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Maria Colgan
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Oracle Database Product Manager with a passion for SQL, AI, and the Optimizer. Wildlife photographer and Lego builder. Views expressed are my own.

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Oracle - ⭕️
Databases - ⛁
Product Manager - 🙊
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Come join me and my fantastic set of panelists now as we answer all your AI questions
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Always best to know exactly what a view is doing before using it!
Views are a handy way to reuse common joins

But how do you check a view has the joins you want?

Get the full underlying query in Oracle Database with

dbms_utility.expand_sql_text ( 'SELECT * FROM view', output_sql_text => :clob_var )
print :clob_var

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How to determine which view is the right view to use in Oracle?
Database views are a handy tool to help obfuscate complex joins from developers and analysts. However, knowing which view to use can be tricky, especially when faced with multiple views with simila…
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June 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Juan Loaiza kicking off the Oracle Database keynote at #OCWTour NYC
May 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"part of my job as a product manager to make sure the best, most timely information is out there" ... to train the LLMs.

Thanks to @sqlmaria.com for helping me write this post :)
Using AI and expert content to explain technology
I've spent a lot of time writing blog posts for my products. One of those is Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), which according to the AI, is .
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January 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I had a blast chatting with Dave about all things #AI and #Database. If you want to hear more, join us at the DatabaseWorld in NYC, May 7th, where you can sharpen your skills and meet with Oracle DB experts, including @thatjeffsmith.com, @ashishray.bsky.social, and many more! lnkd.in/ggNs2DJJ
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April 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Join Juan Loaiza, @thatjeffsmith.com, @bhammers.bsky.social, and me in person at DatabaseWorld: Multicloud AI Edition on May 7 in New York. Learn about the latest database innovations that help you bring AI to your data across clouds. Learn more and register now at social.ora.cl/611000SOMs
April 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Join Kothanda Umamageswaran and Bob Thome on January 7 for the announcement of the newest @OracleExadata X11M system, delivering extreme performance for AI, OLTP, and analytics. Register at 👇https://www.linkedin.com/events/oracleexadata-next-generationin7280643074777563136/theater/
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Join Kothanda Umamageswaran, SVP of Exadata and Scale-Out Technologies and Bob Thome, VP of Exadata Product Management for the announcement of the newest Oracle Exadata system delivering extreme perfo...
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January 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mike Hitchwa just demoed the new version 2 of #oracle LiveSQL which is really cool Chrck it out at livesql.oracle.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:10 PM