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Friday, June 28, 2019

Oracle 19c Certified for Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.2.0 and 12.2.1.3.0

Since a few days Oracle updated the Certified Matrix for the Oracle Fusion Middleware Products concerning certified Oracle Databases. Now Oracle 19c (19.3+) is certified with Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.2.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. For example Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 / 12.2.1.2.0 can use an Oracle 19c Database as target database for AppData, Repository Creation Utility (RCU) and WLS Features. The same applies to Oracle Forms & Repors...

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Offline Updating WebLogic Images using Oracle WebLogic Image Tool

This is next article about the Oracle WebLogic Image Tool https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-image-tool, in which I will show you, how to update an existing Oracle WebLogic Server Image in an offline environment (no access to the internet). The previous articles can be found under: Oracle WebLogic Image Tool https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/06/oracle-weblogic-image-tool.html Updating WebLogic Images using Oracle WebLogic Image Tool https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/06/updating-weblogic-images-using-oracle.html Let's say you have a...

Monday, June 24, 2019

Updating WebLogic Images using Oracle WebLogic Image Tool

On 21st June 2019 I was showing in a blog post the Oracle WebLogic Image Tool and how to create Oracle WebLogic Images on Docker with the Oracle WebLogic Image Tool https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/06/oracle-weblogic-image-tool.html Today, I will show how to update an existing Oracle WebLogic Image on Docker with the Oracle WebLogic Image Tool https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-image-tool Let's assume, I have one Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1.3.0 Docker Image named oracle/wls_serverjre:1.0 and I want to apply the Patch 29637821...

Friday, June 21, 2019

Oracle WebLogic Image Tool

As I am currently working mainly with Oracle Products on Docker (Oracle Databases, Oracle JDK's and Oracle WebLogic Servers) I had a quick look on the Oracle WebLogic Image Tool https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-image-tool This utility provided by Oracle is creating for you Docker Images of Oracle WebLogic Servers, downloads Patches directly from My Oracle Support and applying these patches into your Docker Image. What you will need to do, at first get the Oracle WebLogic Image Tool from GitHub, and build the project with Maven, take note...

Thursday, June 20, 2019

No more ALTER USER RENAME under Oracle 19c

Some times ago, I have published a blog series about the undocumented feature "ALTER USER RENAME": Part 1: ALTER USER RENAME - A half official option: https://dirknachbar.blogspot.ch/2016/03/alter-user-rename-half-official-option.html Part 2: ALTER USER RENAME - Part 2: https://dirknachbar.blogspot.ch/2016/03/alter-user-rename-part-2.html Part 3: ALTER USER RENAME - Part 3: https://dirknachbar.blogspot.ch/2016/03/alter-user-rename-part-3.html Oracle 18c - ALTER USER RENAME: https://dirknachbar.blogspot.ch/2018/03/oracle-18c-alter-user-rename.html Now...

Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio Code

Since yesterday Oracle published the Visual Studio Code Extension "Oracle Developer Tools for VS Code" https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/appdev/dotnet/odtvscodequickstart.html I am normally not a Microsoft guy, but I have to admit that the Visual Studio Code from Microsoft is really cool, even on my Ubuntu Laptop. In order to setup the Oracle Developer Tools for VS Code on Ubuntu you will need to complete following pre-requirements: Install...

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Oracle Database 19c for Windows and Linux on System z available

Since this weekend the latest Oracle Database 19c (19.3) are also available for Windows (64-bit) and Linux on System z. The Installation sources can be found under https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html The Windows (64-bit) version can be found under the following link under Oracle Technology Network https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/oracle19c-windows-5539283.html The...