Oracle Database Monthly News for February is available!
As usual, the various topics can be found in the following categories:
- Database & Cloud Database News
- Upcoming Events
- Release & Patch Updates
- Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- General Information and What’s New Links
The PDF slide version can be found here.
Database & Cloud Database News
Multicloud News
- Oracle Database@AWS
- Support for multiple ODB peering connections per ODB network
- Support for Autonomous Recovery Service for backup and restore of Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
- Oracle Database@Azure new
- Support for domain names with more than 4 labels when using custom DNS while provisioning Exadata VM Cluster
- Extended availability in additional regions
- Oracle Database@Google
- Extended availability in additional regions
Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless (ADB-S) February news: e.g.:
- Multifactor Authentication in Autonomous AI Database
- Data Transforms Enhancements
Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-D) February news: e.g.
- Select AI Agent (autonomous agent framework)
- Several enhanced Select AI features
DBMS_DCATPackage Support-
DB_NOTIFICATIONSview to see information on maintenance status notifications
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer February news: e.g.
- Exascale VM storage for Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
- Pluggable Database Snapshots for Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
- Standalone Backup
General
- The February 2026 release of AutoUpgrade (26.2) with ground-breaking new features: posting
- New Select AI And Select AI Agent Versions Matrix
- New Livelab: Get started with AI Agents using Select AI on Autonomous AI Database
Upcoming Events
- Ask Tom Office Hours
- Monthly Oracle APEX Events
- Developer Coaching Events
- DOAG Events
- March 24: Exadata meets the Experts
- April 22: ora2know: Upgrade Workshop (Düsseldorf)
- May 5: DB Masters Event 2026 (Vienna)
- May 18/19: DOAG Database (Heide Park Soltau)
- May 18-20: APEX Connect (Heide Park Soltau)
- 2026: Oracle AI World Tour
Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold
- Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – January 2026
- Release Schedule of Current Database Releases:
(PNEWS1360) Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (742060.1)
(PNEWS1470) Oracle AI Database Cloud-First, Developer-First Strategy for the 26ai Release
(3068039.1)
(KB112119) Oracle Database (RDBMS) Releases Support Status Summary (161818.1) - Database Release 23.26.1.0.0, 21.21.0.0.260120, 19.30.0.0.260217: (KB106822) Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (888.1)
- Enterprise Manager 24.1.0.7, 13.5.0.28: (PNEWS1689) Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (822485.1)
- Exadata Storage Server 25.2.7.0.0, 25.1.14.0.0: (KB153930) Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (888828.1)
Exadata System Software Updates – February 2026 - Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.29: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation
- Data Pump Bundle Patch:
- 19.30,19.29 (Win only): (KB107134) Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (2819284.1)
- 23.26.1: (KB160561) Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 23ai / 26ai (3056856.1)
- AutoUpgrade 26.2 (KB123450) AutoUpgrade Tool (2485457.1)
- OPatch 12.2.0.1.49: Patch 6880880
- Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) 26.1.0: (KB858617) Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including Trace File Analyzer and Orachk/Exachk (2550798.1)
- DBSAT 4.1.0: (KB101686) Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) (2138254.1)
- SQL Developer 24.3.1: oracle.com/sqldev
- Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VSCode 25.4.1: download
- SQLcl 25.4.2: oracle.com/sqlcl
- ORDS 25.4: oracle.com/ords
- APEX 24.2.13: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
- Python Driver 3.4.2: python-oracledb Release Notes
- Node.js Driver 6.10: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
- Instant Client Linux 23.26.1, 21.21, 19.30:
oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html - Instant Client Windows 23.26.1, 21.20, 19.29:
oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
- Battle on Oracle SQL & PL/SQL (Online platform with coding challenges by Mortan Egan)
- How to create an Oracle AI Database 26ai environment with AutoUpgrade (Ron Etkins)
- CPAT New Features (January-2026) – Cloud Premigration Advisor Tool – Version 26.1.0 (Alex Zaballa)
- How do you check whether a list of bug fixes is included in an RU? (Mike Dietrich)
- What has happened to the 19.29 and 19.30 RUs? (Mike Dietrich)
- The February 2026 release of AutoUpgrade (26.2) is available (Mike Dietrich)
- How to Manage and Analyze Large Volumes of Location Data in Oracle AI Database (Renée Wikestad)
- Exascale: Oracle Database Storage in the Age of the Cloud (Nathan Fuzi)
- Reading List – February 2026 #2 (Gerald Venzl)
- Reading List – February 2026 #4 (Gerald Venzl)
- SQL Macros make so many things easier (Connor McDonald)
- Loading CSV with SQL Developer extension for VS Code (Jeff Smith)
- Oracle Database 32k VARCHAR2 storage (Gerald Venzl)
- CALENDAR Functions in Oracle 26ai – Part 1 (Andrej Pashchenko)
- Aggregation Filters in Oracle AI Database 26ai (Tim Hall)
- Optimistic Locking Made Easy: The Power of ETags in Action (Martin Bach)
- Oracle SQL Developer 24.3 Support Extended (Jeff Smith)
- oraWorld February 2026, Edition #37
- Oracle APEX Newsletter February 2026
General Information and What’s New Links
General Information
- Oracle Multicloud Capabilities App
- Oracle Database@AWS
- Oracle Database@Azure
- Oracle Database@Google Cloud
- 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
- Oracle Autonomous Database Third-Party Applications—Validation and Compatibility
“What’s New” Links
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes
- What’s New in Oracle Base Database Service
- What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless
- What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
- Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
- 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
- New Features in Enterprise Manager by Release Update
- New Features in 19c Release Updates
- Oracle AI Database 26ai Release Updates
- What’s New for Oracle AI Vector Search
- Select AI and Select AI Agent Compatibility Matrix