Re: Is it just me?

Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> Or am I not alone in feeling rather underwhelmed by the 10g new features
> document? A tidy bit of bug-fixing, some nice but relatively minor new
> capabilities, and -of course- the ability to do Blast queries (handy when
> I'm trawling through my own genome, which naturally I do on a daily basis.
> Not). Oh, and all that grid hoo-hah too, I suppose -which maybe 20% of the
> installed base might find useful some day.
>
> Nothing gob-smackingly 'wow I wish I had that right now' though (which
> automatic undo, flashback and data guard did for me with 9i, and locally
> managed tablespaces did for me in 8i). Which is all a bit of a downer,
> frankly.
>
> Niggles, too: why has streams (to name but one feature) been "enhanced" to
> support LONGs and LONG RAWs?? I thought those data types were deprecated
> ages ago, and had a shelf-life measured in months. Oh well: that'll teach
> me.
>
> Yours musingly,
> HJR
Good lord Howard what have you been reading? Or perhaps not reading.

Recyclebin?
ASM?
ADDM?
DataPump?
Grid

Surely you jest! This is ground-breaking.

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