Momentum builds when useful resources meet real-world use cases. In this April edition of Monthly Product Pulse, we’re bringing together practical developer-focused updates across Oracle AI Database and Autonomous AI Database, SQL and Ask TOM learning resources, Select AI and in-database machine learning innovations, along with MySQL community news and upcoming events.

Oracle AI Database: SQL, Data Modeling, and Practical Patterns

This month’s SQL and Ask TOM resources focus on modern query capabilities and data modeling fundamentals—useful whether you’re refining query logic or revisiting normalization principles.

SQL blog post

Ask TOM Live recording

  • What will fourth normal form fix in your database?
    A practical deep dive into fourth normal form and when it matters in real-world schema design.

Community update

  • Assertions bounty winners
    See the winners of the assertions bounty and how the community is engaging with emerging SQL features.

Select AI, Agents, and Machine Learning: What’s New

April brings a strong wave of innovation across Select AI, in-database machine learning, and developer productivity.

Select AI and agentic workflows

New AI-powered developer experiences

OML and embedded execution updates

Developer Learning and Events (save the dates)

  • Agent Memory: Building Memory-Aware Agents (DeepLearning.AI)

Learn how to design AI agents that store, retrieve, and refine knowledge across sessions. Register here

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  • Oracle Database Security Tiger Team Training (Virtual)

A three-day live training with Oracle product management and development teams, including live Q&A and direct expert interaction.

Series 1 (Americas & EMEA): April 21–23, 2026 | Series 2 (JAPAC): April 28–30, 2026

Register via Ask TOM

 ADB-D Features 

Infrastructure & Admin Updates

  • Storage Scaling & Maintenance Visibility: Get much clearer insights into your ASM rebalance progress for Exadata VM Clusters while scaling storage. Plus, you can now use the DB_NOTIFICATIONS view to track maintenance status notifications! View Maintenance Status Notifications
  • DBMS_DCAT Package Support: You can now easily connect your database to OCI Data Catalog to sync assets, create external tables, and seamlessly query object stores. DBMS_DCAT Package
  • AWS Backup Destination: When running Oracle Database@AWS, you can now directly choose Autonomous Recovery Service as your recommended ACD backup destination. Create an Autonomous Container Database

Select AI & Generative AI Features

  • Text Summarization: Generate text summaries natively directly from a prompt or URI! Generate a Summary with Select AI
  • In-Database Translation: Seamlessly translate text across multiple languages using SQL or PL/SQL, powered by your AI provider. Translate Text with Select AI
  • Smarter SQL Query Generation: Select AI now automatically feeds table comments, annotations, and foreign/referential key constraints into the LLM metadata to generate incredibly accurate queries and JOIN conditions. Improve SQL Generation with Constraints and Comments
  • LLM Feedback Loop: You can now provide feedback on NL2SQL results directly via the SQL command line or PL/SQL to help boost query accuracy! Provide Feedback to Improve LLMs
  • Custom Conversations: Keep your contexts cleanly separated! You can now create, update, and manage different conversational threads without crossing topics. Use and Customize Conversations
  • Natural Language for Property Graphs: You can now graph structures and query SQL property graphs using natural language instead of manually writing complex GRAPH_TABLE operators. Select AI for Property Graphs
  • Select AI Agent Framework: We have a brand-new autonomous agent framework! You can now build agentic workflows where teams of agents reason, act, and collaborate using GenAI right inside the database. DBMS_CLOUD_AI_AGENT Package Reference

MySQL Updates: Events, Webinars, and Community

Where to meet the MySQL team (Events)

Live webinars

  • Troubleshooting Common MySQL Issues: Ask the Experts Live! — April 14, 2026. Register here
  • MySQL Community Public Discussion (3rd edition) — April 21, 2026. Save the date
  • Q&A with MySQL Experts — May 12, 2026. Register here

MySQL community blog posts (April reading list)

A practical guide to Oracle Database high availability with Python

Use the python-oracledb driver to keep Python applications running during planned maintenance and unexpected database outages. Read more.

Whether you’re refining SQL with new filtering capabilities, exploring agentic workflows with Select AI, building ML solutions directly in the database, or engaging with the MySQL community, April’s Product Pulse is designed to help you turn updates into action—fast.

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