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
Hmm - I'd be interested in getting feedback on this. There are 360 odd
new features, and this has been our biggest release since Oracle7. If
you liked automated undo management, then automated storage management
should be a highlight. Flashback has been significantly enhanced.
Perhaps it's the document ? We autogenerated the New Features Document
this year from the Project/Feature database so that it just lists the
new features, and there is very little positioning or rah-rah in it.
Perhaps this was a mistake ?
Received on Mon Feb 09 2004 - 01:07:30 CST
