Oracle Database 12c New Features

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McGraw Hill Professional, Dec 13, 2013 - Computers - 480 pages
Maximize the New and Improved Features of Oracle Database 12c

Written by Master Principle Database Expert, Oracle, and Oracle ACE Robert G. Freeman, this Oracle Press guide describes the myriad new and enhanced capabilities available in the latest Oracle Database release. Inside, you’ll find everything you need to know to get up and running quickly on Oracle Database 12c. Supported by running commentary from world-renowned Oracle expert Tom Kyte, and with additional contributions by Oracle experts Eric Yen and Scott Black, Oracle Database 12c New Features offers detailed coverage of:

  • Installing Oracle Database 12c
  • Architectural changes, such as Oracle Multitenant
  • The most current information on upgrading and migrating to Oracle Database 12c
  • The pre-upgrade information tool and parallel processing for database upgrades
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters new features, such as Oracle Flex Cluster, Oracle Flex Automatic Storage Management, and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
  • Oracle RMAN enhancements, including cross-platform backup and recovery
  • Oracle Data Guard improvements, such as Fast Sync, and Oracle Active Data Guard new features, such as Far Sync
  • SQL, PL/SQL, DML, and DDL new features
  • Improvements to partitioning manageability, performance, and availability
  • Advanced business intelligence and data warehousing capabilities
  • Security enhancements, including privileges analysis, data redaction, and new administrative-level privileges
  • Manageability, performance, and optimization improvements
 

Contents

Upgrading and Migrating to Oracle Database 12c
51
Oracle Multitenant
109
Oracle Grid Infrastructure
169
Backup Recovery and Data Guard New Features
183
Oracle Database 12c SQL and PLSQL New Features
213
Partitioning Enhancements
251
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
265
Security New Features
291
Oracle Database 12c Manageability New Features
311
Oracle Database 12c Performance New Features
339
Other Oracle Database 12c New Features
387
Deprecated and Desupported Features in Oracle Database 12c
423
New Parameters and Views in Oracle Database 12c
429
Index
441
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Robert G. Freeman is an Oracle Database 10g Oracle Certified Professional that has been working with Oracle databases for well over 15 years. He is a Principle Datababase Engineer for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Ut. He resides near Salt Lake with his wife, three of his five kids and cats, dogs and an airplane. Robert is the author or co-author of several Oracle Press titles including Oracle9i New Features, Oracle Database 10g New Features, Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery and Portable DBA: Oracle.

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