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Oracle Database 18c schema only accounts


One nice new feature of Oracle Database 18c is that schemas can be created without a password. These are called " ...

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Oracle Database 12c: PSUs vs database proactive bundle patches


Background When it comes to performing quarterly patches to the Oracle database the options used to be pretty straight ...

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Oracle Database 12c Patching: DBMS_QOPATCH, OPATCH_XML_INV, and datapatch


Background Oracle Database 12c brings us many new features including: the long needed ability to run OPatch and query ...

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