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Database Application Developer Newsletter
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January 2019

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News
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bullet ODPI-C 3.1 supports multi-property tags allowing efficient session configuration in connection pools.
bullet Node-oracledb 3.1 top features: Connection tagging; New-connection callback; Explicit session drop; Multi-binary install; Deferred Oracle Client library initialization.
Articles
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bullet Explore transforming relational data to JSON in Oracle Database - a blog series by Dan McGhan.
bullet Secure your ORDS service! A rapid-fire blog and video by Blaine Carter, Developer Advocate, shows you how it’s done.
bullet What Autonomous Database Does for Developers
Videos
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bullet What Are Not Null Constraints? An interactive video quiz discussing the ins and outs of using not null constraints to make columns mandatory.
bullet What Are Foriegn Keys? An interactive video quiz showing you how you can use foreign keys enforce parent-child relationships between your tables.
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