ORDS 26.1.2 is now available; some security bugs on this one. Our download page has a new 18-month "trailing" Change-log; displaying currently supported ORDS versions. www.oracle.com/database/sql... And on the way: demo of deploying ORDS w/ OCI Database API Gateway Configuration Service. Stay tuned.

A follow-up to this post, a new companion video: youtu.be/AcF1CP6P9z0?... Not meant to replace, but rather complement the article. Lessons learned working with Vectors as well as general ORDS wisdom. Like this sort of content? Let me know. We can do other videos on our database tools too.

An intro to the ORDS /vectorSearch and /vecdb/embed REST APIs

YouTube video by Chris Hoina

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ORDS 26.1 dropped 2 weeks ago. 26.1 has a TON of VECTOR-focused ORDS APIs; like the new /vectorSearch endpoint. Check out this article where I discuss a common use case and how I've solved for it with ORDS and VECTOR search. blogs.oracle.com/database/pai... #AI #LLMs #oracleREST #vectorsearch #api

ORDS 26.1 dropped 2 weeks ago. 26.1 has a TON of VECTOR-focused ORDS APIs; like the new /vectorSearch endpoint. Check out this article where I discuss a common use case and how I've solved for it with ORDS and VECTOR search. blogs.oracle.com/database/pai... #AI #LLMs #oracleREST #vectorsearch #api

ORDS 26.1.0 is out, available for download (rolling out in ADB now): www.oracle.com/database/sql... In the meantime, take a look at the release notes here: www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o... #vector #vectorsearch #huggingface #ords #rest #ONNX #apidevelopment #LLMs #LLM

onversation starter: Hypothetically, you want to load test your ORDS (/ords/) endpoints or APEX (/r/) app; in this case the Brookstrut APEX app. It's almost like the easy part is the test itself.

Curious about MCP Servers? Well, now is a great time to learn. We've just updated our SQLcl MCP Server LiveLab, yet again. The setup labs are even more streamlined and we've added some helpful steps for macOS AND PC users too. Try it out or share with others: livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/...

New update to our SQLcl MCP Server Intro Lab: updated prompts for your AI Agents and we cut down on the lab's overall word count. Learn more here: livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/... #ai #oracle #26ai #cline #sqldeveloper #oracledatabase

A reminder that k6 is still out there, and people are using it for their ORDS APIs too. Nice write-up: btimmerman.hashnode.dev/load-testing... At one point Grafana Labs had a .har -> k6 scenario script (.js) convertor browser extension. Making it much easier to create test scenarios. #api #testing

ICYMI, ORDS 25.4 is available for download and being updated across the Autonomous fleet. Link: www.oracle.com/database/sql... We've updated our image in the Oracle Container Registry, made doc improvements, and added fixes too. Release Notes: www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o... #newrelease #ords #apis

Want to just read/follow along? Check out these three companion blogs: blogs.oracle.com/database/pro... blogs.oracle.com/database/bui... blogs.oracle.com/database/pro... Video series is up next. See in real time how AI Agent + the SQLcl MCP Server and prompts work for the Oracle database.

I keep reviewing this SQLcl MCP Server LiveLab as new Tools are added and as LLM models mature. Today, the prompts in the LL are (see GIF). Review the lab and test the prompts with your favorite LLM API provider before I change them up again! livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/... #LLMs #AI #MCP #SQLcl

I keep reviewing this SQLcl MCP Server LiveLab as new Tools are added and as LLM models mature. Today, the prompts in the LL are (see GIF). Review the lab and test the prompts with your favorite LLM API provider before I change them up again! livelabs.oracle.com/ords/r/dbpm/... #LLMs #AI #MCP #SQLcl

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AI agents can help you build schemas and create test data @chrishoina.bsky.social shares an example prompt to store data about cars, trucks, motorcycles and their manufacturers Then shows you how to use it with SQLcl MCP Server and Cline to make the tables

While you are at it, might as well try out our new LiveLab too :) livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbp...

Jeff Smith@thatjeffsmith.com · 9mo ago

video is now avail :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiO5...

Friday Announcement: ORDS 25.3 is now available for download (with ORDS in ADB dropping soon). Download the latest here: www.oracle.com/database/sql... Check out Sessionless Transactions. We'll have an upcoming demo provided by our TxEventQ team, so stay tuned for that. Links in the reply.

