12c - Sean D. Stuber

BACKUP_TYPE changes with 12c RMAN

2018-07-212018-11-27Sean D. StuberLeave a comment

I was working on a report from our RMAN catalog and found I was having trouble reconciling the data I found in RC_BACKUP_SET with what I was expecting to see. Furthermore I couldn’t find anything in the Reference Guide to adequately explain what I was seeing. In particular I’ll reference the descriptions of the BACKUP_TYPE…

12c big strings – quasi-lobs

2013-07-18Sean D. StuberLeave a comment

One of the new features of 12c is the ability to create varchar2 columns up to 32k in size. This feature isn’t enabled by default. You have to put the db into upgrade mode, set max_string_size to EXTENDED and restart the db. However, once you do that, then the big strings are just like normal…