Is Oracle DB dying?

Is Oracle DB dying?

> oracle database is dying an its niche is shrinking. Oracle sells so much more than just an DB engine, and people are buying. Oracle RDBMS is not an inferior product to open source competitors, in most ways superior, and yet, it is really just a proverbial loss leader.

Is Utl_file deprecated?

In 18c, it is not UTL_FILE that has been de-supported, it is the ability to use the older style convention of hard-coded path names for the directory that is no longer allowed.

Are Oracle Streams deprecated?

Oracle Streams is deprecated in Oracle Database 12c and may be desupported and unavailable in a later Oracle Database release. Use Oracle GoldenGate to replace all replication features of Oracle Streams.

Is Oracle still supported?

0.2 Windows platform reached end-of-life support on January 14, 2020. However, we will make reasonable efforts to deliver patches for Database 12.1. 0.2 for Windows until July 2022, as long as our tooling continues to function.

What is the future of Oracle cloud?

Oracle Cloud is a gen-next cloud infrastructure built for the future. It’s basically an extensive platform, featuring multiple cloud services, allowing end-users to build applications are per the need of the hour. The platform is highly secure, scalable, and performance-optimized.

Is Oracle database still relevant?

Is Oracle as a company still “relevant”? Yes. Oracle both controls the above-mentioned Oracle Database, as well as the main fork of the open-source MySQL database.

What is the use of UTL_FILE_DIR in Oracle?

UTL_FILE_DIR lets you specify one or more directories that Oracle should use for PL/SQL file I/O. If you are specifying multiple directories, you must repeat the UTL_FILE_DIR parameter for each directory on separate lines of the initialization parameter file.

Is UTL_FILE supported in Oracle 19c?

This PL/Sql File I/O is generally done using utl_file or fnd_file packages. However, starting with 18c version of the database, Oracle has de-supported the utl_file_dir parameter. In this blog, we will review how to use this new supplemental utl_file_dir feature in EBS R12 with a 19c database.

Does Oracle 19c support streams?

Starting in Oracle Database Release 19c, Oracle Streams is desupported. Oracle GoldenGate is the replication solution for Oracle Database.

Are Oracle Streams Free?

Unlike other public cloud providers, Oracle does not charge any additional fees for data movement from Streaming to other Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services.