June 2013 archive

Jun 27

Oracle 12c Top New Features

I figured I would give my top new features for the recently released Oracle 12c database. I think one of the most interesting new features is the Pluggable Database, but it seems like everyone is talking about that. So I’ll focus on other new features that I am interested in. This list is in no …

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Jun 26

Oracle 12c DB Express

Last August, I mentioned that Oracle’s EM DB Control product was nearing the end. Now that Oracle 12c has been released, we now have information that the replacement for DB Control is called DB Express. This blog entry shows some nice screen shots. It looks a lot like EM 12c Cloud Control, which should not …

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Jun 26

Oracle Database 12c Arrives

Oracle just launched the newest major version of their flagship product, Oracle Database 12c. The documentation can be found here. You can download the files here. At this time, only 64-bit Linux and 64-bit Solaris (both SPARC and Intel) are available. Other platforms will follow.

Jun 21

CSV in SQL Developer…

…and other formats as well. I came across this in a recent AskTom article where you can quickly generate output from a query in CSV format using SQL Developer.  The way I have always done it, is to enter the SQL statement in my SQL Worksheet. Then hit Run Statement (CTL-Enter). Right click on the …

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