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The Best Way to Fetch and Insert Python DataFrames and Tensors with Oracle Database

The python-oracledb driver can query directly into DataFrames, and also insert DataFrames straight into Oracle Database. Your analytic and…

Aug 15

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Aug 15

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Open Source Python Thin Driver for Oracle Database

A new major Python cx_Oracle driver release is available and comes with a brand new name, python-oracledb. This is very exciting news.

May 25, 2022

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May 25, 2022

Using Python for Data Analysis and AI

Are you using Python for data analysis and AI? Did you know the python-oracledb driver for Oracle Database can query directly into, and…

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Using Python for Data Analysis and AI

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Python-oracledb 3.3 adds DataFrame ingestion and Sessionless Transactions

An accelerated release cycle for python-oracledb 3.3 puts key AI and application architecture enhancements in your hands

Jul 30

Python-oracledb 3.3 adds DataFrame ingestion and Sessionless Transactions

Jul 30

python-oracledb 3.2 supports Instance Principal Authentication

A quick release cycle brings new features and bug fixes to python-oracledb, the Python driver for Oracle Database.

Jun 27

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Prepared Database Queries: Bind by Position vs Bind by Name

Binding data when executing SQL statements is critical for security and scalability. Binding is a form of variable substitution that…

Jun 17

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Jun 17

A huge year of growth for python-oracledb

It’s been three years since our ground-breaking python-oracledb driver replaced the venerable cx_Oracle driver, and a year since I gave a…

Jun 2

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Going 10x faster with python-oracledb Data Frames

Oracle Database users gain significant performance and memory improvements by using python-oracledb’s new dataframe support. Here are some…

Jun 2

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SQLAlchemy supports Oracle Database 23ai VECTORs

The widely used SQLAlchemy “Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper” now supports the Oracle Database 23ai VECTOR data type…

May 16

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Simplifying Python applications by using named connection pools

Python-oracledb 3.0 allows you to name pools when they are created. You can access them later by that name instead of having to pass around…

Apr 16

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Apr 16

Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones

Oracle Database Product Manager for language drivers including Python python-oracledb, Node.js node-oracledb, PHP OCI8 and more! On Mastodon: @cjbj@phpc.social

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