Since having placed some more focus on the ORDS image we've been getting lots of great feedback. Here is one example, Martin had some really great observations/thoughts on how we could improve the developer's debugging experience when working with our ORDS container. Thanks @martindba.bsky.social 😃

Martin Bach@martindba.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚀 New DEBUG=TRUE flag makes ORDS container debugging way easier! 🐳 No more hacks—see exactly what’s happening during startup in ORDS 25.2.3. 💡 Here’s how it works (with live example): 👉 martincarstenbach.com/2025/09/10/n... #ORDS #DevOps #Oracle #containers

Quoting oneself: cool or cringe? "Eventually...we'll all need to become "prompt engineers." And as you'll see [there], you actually have to know what you are doing to be able to ask the right questions and to challenge an LLM's assumptions." followthecoffee.com/from-one-api... #apis #LLM #ords

Coming to you live from 35000ft, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. An ORDS and GraphQL tutorial: using Maven to build the polyglot and js dependencies for GraalVM 21: followthecoffee.com/ords-and-gra... #graalvm #oracle #database #maven #jdk #ords #oraclerest

ORDS 25.2 is now available for download! Download directly from www.oracle.com/database/tec... And review the Release Notes too www.oracle.com/tools/ords/o... I'm following up with a blog with some examples, so stay tuned! #newrelease #productupdate #ords #oracledatabase #newordswhodis #plsql #rest

I have a poll going for showing how to perform a legacy ORDS install/migration. I can set up a podman 23ai container with a legacy ORDS install and show you how to migrate to the latest ORDS version. Please read the details and vote. Would this be helpful? www.linkedin.com/posts/chrish...

We keep seeing these legacy ORDS installs/migrations popping up more… | Chris Hoina

We keep seeing these legacy ORDS installs/migrations popping up more frequently. I can set up a podman 23ai container with a legacy ORDS install and show you how to migrate to the latest ORDS version....

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This united-codes site is really pretty, I am excited to see it grow :)

Philipp Hartenfeller@hartenfeller.dev · last yr.

I was using the ords-developer and now migrated to the normal images. That worked out smooth. I also see a lot of things with Mac's and podman. I documented all the issues I cam across and how to fix them here: www.united-codes.com/products/uc-...

FYI to all, the ORDS team just published a new patch, 25.1.1. Now available for download here: www.oracle.com/database/sql... Two small bug fixes, and an update to our Jetty library. Happy Friday 😍 #oraclerest #oracledatabase #restapi #apidevelopment #jdk17 #jdk21 #graalvm #newupdate #bugfix

New Oracle blogs are live! With a two-part tutorial showing you how to create custom claims in your Identity Domain, include them in a JSON Web Token, and use it to access ORDS OAuth2.0 protected resources. Part One is here: blogs.oracle.com/database/pos... #wednesday #oracle #restapis #oraclerest

Sneak peek of an upcoming blog post. A super simple single page web app, exploring using JSON Web tokens with ORDS protected resources. This time using Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC). 😁😎

The ORDS team has a brand-spanking new customer reference. Note only did Sphere just launch their new site, but they JUST presented at CloudWorld Miami too, check out the press release here: www.oracle.com/news/announc... If you are interested in attending as a speaker, drop me a DM, let's chat.

ORDS 25.1 is now available for download: www.oracle.com/database/sql... And of course, you can check out the release highlights too: followthecoffee.com/ords-25-1-re... Give it a spin 😍 #newrelease #ords #oracledatabase #oraclerest #productupdate

I shouldn’t be this excited about flame-graphs. But I am. What does that say about me? I’m getting some rad retro vibes with this color palette 😍

Jeff Smith@thatjeffsmith.com · last yr.

The latest update for our Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code (25.1) is now available. Tons of new features and bug fixes included. www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2025... Next scheduled update will be June and 25.2.

Oh, Rockauto.com is another of this “dated” feeling websites, but it feels super fast, and no nonsense! I will take a 2000’s-era looking site over a newer slow-ass “responsive” site any day.

Anybody who is doing front-end development would really appreciate this video youtu.be/-Ln-8QM8KhQ?... I like the idea of doing more server-side rendering too. I might have to dip my toes into the MLE/JS stuff.

Anybody who is doing front-end development would really appreciate this video youtu.be/-Ln-8QM8KhQ?... I like the idea of doing more server-side rendering too. I might have to dip my toes into the MLE/JS stuff.

How is this Website so fast!?

YouTube video by Wes Bos

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Another quick heuristic for investigating connectivity, latency, and response times. Also, a good opportunity to learn more about ORDS and cURL 😍 Two options: 1: followthecoffee.com/troubleshoot... 2: chrishoina.medium.com/troubleshoot... #wednesday #learning #oraclerest #apis #troubleshooting

Troubleshooting: reviewing ORDS connections, your application server, and response times

Symptom/Issue

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Just a quick ORDS + JWTs PSA. This applies to Oracle's Identity and Access Management provided JWTs. Maybe you've experienced this "error=invalid_token" error too? Here is how to resolve it: followthecoffee.com/401-unauthor... #troubleshooting #oracle #restapis #oraclerest #apidevelopment #jwts