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A Virtual Private Catalog can now make sure an
RMAN user can only see databases they are authorized to use.
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Archive log management for Streams and Data
Guard
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Network aware DUPLICATE
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Optimized undo backup
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Improved corrupt block detection
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Java, PL/SQL, XML, .NET, PHP, APEX
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PL/SQL Native Compilation without needing a
Third-Party C Compiler
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Native PL/SQL use of Seq.Nextval in a
PL/SQL program
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PL/SQL can use CLOBs to get around 32 KB
limitations of SQL character strings.
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Enhanced PL/SQL warnings and error messages
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PLSTIMER identifies hotspots and performance
tuning opportunities in PL/SQL.
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New package DBMS_HPROF controls the
recording of raw PLSTIMER data.
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Continued support of standards with JDBC 4.0
and JVM 5.0. Capability to upgrade to JVM 6.0 will be available in
the future.
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Oracle JVM JIT supports transparent native Java
compilation without a C Compiler.
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Significant performance improvements with JDBC
performance, especially with Advanced Queuing.
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JDBC supports server side result cache along
with OCI client side result cache. Also included are big
improvements in the JIT and RAC support for JDBC.
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New command line interface to OracleJVM,
thereby making it much easier to work with the JDK in the
database.
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Support for database resident JARs
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JDBC support for starting and shutting down the
database
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Performance enhancements to XPath query for
Java
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XML applications can now process larger XML
documents by loading and saving.
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DOM nodes in memory and using a page manager
for physical binary data management
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Unified Java API for XML allows mid-tier Java
programs to leverage lazily loading by allowing a disconnected
mode of operation that allows a XML Type to be used with a session
pool model of connection management.
