September 2013
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
14h 42m
English
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Appendix A. What’s New in This Book for Oracle Database 12c
When we wrote the first edition of Oracle Essentials in 1999, our goal was to offer a new kind of book about Oracle, one that would clearly and concisely cover all of the essential features and concepts of the Oracle Database. In order to keep our focus on those essentials, we limited the scope of the book.
For instance, we decided not to cover SQL, or PL/SQL, in depth; these complex topics would have required a level of detail that would have run counter to the purpose of our book, and they are amply described in other books.
The latest release of Oracle, Oracle Database 12c, contains many new features. Most of these features build on the existing foundation of Oracle technology and enable new flexibility in deployment. We tried to add details about these features in the chapters in which their discussion seemed most appropriate, but there are (of course) some enhancements that are outside the scope of this book.
The following sections summarize the new features of Oracle Database 12c that are covered in this new edition, chapter by chapter. Although many of these features are mentioned in multiple chapters, they are listed here according to where the most relevant discussion occurs.
Chapter 1: Introducing Oracle
This introductory chapter was extensively updated to reflect the packaging changes in Oracle Database 12c and introduce many of the new features described in more detail in other chapters. Given Oracle’s acquisition ...
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