Oracle MySQL Workbench / macOS High Sierra Bug Officially Fixed!

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This is an update for a previous post. Oracle has released version 6.3.10 of MySQL Workbench, fixing the results grid bug that only plagued users running macOS High Sierra. I was very glad to see this release, as I was contemplating switching to Toad for MySQL, which I quickly found out is not free anymore.

Hidden Results Grid on MySQL Workbench and macOS High Sierra

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UPDATE: Oracle has released version 6.3.10! I recently updated my MacBook Pro to macOS High Sierra. Like every other OS update, this one was fairly uneventful – with the exception of having to do a hard reboot to get the Mac to come back up after the upgrade. That was definitely a nail-biter! Once the … Read more

Connecting to Oracle 12g with the Instant Client and Excel VBA

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One rather old application I’ve supported for several years loads data from Excel spreadsheets into a reporting database. These Excel spreadsheets have always been manually updated by several users. However, because the data that the users are entering into these spreadsheets are first being entered into another separate application database, these users have been doing … Read more