Database New Features in interactive way

abhinivesh.jain

With each new release, several hundred new features are added and DBAs are expected to know about all of them. Since adoption of latest version is not very fast in industry hence DBAs end up supporting atleast 2-3 versions. In such cases, Knowing what is available in Version A, B or C is difficult ask, to do such thing one has to scan thru many many documents. I haven't seen any place where comparative details are given for any feature. e.g. Data Guard enhancements from 9i to 12c. New features guide only provides what is new from earlier version.

It would be good idea to make New features guide more interactive and comparative (atleast up to n-2 version). This should be at very high level, for details other available guides can be used.

e.g.

All databases features will be grouped into categories like-

1. Installation and configuration

2. DB upgrade

3. Data Guard

4. RAC

5. ASM

6. RMAN

7. Data pump

etc etc..and then against each category, only very high level feature details will be given. Like- RMAN in 12c supports table level recovery from RMAN backups. or Active Data Guard in 12c supports far sync.

It is going to help DBAs in recommending the new versions and providing quick comparison to customers.

Thanks,

Abhi

Kiran Pawar

Hi Abhi,

     Yes, indeed it would be very helpful to have comparative display of features in an interactive way.

Regards,

Kiran

Franck Pachot

Hi,

There is a new feature doc which has summary and link to specific docs.

And each book starts with a 'change in this release' chapter.

Regards,

Franck.

Pravin Takpire

Tabular format for new features in Guide would be appropriate and will help a lot.

regards

Pravin

abhinivesh.jain

Hi,

There is a new feature doc which has summary and link to specific docs.

And each book starts with a 'change in this release' chapter.

Regards,

Franck.

Thanks Franck but This new feature doc goes into infinite loop, one document referring to other and other referring to some other and so on. It is too time consuming to identify some simple things like- How data guard features changed across versions?

abhinivesh.jain

Tabular format for new features in Guide would be appropriate and will help a lot.

regards

Pravin

Thanks Praveen. I agree with your idea of tabular format.

Lothar Flatz

very good idea, but would be a lot of work for Oracle employees. I vote in favor, but I think it will never happen.

abhinivesh.jain

very good idea, but would be a lot of work for Oracle employees. I vote in favor, but I think it will never happen.

If not Oracle, May be some publishing house or some book writers can pick up this Idea.