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CHAPTER13

Moving to Oracle Database 12c

There is an old saying among science fiction fans that enjoy the universe of Star Trek: The even-numbered movies are the best. We’ve found that there is a similar sentiment among Oracle DBAs regarding releases of Oracle Database: Even-numbered releases usually comprise the most significant and ground-breaking feature sets. The latest release of the database, Oracle Database 12c R1, certainly proves to be consistent with this sentiment because it is quite literally a sea change in terms of the way the RDBMS works. While the formal Oracle documentation and sales materials maintain that the “c” in this release ...

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