Tag: ORDS

  • HELP!! parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line x, column x?! It’s not your Oracle REST API!!

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    A while back (yesterday), I penned a blog post highlighting the ORDS REST-Enabled SQL Service. And in that blog, I displayed the output of a cURL command. A cURL command I issued to an ORDS REST-Enabled SQL Service endpoint. Unfortunately, it was very messy and very unreadable. I mentioned that I would fix it later.…

  • A quick ORDS REST-Enabled SQL Service example

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    I promise this post will connect back to an overarching theme. But for now, I want to show how you can take a SQL query and use that in combination with the ORDS REST-Enabled SQL Service to request data from a database table. The SQL query Here is the SQL query I’m using: The SQL…

  • ORDS, SQLcl, APEX via YUM and DNF

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    TL;DR BREAKING NEWS!! APEX packages with ORDS and SQLcl now available in Oracle Linux YUM servers and through ULN The deets Here is what you need to know. We are releasing three new APEX (a.k.a. “The Artist formerly known as Oracle Application Express”) packages for the following repositories: NoARCH RPMs One more update! These RPMs…

  • ETags and Oracle REST APIs

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    About this post I explore ETags and how they can be used in cURL commands when interacting with Oracle REST APIs. I also discuss some of the performance benefits of using ETags. This is not exhaustive, but I hope it introduces you to ETags or reminds you of their existence! But first… LATE-BREAKING NEWS!! A…

  • User Guide: Oracle database in a Podman container, install ORDS locally, and access a SQL Worksheet on localhost

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    Summary The title says it all. I’ve run through this about ten times now. But I’ll show you how to start a Podman container (with a volume attached) and install ORDS on your local machine. And then, once installed, we’ll create and REST-enable a user so that the user can take full advantage of Oracle…

  • Oracle Database REST APIs and Apple Automator Folder Actions

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    The plan was to create an ORACLE REST endpoint and then POST a CSV file to that auto-REST enabled table (you can see how I did that here, in section two of my most recent article). But, instead of doing this manually, I wanted to automate this POST request using Apple’s Automator application… Me…two paragraphs…

  • Python and the Oracle Autonomous Database: Three Ways to Connect

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    Watch the deep dive videos: Part I Part II Part III Welcome back I finally had a break in my PM duties to share a small afternoon project [I started a few weeks ago]. I challenged myself to a brief Python coding exercise. I wanted to develop some code that allowed me to connect to…

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  • More fun with Medium story stats, JSON, Python, Pandas, and Oracle SQL Developer Web

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    That’s right; I’m back again for yet another installment of this ongoing series dedicated to working with Medium.com story stats. I first introduced this topic in a previous post. Maybe you saw it. If not, you can find it here. Recap My end goal was to gather all story stats from my Medium account and…

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  • Fun with Python GET requests, Medium stats, and the Oracle Autonomous Database

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    I feel so silly for posting this because you’ll quickly realize that I will have to leave things unfinished for now. But I was so excited that I got something to work, that I had to share! If you’ve been following along, you know you can always find me here. But I do try my best…

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  • Oracle REST APIs: A LiveLabs review

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    Recently Jeff and I were invited by the Oracle Developers and Developer Relations teams to do a walkthrough of a LiveLabs workshop, “How to Build Powerful and Secure REST APIs for Your Oracle Autonomous Database.” We spent about 90 minutes moving through selected labs in the workshop. Luckily they recorded it for us; you can…

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