Re: ORACLE 7.2

Tony Jambu <aaj_at_phantom.telecom.com.au> wrote:
>1. When Oracle 7.2 is due for release?
> I heard a rumour that it should be in the next month or so.

Ditto. Support Sez April. but we know what is worth.

>2. What are the new features?

From the 7.2 Fact Sheet and my local Rep:

  Create Table as Select to do the insert in parallel

  Create Index Parrallel to use Direct Path and Unrecoverable option

  OCI 7.1 to provide non-blocking calls.

  ProC 2.1 to officially support embedded sql in C++

  PL/SQL 2.2 to support a 'binary source' format so source need not   be shipped with apps.

  Datafiles can be dynamically resized. Yeaaaa!

  DBA's can active tracing for a session other than her own. Yeaaa!*2   (I believe this implies running sessions, but the info I have is unclear)

  SQLNet to allow 'distributed authentiction mechanisms'   (My rep sez this means finger prints, voice/retina scans if you have   a 3rd party product to supply them. I'm not sure this will be in the   Sqlnet they ship everybody or in a seperate product)

  Secure Network Services v1 to support full network datastream encryption   (yet another purchasable product?)

There are of course a fist full of others. but they seem pretty vanillia.

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Regards, 

Lee E. Parsons                  		
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