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Oracle Database 12c: SecureFiles enhancements

Oracle Database 12c features with some enhancements for LOB objects and particularly for the SecureFiles. This is not a revolution, but we can see that the range of possibilities with LOB objects increases with the different releases of Oracle…(…)

SQL Server 2012 SP1: Fifth Cumulative Update (CU5) available

On 16 July, Microsoft published the fifth Cumulative Update (CU5) for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack One. As usual, if this Cumulative Update solves an issue you are facing, install it quickly – otherwise, do not install it. Which(…)

Oracle Database 12c new features: segregation of duties with new administrative roles

Starting with Oracle Database 12C Release 1 a set of new administrative privileges that are more task oriented are available.Before Oracle 12c it was needed to have the SYSDBA privilege to make a backup, to monitor the Data(…)

Documentum Administrator does not display the correct “Index Agent” status

At one of my customers, I experienced a problem with the Documentum Administrator (DA), which did not display the correct Index Agent status. In this blog post, I will explain how I found the source of this problem and of(…)

Oracle Database 12c: Partitioning enhancements Part I – Reference partitioning

Oracle Database 12c offers several enhancements for partitioning. This blog posting will present some enhancements in relation to reference partitioning. The differences between the Oracle 11g R2 and Oracle 12c releases will be shown using practical examples. TRUNCATE and(…)

Oracle Java EE 7 – an overview

After announcing the availability of Oracle Java Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7 or JEE7), Oracle organized a web event for the launch, covering topics such as the new features and the java community as well as showing some examples(…)

Data Pump in Oracle Database 12c: die wichtigsten Neuigkeiten

Letztes Jahr hat Oracle CEO Larry Ellison während der Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco ein neues Datenbank Release angekündigt, das nun endlich zur Verfügung steht. In diesem Blogbeitrag möchte ich einige der wichtigsten Data Pump-Neuigkeiten vorstellen. Eine komplette Übersicht(…)

Oracle WebLogic 12.1.2 – new features

The new Oracle WebLogic Sever 12c (WLS 12.1.2.0.0) was released on 11 July 2013. Since I read lots of documents, announcements, and information regarding this new version, I want to inform you about some new features that have an(…)

Oracle Database 12c: Information Lifecycle Management

More and more resources are used in companies to manage data. Most companies buy more and more storage systems because of poor resource utilization. Starting with Oracle 11g, Oracle has introduced Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) which can use different kinds(…)

Errors while installing Oracle Database Vault on Oracle 11.2.0.3

During one of my last consulting missions, I had to install Oracle Database Vault on an existing Oracle environment. It clearly was not a straigthforward process, since I experienced some weird errors such as: ORA-28003: password verification for the specified(…)