Martin Bach
@martindba.bsky.social
Product Manager @ Oracle. Ex @Enkitec. Technology enthusiast. Author, blogger, speaking at user groups. Former Ace Director, OCM. I work for Oracle but do not speak for them
… and thanks a lot for having us!
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
… and thanks a lot for having us!
Lots of very valuable advice in that post. My favourite: use AL32UTF8. Please. It’s 2025 and all databases really should use it. I have seen too many cases where a single byte character set bit you after initial deployment (we do not use Unicode is not the right approach)
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Lots of very valuable advice in that post. My favourite: use AL32UTF8. Please. It’s 2025 and all databases really should use it. I have seen too many cases where a single byte character set bit you after initial deployment (we do not use Unicode is not the right approach)
At least in Java/JDBC it’s the same, eg no extra round trip.
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
At least in Java/JDBC it’s the same, eg no extra round trip.