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Niall Mc Phillips
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♠︎ Oracle ACE Director. Symposium 42. PL/SQL. ORDS. APEX. Data Models. REST APIs. Search. Text. Int'l Organisations. Energy. Ex-Skydiver... 🪂
Today is #JoelKallmanDay, in memory of Joel Kallman, who inspired the entire #orclAPEX community.

As a tribute to Joel, I've written a blog post showing how to create a Google XML Sitemap using Oracle APEX.

blog.longacre.ch/2025/10/crea...

@oracleace.bsky.social @sym42.bsky.social
Creating a Google XML Sitemap using Oracle APEX. #JoelKallmanDay
Dynamically generate a Google XML Sitemap from an Oracle APEX application using PL/SQL and SQL/XML, ensuring your site is fully indexed by Google.
blog.longacre.ch
October 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
En route for the #HrOUG2025 Croatian Oracle User Group conference. First a stop in Ankaran, Slovenia.

See you all in Rovinj on Tuesday.
October 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I've just finished writing my blog post for #JoelKallmanDay.

@oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase
Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement

oracle-base.com/blog/2025/09...

#JoelKallmanDay

@oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Niall Mc Phillips
Get ready for #HROUG2025! 🎉
From October 15–18, HROUG unites the Oracle community for a conference full of learning, networking, and innovation.

This year, top Oracle ACEs will attend, offering a special chance to learn from leading experts.

🔗 2025.hroug.hr/eng/

#OracleACE
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'll be speaking at the 30th edition of the fantastic HrOUG conference in Rovinj, Croatia! 15th-18th October.

A great conference that attracts speakers and participants from all over the world.

2025.hroug.hr/eng/

#HrOUG2025 #HrOUG30
@oracleace.bsky.social @sym42.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Presentations hyper-intéressants à APEX Day Paris aujourd’hui. Merci a tous les présentateurs/trices!

#orclAPEX
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Mercredi 24, direction APEX Day Paris. J’ai hâte de découvrir ce que l’équipe #OrclAPEX va dévoiler comme nouveautés!

Ayant, par le passé, organisé les premiers Meetups #OrclAPEX francophones en Europe, je suis doublement ravi d’y assister.

eventreg.oracle.com/profile/web/...
Oracle APEX Day in Paris
Explorez les fonctionnalités avancées d’Oracle APEX et découvrez comment intégrer l’intelligence artificielle à vos données d’entreprise en toute simplicité, pour accélérer et simplifier le développem...
eventreg.oracle.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Excited to share that I'll be speaking at the DOUG - Danish Oracle User Group as part of the APEX Nordic Tour 2025 Fall Edition on 25th November in Copenhagen. Looking forward to meeting fellow APEX enthusiasts!

Join me at the event: www.doug.dk/apex-nordic-...

#orclAPEX #DOUG #APEXNordic2025
APEX Nordic Tour 2025 Fall Edition - Copenhagen | Danish Oracle User Group
Due to popular demand (again 😄) we have worked with our OUG colleagues in the Nordics to have a Fall Edition of the APEX Nordic Tour, where a group of renow ...
www.doug.dk
September 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposted by Niall Mc Phillips
🌎 #LAOUC Community Tour 2025 arrives in Buenos Aires on August 20!
Join leading Oracle ACEs for thought-provoking sessions on AI and Oracle.

Register: www.laouc.org/laouc-2025-a...
#OracleACE
August 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A recent blog post about the order of execution of processes in Oracle APEX: How Application and Page Processes really execute at the same process point.

blog.longacre.ch/2025/08/orac...

@oracleace.bsky.social #orclapex
August 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I've just published a blog post about a tool I've made to help with seeding and publishing APEX application translations.

#orclapex @oracleace.bsky.social

blog.longacre.ch/2025/08/usin...
Using PL/SQL to Seed and Publish Oracle APEX application translations
For multilingual applications, it can become a little tiresome to constantly have to reseed and republish your application while testing ...
blog.longacre.ch
August 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Nice reflection on my screen today.
August 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Want to update all your ollama models at once on MacOs?
Here's a one-liner for you:

ollama list | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo "🔄 Updating {}"; ollama pull "{}"; echo'

#ollama #macos
August 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
First developed in 1958, ALGOL is now 67 years old and is happily retired in Alsace.
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Quantum for Good - how quantum technologies can make a difference, ensuring everyone can be ready to benefit from the 2nd quantum revolution.

Another interesting presentation at the ITU’s UN Global Summit “AI for Good”.

#QuantumForGood #AIforGood
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Meredith Whittaker, CEO of Signal, warns us of the security risks inherent in agentic AI at ITU’s UN AI for Good summit.
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is the data upon which the AIs are trained fundamentally skewed and flawed to the disadvantage of developing countries.

An interesting presentation by Abeba Birhane at the UN’s AI for Good summit.
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO talks about the importance of open data, specifically mapping data, for effective AI.
#AIforGood
July 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Got my ID. Now I'm looking forward to taking part in the ITU's UN Global Summit "AI for Good" 2025. It looks like there are quite a few interesting talks in the programme.

aiforgood.itu.int

#AIforGood #ITUaiSummit
@sym42.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Niall Mc Phillips
🎉 The 2025/2026 Oracle ACE Program members have just been announced! Join us in celebrating the incredible contributors, experts, and community leaders making a difference in the Oracle world.
Check out the full list and let’s congratulate the new ACEs! 👉 blogs.oracle.com/ace/post/int...

#OracleACE
June 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Continuing my Oracle ACE journey as an Oracle ACE Director this year. Many thanks to the community, to #Oracle and, of course, to the great Oracle ACE team @oracleace.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Reposted by Niall Mc Phillips
@niallmcp.bsky.social at #AOUG25 highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of different search techniques we can use when building PL/SQL, APEX, and other Oracle applications

@oracleace.bsky.social @sym42.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Oracle ACE Director @mirelarooug.bsky.social is showing us how to quickly build data models and generate test data at #AOUG25

@oracleace.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
After a great 1st day at #AOUG25 in Vienna, I got to eat a true Austrian schnitzel - delicious!

I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Tuesday) about 4 different search techniques in #Oracle #23ai - 1 old one and 3 new ones, using #orclapex to demo each one.

@oracleace.bsky.social
www.aoug.at/Event/546
June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM