Oracle OpenWorld 2012 : Day 3

Day 3 was similar to day 2 for me. I spent a lot of time hanging around the RAC Attack sessions. A lot of people pass through, so in addition to helping people set up virtualized RAC, there are always interesting people to talk to.

I did some serious demo grounds cruising again, including:

• Data Pump Enhancements in 12c.
  – You can now do all the transportable tablespace stuff in a single hit using NETWORK_LINK.
• PL/SQL Enhancements in 12c.
  – I’ll talk more about these in a summary of a Tom Kyte presentation in a later post.
• Global Data Services in 12c.
  – Define a single service that can load balance across multiple replicated databases. This is independent of replication method.
• Oracle Linux. I went back and spent some time chatting with Lenz Grimmer again. He’s really good value!
• Oracle Text in 12c (Rodger Ford).

I finally got to meet Jeff Smith and David Haimes in person. It’s always a bit odd meeting people for the first time when you feel you already know them…

I went back to the hotel to dump my bag before heading out and accidentally went to bed, so that’s a second night of no social events for me… 🙂

Cheers

Tim…

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