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March

2016

Oracle Database Applications Developers:

March has been a big month for Oracle database and development technologies with updates to our Oracle Big Data SQL, Oracle Rest Data Services, and Oracle Key Vault products. See the latest downloads, tutorials and expertise to help accelerate your Database application development, deployment and management.

Featured OTN Product Community: Oracle Database

The Oracle Database Community features news, articles and forums about all the Oracle Database options and related technologies. Whether you have a question about Data Guard, or how to adddress your cloud installation, you can access experts and resources here to help. Visit the DBDEV Community.

OTN Virtual Technology Summit | ON DEMAND| Register Today

Oracle Database 12c delivers market-leading performance, availability and scalability for OLTP, data warehousing and Big Data deployments. Attend the OTN Virtual Technology Summit to learn the latest performance tuning tips for Oracle Database 12c and the most recent capabilities of Oracle MySQL. Watch the Database VTS Track Now.

Check Out Oracle Live SQL

Oracle Live SQL gives you an easy, online way to test and share SQL and PL/SQL application development concepts. Get instant access to the Oracle Database and learn from a collection of community scripts and structured tutorials. See Live SQL here.

— Laura Ramsey, Community Manager, Database and Developer Community, @OTNdbdev

FEATURES/ DOWNLOADS

 

Download: Oracle Database 12c

Oracle Databases help customers lower IT costs and deliver a higher quality of service by enabling consolidation onto database clouds and engineered systems like Oracle Exadata and Oracle Database Appliance. Proven to be fast, reliable, secure and easy to manage, Oracle Database 12c is ideally suited for all types of database workloads including enterprise applications, data warehouses, and big data analysis. Download Oracle 12c here.

Download: Oracle Key Vault 12.2 NEW!!

Oracle KeyVault 12.2 is a major feature release with advanced features such as Endpoint enrollment automation leveraging RESTful interfaces, Endpoint platform support extended to AIX and HP-UX (IA) in addition to existing support for Linux and Solaris, Modern hardware support (OL 6.6 as base platform), management reports for endpoint activity, user activity, and entitlement. Download it from Here. Oracle Key Vault is the place to go.

Download: Oracle SQL Developer 4.1.3

Oracle SQL Developer is a complete end-to-end development platform for your PL/SQL applications that has it all. Release 4.1.3 includes an updated version of SQL Developer Data Modeler (v4.1.3) and Oracle REST Data Services (3.0.4). Also includes CVS version control support out-of-the-box, no longer requires check for updates/install. Check it out now. Oracle SQL Developer is the place to go.

Download: Oracle Big Data SQL 3.0 NEW!!

Big Data SQL dramatically expands Oracle's reach into the Big Data space by enabling Oracle SQL on Cloudera and Hortonworks Hadoop, both on non-engineered systems as well as Cloudera on the Oracle Big Data Appliance. Use the full power of Oracle SQL to analyze all of your data and extend extend Oracle Database-level security to Hadoop and NoSQL. Downloads and more information can be found on the Oracle Technology Network.

Download: Oracle Rest Data Services 3.0.4 NEW!!

Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) makes it easy to develop REST interfaces for relational data in the Oracle Database 12c JSON Document Store and Oracle NoSQL Database. ORDS is available both as an Oracle Database Cloud Service and on premise. ORDS can now be installed independently of Oracle Application Express. See the installation guide and download here: Oracle REST Data Services and the list of updates here: New Features in Oracle REST Data Services.

Download: Oracle Application Express 5.0.3 is Here

Oracle Application Express 5 is now generally available. The result of a two and a half year engineering effort, it represents the greatest advancement of Oracle Application Express (APEX) in its 10-year history. Oracle Application Express 5 enables customers to develop, design and deploy elegant, responsive, database-driven desktop and mobile applications using only a browser. Get the installation guide and download here: Oracle Application Express 5.0 and the list of updates here: Oracle Application Express 5.0 Release Notes.

