Oracle 8i New Features
Static HTTP server included (Apache)
JVM Accelerator to improve performance of Java code
Java Server Pages (JSP) engine
MemStat - A new utility for analyzing Java Memory footprints
OIS - Oracle Integration Server introduced.
PLSQL Gateway introduced for deploying PL/SQL based solutions on the Web
Enterprise Manager Enhancements - including new HTML based reporting and Advanced Replication functionality included.
New Database Character Set Migration utility included. --
PL/SQL Server Pages (PSP's)
DBA Studio Introduced
Statspack
New SQL Functions (rank, moving average)
ALTER FREELISTS command (previously done by DROP/CREATE TABLE)
Checksums always on for SYSTEM tablespace allowing many possible corruptions to be fixed before writing to disk
XML Parser for Java
New PLSQL encrypt/decrypt package introduced
User and Schemas separated
Numerous Performance Enhancements -
Fast Start recovery - Checkpoint rate auto-adjusted to meet roll forward criteria
Reorganize indexes/index only tables which users accessing data - Online index rebuilds
Log Miner introduced - Allows on-line or archived redo logs to be viewed via SQL
OPS Cache Fusion introduced avoiding disk I/O during cross-node communication
Advanced Queueing improvements (security, performance, OO4O support
User Security Improvements - more centralisation, single enterprise user, users/roles across multiple databases.
Virtual private database
JAVA stored procedures (Oracle Java VM)
Oracle iFS
Resource Management using priorities - resource classes
Hash and Composite partitioned table types
SQL*Loader direct load API
Copy optimizer statistics across databases to ensure same access paths across different environments.
Standby Database - Auto shipping and application of redo logs. Read Only queries on standby database allowed.
Enterprise Manager v2 delivered
NLS - Euro Symbol supported
Analyze tables in parallel
Temporary tables supported.
Net8 support for SSL, HTTP, HOP protocols
Transportable tablespaces between databases
Drop Column on table (Finally !!!!!)
DBMS_DEBUG PL/SQL package, DBMS_SQL replaced by new EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement
Progress Monitor to track long running DML, DDL
Functional Indexes - NLS, case insensitive, descending
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