Our summer quick links issue for August 2024 is available:
Database & Cloud Database News
- Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB-S): all ADB-S August News
Some news …- Tables can be declared as in-memory to enable the Database In-Memory feature on Autonomous Database – documentation
- Upgrade by Cloning from Oracle Database 19c to Oracle Database 23ai – documentation
- View Network Information on the OCI Console – documentation
- Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-D): all ADB-D August News
Some news …- Ability to update an Autonomous Container Database using a Custom database software image – documentation
- Select AI with OCI Generative AI – documentation
- Oracle Zero Downtime Migration Workflow für den Exadata DB Service auf Oracle DB@Azure – blog
- Restore a Backup to Create a Database Across Regions for Oracle ExaDB-D – documentation
- Introducing Exadata Management and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Management Packs – blog
- Migrate AWS RDS for MySQL to HeatWave MySQL using OCI Database Migration – blog
- Oracle OLAP Deprecation Extended – documentation, blog
- New features for Exadata Fleet Update – blog
- Essbase 21.6 Release Update – blog
- SQL Watch in Database Management – documentation
- Custom Alert Policies in Oracle Data Safe – documentation
- Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 RU23 available – blog
- Roadmap for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 (EBS 12.2) certification with Oracle Database 23ai (Part1)- blog
Upcoming Events
- Ask Tom Office Hours events
- Monthly events from Oracle and the APEX Community
- September 4 : The Future of Data, AI, and App Dev (Oracle Tech Lounge)
- September 9-12 : Oracle CloudWorld 2024 (Las Vegas)
- Septemer 18 : Oracle Exadata Exascale: Next-Generation Architecture and Technology Preview (Oracle Tech Lounge)
- September 25 : Database 23ai Deep-Dive: Oracle Spatial for Location Intelligence (Oracle DBA Masterclass)
- September 26 : Munich Re HealthTech Transformed Health Insurance Solutions with Autonomous Database (Autonomous in Action)
- November 19-22: DOAG User Conference 2024 (Nuremberg)
- November 20-21: AI Navigator 2024 (Nuremberg)
Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold
- Update Release Schedule of Current Database Releases: Doc ID 742060.1
(Upgrade Support announced for 11.2, 12.1, and 12.2 for customers upgrading their Databases to 19c) -
Database Release 23.5.0.24.07, 21.15.0.0.240416, 19.24.0.0.240716, 12.2.0.1.220118, 12.1.0.2.220719: Oracle Database (RDBMS) Releases Support Status Summary (Doc ID 161818.1)
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Enterprise Manager 13.5.0.23: Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (Doc ID 822485.1)
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Exadata Storage server 24.1.3.0.0, 23.1.17.0.0, 22.1.26.0.0, 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) 19.24: 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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Datapump Bundle Patch 19.24: Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (Doc ID 2819284.1)
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AutoUpgrade 24.5.240701: AutoUpgrade Tool (Doc ID 2485457.1)
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OPatch 12.2.0.1.43: Patch 6880880
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AHF 24.7: 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 23.1.1: oracle.com/sqldev
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SQLcl 24.2: oracle.com/sqlcl
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ORDS 24.2.3: oracle.com/ords
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APEX 24.1.3: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
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Python Driver 2.4.1: python-oracledb Release Notes
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Node.js Driver 6.6: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
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Instant Client Linux 23.4, 21.14, 19.23: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
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Instant Client Windows 23.4, 21.15, 19.24: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- The Best Questions on Oracle Multitenant (Daniel Overby Hansen)
- Help Me Grow My Skills (Daniel Overby Hansen)
- 23ai – where your vector indexes are stored (Connor McDonald)
- Oracle Database 23ai playlist – videos
- High Performance Data Streaming with Fast Lookup and Fast Ingest
- New Features in Hybrid Partitioning
- Search in TEXT, XML, and JSON data
- AI Vector Search
- Data Types in 23ai – BOOLEAN, VECTOR, JSON, and XMLTYPE
- JSON in Oracle Database
- Oracle True Cache
- Data Use Case Domains
- SQL/PGQ and SQL Property Graph
- Schema Annotations
- Priority Transaction in 23ai
- Simplified Disaster Recovery with Data Guard in Oracle Cloud (Sinan Petrus Toma, Sebastian Solbach)
- The Case for Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (White Paper)
- Oracle Forms, APEX, PITSS.CON, the three musketeers! (Interview)
- JSON in Oracle Database (Ulrike Schwinn)
- SQL Developer Extension for VS Code 24.2 is now available (Jeff Smith)
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
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