Oracle 19.10.0

ORA-12638 on Windows only from Oracle 19.10.0 onwards

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Behavior Change Flaws and Pitfalls Oracle Database 19c 56

You like unexpected changes and surprises, don’t you? And especially those which aren’t in the patch notes or the docs. I blogged about such changes a few weeks ago. And thanks to the people reading this blog, I learned now about another change with Oracle 19.10.0 on the Windows platform. You may receive now an ORA-12638 on Windows only from Oracle 19.10.0 onwards.

What has been changed?

So at first, thanks to Ernst and Marcus for bringing this to my attention. This is an issue which happens on MS Windows only.

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Oracle Database 19.10.0 and Blockchain Tables and COMPATIBLE

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Behavior Change Oracle Database 19c Parameters Patch Recommendation 4

Many of you recognized that we delivered a new feature with Oracle Database 19.10.0, the January 2021 Release Upgrade. So I’d like to put a few interesting things together from the upgrade and migration perspective regarding Oracle Database 19.10.0 and Blockchain Tables and COMPATIBLE.

What are Blockchain Tables?

At first, I don’t want to repeat what other people have blogged and written about already. You may just go through the blog posts of Connor McDonald and Tim Hall and others to learn more about this cool feature.

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