Oracle 26ai, ORDS, and APEX 26.1 on Your Laptop with Podman — a Complete Local Development StackMay 21, 2026·5 min read
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Load Testing ORDS Endpoints Using K6Introduction Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) has become essential for exposing Oracle database functionality through RESTful APIs. Whether you're building microservices or APEX applications ORDS endpoints often form critical components of your infra...Dec 13, 2025·6 min read
Uploading to OCI Object Storage with APEXUploading documents to OCI Object Storage can be quite challenging when using PL/SQL due to its complexity and the need for precise coding. However, with the right approach, you can simplify this process significantly. In this guide, I will provide a...Oct 2, 2025·5 min read
How to Create a Progress Bar for Long Processes in Oracle APEXWith the introduction of the "run in background" option within a process execution chain, we have significantly enhanced the efficiency and user experience of our application. This feature allows us to initiate long-running processes without keeping ...May 9, 2025·4 min read
Classic report custom row actionsThe Interactive Grid offers an actions menu column type, but what if you want to implement an actions menu in a classic report? The builder doesn't provide a default option for this. However, by using some out-of-the-box components and a bit of JavaS...Apr 21, 2025·3 min read
Oracle 23ai vector search for RAG applicationsIn the previous article (here) I mentioned the use of similarity search between vectors to compare user input with stored embeddings. But what are vectors, embeddings and similarity search? I hope to give you an answer in this article. Vectors With t...Mar 31, 2025·6 min read
Easy Instructions for Developing a RAG ApplicationAs a proof of concept, I developed an application designed to showcase the potential of integrating chatbot technology with document analysis. In this application, the end-user has the ability to interact with a chatbot by asking various questions. T...Feb 28, 2025·5 min read
