Stew Ashton
@stewashton.bsky.social
Retired IT architect, Oracle developer. If you follow me and we don't seem to have any common interests, I may block you. Sorry, old Twitter reflex...
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Truly a very high-VALUE post!
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Truly a very high-VALUE post!
Reposted by Stew Ashton
Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement
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#JoelKallmanDay
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#JoelKallmanDay
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September 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Joel Kallman Day 2025 : Announcement
oracle-base.com/blog/2025/09...
#JoelKallmanDay
@oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase
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#JoelKallmanDay
@oracleace @OracleAPEX #orclapex @OracleDatabase
Reposted by Stew Ashton
Many in the US think that people are the problem, not the guns. But they’re OK with giving the problem easy access to guns… 🤦♂️ #GunControlNow #USA #USALogic
August 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Many in the US think that people are the problem, not the guns. But they’re OK with giving the problem easy access to guns… 🤦♂️ #GunControlNow #USA #USALogic
Sessionless transactions, or why the #smartdb refusal to allow clients to COMMIT was nonsense.
Sessionless Transactions = Simpler code, higher throughput, and true cloud agility. Experience the future of database transactions with Oracle 23ai! #OracleDatabase #SessionlessTransactions #CloudNative #Microservices #DatabaseInnovation
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May 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Sessionless transactions, or why the #smartdb refusal to allow clients to COMMIT was nonsense.
Reposted by Stew Ashton
Memento homo,
quia pulvis es,
et in pulverem reverteris.
quia pulvis es,
et in pulverem reverteris.
March 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Memento homo,
quia pulvis es,
et in pulverem reverteris.
quia pulvis es,
et in pulverem reverteris.
Folks, my latest post on stewashton.wordpress.com was unnecessary, the previous post called "SQL table macros 14: parameterized views" is back as my preferred solution. Sorry for any confusion...
An Oracle Programmer
SQL and PL/SQL techniques and solutions
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March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Folks, my latest post on stewashton.wordpress.com was unnecessary, the previous post called "SQL table macros 14: parameterized views" is back as my preferred solution. Sorry for any confusion...
Only 1456 days until the next presidential inauguration...
January 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Only 1456 days until the next presidential inauguration...
Greenland is a part of Denmark, which is a founding member of NATO. If the USA uses military force to annex Greenland, that means one NATO member attacks another. Can Denmark invoke Article 5? Ask your favorite AI...
January 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Greenland is a part of Denmark, which is a founding member of NATO. If the USA uses military force to annex Greenland, that means one NATO member attacks another. Can Denmark invoke Article 5? Ask your favorite AI...
Finding the difference between two dates or timestamps is hard, and not just for me... This time I may have a decent answer.
Calculating datetime differences
Finding the difference between two dates or timestamps is hard! I am not fully satisfied with any of the solutions I have already proposed (or read), but I think this time I may have a decent answer. Requirements I think most people who ask this question: want the difference between two datetime ( date or timestamp) values, expressed in years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds;
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January 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Finding the difference between two dates or timestamps is hard, and not just for me... This time I may have a decent answer.
Happy New Year to all the blue butterflies from a newby. May we not have to wander further in the social wasteland this year 🙏🏻
January 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Happy New Year to all the blue butterflies from a newby. May we not have to wander further in the social wasteland this year 🙏🏻
The ex-X #oracle community seems to be mass migrating here. Is anyone trying to get the Threads folks to come here as well? I'm thinking of John Snyders for example...
November 22, 2024 at 9:59 AM
The ex-X #oracle community seems to be mass migrating here. Is anyone trying to get the Threads folks to come here as well? I'm thinking of John Snyders for example...