OracleDB12c New Feature: Identity Column

Let’s talk about a “developer” feature today. If you have a need to generate a column value [mostly primary key] based on a sequence, in pre-12c Oracle database we have to create a number data type column in the table, and use a sequence that is separately created. There is no restriction that the sequence … Read more

OracleDB12c New Feature: RMAN Describe

Similar to SQL*Plus DESCRIBE command, RMAN now supports DESCRIBE. RMAN> desc hr.jobs using target database control file instead of recovery catalog Name Null? Type —————————————– ——– —————————- JOB_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(10) JOB_TITLE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(35) MIN_SALARY NUMBER(6) MAX_SALARY NUMBER(6) RMAN> If you are connected using the SYSDBA privilege, you can view tables in other schemas, … Read more