Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Oracle Connection to Docker Container Failed on Ubuntu 24.04

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What Was the Problem? After upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04, connections to an Oracle database in a Docker container failed.  These connections we...
Friday, October 4, 2024

UPDATED: Unloading/Loading NLS (National Language Support) Data in Oracle

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What is the problem? Every Oracle database has 2 different character sets for "string" data types.  These character sets are defin...
Monday, September 23, 2024

SQL*Plus Stopped Working in Ubuntu 24 (Noble Numbat)

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After the upgrade to Ubuntu 24 (Noble Numbat), Oracle's SQL*Plus stopped working and started throwing this error: sqlplus: error while l...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Native PL/SQL Application to Capture Source Code and Configuration Data

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I recently completed development and testing on the open source project ODBCapture . ODBCapture is a native PL/SQL application that can be u...
Monday, August 19, 2024

GitHub Pages Jekyll Theme Google Analytics Update

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 Let's breakdown that title: GitHub Pages - a website hosting feature in GitHub Jekyll Theme - a static si...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Oracle Cloud Autonomous Database File Not Found for TLS Connection

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The Attempt: I created an Autonomous Database on Oracle Cloud.  I used TLS (protocol=tcps) to successfully connect from a Windows SQL*...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Git Clone GLIBCXX_3.4.29 Not Found on Xubuntu

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The Attempt: This was my first attempt to clone a Github repository on Xubuntu (XFCE Desktop) using VSCode. I did not have this prob...