Our quick links issue for November 2024 is available:
- Database & Cloud Database News
- Upcoming Events
- Release & Patch Updates
- Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
Database & Cloud Database News
- Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB-S): all ADB-S November News
- New Network Usage Events NetworkUsageInbound und NetworkUsageOutbound – documentation
- Microsoft SharePoint Support for Database Links with Oracle-Managed Heterogeneous Connectivity – documentation
- Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-D): all ADB-D November News
- Use OCI Full Stack Disaster Recovery on Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata infrastructure – documentation
- Create Database Links with Customer-Managed Heterogeneous Connectivity to Publicly Accessible Non-Oracle Databases – documentation
- Create Database Links with Customer-Managed Heterogeneous Connectivity to Non-Oracle Databases on a Private Endpoint – documentation
- OCI Full Stack DR is offering limited availability to fully automated recovery of OKE – blog post
- Announcing native attribution of pluggable database costs for Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure and Cloud@Customer – blog post
- Generate Attributed Cost and Usage Analysis Report for Pluggable Databases on Oracle Exadata Database Service – tutorial
- Oracle Backend for Microservices and AI, Version 1.3.1 available in OCI Cloud Marketplace – Oracle Cloud Marketplace
- Oracle LiveSQL, free SQL/DB (23ai!), no sign-up required – blog post
- New link for Live SQL – livesql
- Oracle Linux 9.5 Brings OpenJDK 17 and .NET 9.0 – accnouncement
- Another update for our SQL Developer Extension for VS Code – blog post
Upcoming Events
- Ask Tom Office Hours events
- Monthly events from Oracle and the APEX Community
- December 3: Tips and Tricks to maximize uptime with Oracle 23ai RAC and Application Continuity(Oracle DBA Masterclass)
- December 11: 23 Things Developers Will Love About Oracle Database 23ai (Oracle Tech Lounge)
- December 9-12: IT Tage (Frankfurt)
- December 17-19: Oracle Enterprise Manager Technology Forum 2024
- 2025: Oracle CloudWorld Tour 2025 (world-wide)
- 2025: APEX Connect (Europa-Park, Rust)
Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold
- Release Schedule of Current Database Releases: Doc ID 742060.1
(Updated Roadmap and Lifetime Support dates for 23ai, 21c, and 19c, Sync’d Roadmap visual and Upgrade Support End dates for 11.2, 12.1, and 12.2, Updated 19c Lifetime Support dates and Roadmap visual) -
Database Release 23.6.0.24.10, 21.16.0.0.241015, 19.25.0.0.241119, 12.2.0.1.220118, 12.1.0.2.220719: Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (Doc ID 888.1)
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Enterprise Manager 13.5.0.24: Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (Doc ID 822485.1)
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Exadata Storage server 24.1.6.0.0, 23.1.20.0.0, 22.1.29.0.0, 21.2.24.0.0: Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (Doc ID 888828.1)
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Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.25: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation
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MiniCluster 1.6.1.3: Oracle MiniCluster S7-2: Software Download Center (Doc ID 2153282.1)
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Data Pump Bundle Patch 19.25: Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (Doc ID 2819284.1)
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AutoUpgrade 24.8.241119: AutoUpgrade Tool (Doc ID 2485457.1)
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OPatch 12.2.0.1.43: Patch 6880880
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AHF 24.10: Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including TFA and ORAchk/EXAchk (Doc ID 2550798.1)
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DBSAT 3.1.0: Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool(DBSAT)(Doc ID 2138254.1)
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SQL Developer 24.3: oracle.com/sqldev
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SQLcl 24.3.1: oracle.com/sqlcl
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ORDS 24.3.1: oracle.com/ords
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APEX 24.1.6: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
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Python Driver 2.5.0: python-oracledb Release Notes
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Node.js Driver 6.7: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
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Instant Client Linux 23.6, 21.16, 19.25: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
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Instant Client Windows 23.6, 21.15, 19.25: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- Lock-Free Row Updates in Oracle Database using ETAGs (YouTube)
- Diagnose SQL performance with DBMS_SQLDIAG (Ulrike Schwinn)
- Release Updates and New Features (Ulrike Schwinn)
- Overview of Oracle ZDM Migration Workflows to Oracle Database@Google Cloud (Sinan Petrus Toma, Ricardo Gonzalez, Thomas Van Buggenhout, Julien Silverston)
- Exadata Smart Flash Cache Series: Part I – A Recap (Natarajan Shankar, Alex Blyth)
- Download AutoUpgrade directly from oracle.com (Mike Dietrich)
- Faster Data Pump Import of LOBs Over Database Link (Daniel Overby Hansen)
- How to Patch Oracle Database With One Command (Daniel Overby Hansen)
- Ransomware Resiliency: Defending and Recovering Oracle Databases from Attacks (Allen Best)
- Using my Apple Watch to chat with my Autonomous Database (Javier de la Torre Medina)
- Comparing Oracle, Microsoft, Google and Amazon clouds for business-critical Oracle databases (Steve Kilgore)(Kevin Deihl)(Tim Shetler)
- Visualize data from CSV files on OCI Object Store with APEX – no code required! (Carsten Czarski)
- Using the PL/SQL Profiler in the Oracle Autonomous Database (Julian Dontcheff)
- Oracle Database 23ai playlist (YouTube)
General
- Oracle Technology Products (Oracle Lifetime Support Policy)
- Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix for Different Oracle Versions (Doc ID 207303.1)
- OCI Status for all Services
- Cloud Services Quick Reference
What’s New
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes – Database
- What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure
- What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
- What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer
- What’s New in Oracle Base Database Service
- What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure
- What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
- What’s New for Oracle Data Safe