Download: Node-oracledb 1.8 NEW!!

node-oracledb 1.8 for Node.js is available on Githum and NPM. The driver works with Node 4.2 LTS and 5.0 in addition to 0.10 and 0.12. (Note: a compiler with C++11 support is required). New changes in this version include New Query Result Streaming. The add-on is maintained by Oracle, and is under active development on GitHub and available on NPM. Find out more from the Scripting and Oracle blog by Christopher Jones, or visit the Node.js Developer Center on OTN.

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

OTN Virtual Technology Summit On Demand Library - Anywhere | Anytime Attend Sessions from past OTN Virtual Technology Summits (VTS) On Demand.

Collaborate 2016 April 10-14 , 2016 | Las Vegas- IOUG/AOUG Annual Conference features 4-day agenda of technical sessions and hands on labs for DBAs, Developers and IT professionals. Register for Collaborate 2016 here.

New York Oracle User Group April 14, 2016 | NYC - Borough of Manhattan Community College | One-Day agenda features Cloud, Mobile Development and Migration for DBAs, Developers and IT professionals. Register for NYOUG here.

OUG Scotland June 22, 2016 | Glasgow - Scotland Oracle User Group event features 6 tracks of technical sessions covering APEX development, Analytics, Cloud deployment and Database updates for DBAs, Developers and IT professionals. Register for OUG Scotland here.

Great Lakes Oracle Conference 2016 May 18-19, 2016 | Cleveland - Great Lakes Oracle Conference event 2-day agenda features 30+ technical sessions for DBAs, Developers and IT professionals. GLOC 2016 here.

KScope16 June 26-30, 2016 | Chicago - ODTUG Annual Conference features 4-day agenda of technical sessions covering BI, Data Warehousing, Big Data and Advanced Analytics, Cloud, EPM platform and Database Application Development topics. Register for KScope16 here.

FEATURED BLOGS, ARTICLES & RESOURCES

 

Bringing Data Pieces Together with Oracle Database 12c - Yuli Vasiliev, OTN

Query Across Big Data Stores with Oracle Big Data SQL - Rick Ramsey, OTN

Oracle R Enterprise Overview and Technology Review - Brendan Tierney, OTN

Getting Started with Oracle Database Cloud - Oracle Database Cloud Services

 

Upgrade Options for Oracle 12c with Multitenant Database - YV. RaviKumar, OTN

Migrate to Oracle Database with SQL Developer - Oracle Tech Network

Disaster Recovery in the Oracle Public Cloud - Oracle Technical Whitepaper

High Availability Best Practices: ODB12c In-Memory - Oracle Technical Whitepaper

 

VIDEO: How to Be a Database Hero - Dean Halbeisen - Oracle Engineered Systems

VIDEO: TechCast: Developer Update and Live SQL Demo - Michael Hichwa- Oracle

VIDEO: Oracle Database Developer YouTube Channel - OTN @OTNdbdev

 

Why Use PL/SQL? Unassailable Arguments for Following a Thick Database Paradigm - Brynn Llewellyn - Oracle

TRAINING AND RESOURCES

 

Oracle Database 12c: Introduction to SQL: Learn how to write subqueries, combine multiple queries into a single query using SET operators and report aggregated data using group functions. Register for the SQL session here.

Oracle Database 12c: Sample Schemas: Oracle Database sample schemas are installed with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12c. Use these schemas to learn SQL language concepts.

Oracle Database 12c: Program with PL/SQL: Explore the benefits of PL/SQL and the basics of developing stored procedures, functions, packages and more. Register for the PL/SQL session here.

Oracle APEX Training On Demand from Oracle University:
Oracle Application Express Workshop 1; Oracle Application Express Workshop 2
Learn how to develop Database-centric web applications quickly using Oracle Application Express.

Oracle Database Documentation: Oracle Database Development Guide This guide covers database development fundamentals, SQL for developers and PL/SQL development tips plus advanced topics for applications developers.

Oracle Cloud Documentation: Oracle Database Cloud Service Development Guide An overview of application development tools and concepts for developing and deploying cloud-based applications. Includes additional resources with information about upgrading and useful tips for compatibility and interoperability between Oracle Database releases.

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