang at
#UKOUG2024
with new member Nigel Bayliss (is he on BS yet?).
Photo taken by other new member
@go-faster.co.uk
(David Kurtz)

Group picture of SYM42 fraction

#SYM42 spontaneous assembly

@sym42.bsky.social

He's a push-over

Important for those at #UKOUG2024 today - Chris Saxon and Alastair Newson are swapping session times

And so #UKOUG2024 kicks off with the traditional "Tech Sunday".
Some of us remember when it was Oaktable Sunday!

And good response in the thread by Niels on how helping the organisers helps get a better conferences (and maybe your paper accepted!)

Interesting suggestion for submitting papers where more than one language is used

Hang on - everyone there is #SYM42!!!

This is the last day to submit for

MulticloudWorld 2025.

CfP ends TODAY!
So head to https://www.aioug.org/call-for-papers now and submit.

@aioug

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Presenters are coming into Birmingham for the annual UK Oracle conference. End of year tradition!

Presenters are coming into Birmingham for the annual UK Oracle conference. End of year tradition!