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 Duration 14 hours

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1. Overview: Innovations in Oracle Database 23ai

  • Release summary, strategic positioning, and the developer-focused roadmap.
  • A comprehensive look at AI Vector Search, JSON/relational duality, and asynchronous driver capabilities.
  • Analyzing how 23ai transforms standard developer workflows and application design patterns.

2. Practical Setup: Environment and Tooling (Lab)

  • Installation and configuration of Oracle Database 23ai Free for laboratory use.
  • Setup of JDK, IDEs, and client drivers (including JDBC and R2DBC where relevant).
  • Establishing initial connections, executing basic queries, and scaffolding a sample project.

3. JSON Relational Duality and Advanced Data Types (Lab)

  • Utilizing the enhanced JSON data type and JSON collections within application logic.
  • Exploring duality patterns: determining when to prioritize relational versus JSON approaches.
  • Practical examples of storing, querying, and updating JSON objects from Java/Quarkus applications.

4. AI Vector Search and Developer Applications (Lab)

  • Fundamentals of AI Vector Search, including vector data types and index creation.
  • Constructing a semantic search prototype covering embedding generation, storage, and similarity queries.
  • Conceptual integration of Vector Search with application code and libraries (e.g., LangChain/LlamaIndex).

5. Asynchronous Programming, Pipelining, and Performance Optimization

  • Understanding driver-level pipelining and asynchronous request patterns for JDBC, R2DBC, and other interfaces.
  • Client-side implementations (reactive streams, Java virtual threads) and their impact on server performance.
  • Practical lab: executing pipelined calls and benchmarking throughput enhancements.

6. SQL/PLSQL Advances and Security Mechanisms

  • New SQL/PLSQL language features for developers (e.g., schema annotations, direct joins in updates, Boolean type support).
  • Introduction to SQL Firewall and its role in strengthening runtime SQL security.
  • Practical exercise: Refactoring a procedure to utilize new language features and testing SQL Firewall behavior in a controlled environment.

7. Testing, Debugging, and Deployment Strategies (Lab)

  • Unit testing database logic, generating representative test datasets, and monitoring behavior with new features.
  • Packaging and deploying developer applications utilizing 23ai features to test environments.
  • Best practices checklist: performance tuning, compatibility checks, and steps towards production readiness.

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Requirements

  • A solid grasp of SQL syntax and fundamental relational database principles
  • Practical experience in application development using Java or comparable languages
  • Basic familiarity with PL/SQL or server-side scripting paradigms

Target Audience

  • Application developers working with Java, Quarkus, or similar frameworks
  • Database developers and PL/SQL specialists
  • DevOps engineers managing developer toolchains and continuous integration environments

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