Building a Semantic Search API with MySQL Vector Search, Oracle Cloud, and an NBA Kaggle Dataset

Semantic search enables users to ask for “a 3-and-D wing who can guard multiple positions” (as described in The Kings Beat article) and retrieve the correct NBA players, rather than simply a keyword match on “3,” “wing,” or “defense.” By combining MySQL Vector Search, Oracle Cloud’s Generative AI Embeddings, and a real NBA dataset from Kaggle, you can build a powerful natural-language search API that understands the meaning behind a query.As I love sports, I think this would be a great demonstration. In this tutorial, you’ll build: We’ll use the…

52 Kilometers, Two Races, One Cloud Migration — Stockholm Marathon Meets MySQL HeatWave and Oracle DB 23ai

At Oracle Sweden, we take health and wellbeing seriously — so seriously, in fact, that many of us participated in both the Stockholm Marathon and Blodomloppet in 2025 as part of our internal Oracle Run Club. These events not only reflect our commitment to wellness but also serve as a perfect opportunity to demonstrate how Oracle’s modern cloud technologies can support real-world, diverse data use cases. Oracle is no longer just a relational database company — it now delivers powerful cloud-native services, including MySQL HeatWave and Oracle Database 23ai, both…