New In Oracle Database Version 12c
Version 12.1.0

Description Link Last Modified
Architecture
New CREATE, ALTER, and DROP PLUGGABLE DATABASE   18-Nov-2012
Root Database (RDB)   18-Nov-2012
Pluggable Database (PDB)   18-Nov-2012
Common Users USERS 01-Jun-2013
Common Roles ROLES 01-Jun-2013
 
General
New Roles
  • ADM_PARALLEL_EXECUTE_TASK
  • APEX_GRANTS_FOR_NEW_USERS_ROLE
  • AUDIT_ADMIN
  • AUDIT_VIEWER
  • CALLBACK (not in Beta but mentioned in final docs)
  • CAPTURE_ADMIN
  • CDB_DBA
  • DBHADOOP
  • DV_AUDIT_CLEANUP
  • DV_GOLDENGATE_ADMIN
  • DV_GOLDENGATE_REDO_ACCESS
  • DV_MONITOR
  • DV_PATCH_ADMIN
  • DV_STREAMS_ADMIN
  • DV_XSTREAM_ADMIN
  • EM_EXPRESS_ALL
  • EM_EXPRESS_BASIC
  • GSMADMIN_ROLE
  • GSMUSER_ROLE
  • GSM_POOLADMIN_ROLE
  • HS_ADMIN_SELECT_ROLE
  • LBAC_DBA
  • OPTIMIZER_PROCESSING_RATE
  • PROVISIONER
  • XS_CACHE_ADMIN
  • XS_NSATTR_ADMIN
  • XS_RESOURCE
  • XS_SESSION_ADMIN
ROLES 01-Jun-2013
New System Privileges
  • ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT
  • ALTER ANY CUBE BUILD PROCESS
  • ALTER ANY MEASURE FOLDER
  • ALTER ANY SQL TRANSLATION PROFILE
  • CLONE PLUGGABLE DATABASE
  • CREATE ANY CREDENTIAL
  • CREATE ANY SQL TRANSLATION PROFILE
  • CREATE CREDENTIAL
  • CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE
  • CREATE SQL TRANSLATION PROFILE
  • DROP ANY SQL TRANSLATION PROFILE
  • EM EXPRESS CONNECT
  • EXEMPT DDL REDACTION POLICY
  • EXEMPT DML REDACTION POLICY
  • EXEMPT REDACTION POLICY
  • INHERIT ANY PRIVILEGES
  • KEEP_DATE TIME
  • KEEP_SYSGUID
  • LOGMINING
  • PURGE DBA_RECYCLEBIN
  • REDEFINE ANY TABLE
  • SELECT ANY CUBE BUILD PROCESS
  • SELECT ANY MEASURE FOLDER
  • SET CONTAINER
  • SYSBACKUP
  • SYSDG
  • SYSKM
  • TRANSLATE ANY SQL
  • USE ANY SQL TRANSLATION PROFILE
SYSTEM PRIVILEGES 23-Feb|
New Column size for many common data dictionary common columns have been increased from 30 to 128 bytes DATA DICTIONARY 01-Jun-2013
     
 
Deprecated or Dropped
Package BLAST_CUR dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package CWM2_OLAP_INSTALLER dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMSNCDB dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_AMD dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_DBLINK dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_JDM_INTERNAL dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_OWB dropped dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_RULE_COMPATIBLE_90 dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_SQL2, from 11gR2, dropped ... EXPAND_SQL_TEXT relocated to DBMS_UTILITY and PARSE to DBMS_SQL   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_XDSUTL dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_XS_MTCACHE_FFI dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_XS_PRINCIPALS_INT dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_XS_PRINCIPAL_EVENTS_INT dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package DBMS_XS_ROLESET_EVENTS_INT dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package ODM_ABN_MODEL dropped   01-Jun-2013
Package XS$CATVIEW_UTIL dropped   01-Jun-2013
RESOURCE role no longer grants the UNLIMITED TABLESPACE system privilege by default ROLES 01-Jun-2013
 
SQL
Need to add MULTISET and MULTISET EXCEPT and MULTISET INTERSECT and MULTISET UNION
with their own library page even though not new
MULTISET 22-Oct-2012
CREATE DATABASE ... ENABLE PLUGGABLE DATABASE syntax DATABASE 23-Oct-2012
CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE syntax DATABASE 23-Oct-2012
New ALTER DATABASE FULL_DATABASE_RECOVERY Clause supporting recovery from storage snapshots DATABASE  
New ALTER DATABASE MOVE_DATAFILE_CLAUSE DATABASE  
New ALTER DATABASE Control File management clauses DATABASE  
New ALTER DATABASE Switfch-Over and Fail-Over clauses DATABASE  
CREATE USER syntax updated to include Editions and Containers USERS 28-Oct-2012
New CLEANUP keyword added to ALTER INDEX ... COALESCE INDEXES  
New USING TRUSTED CONSTRAINTS clause for Materialized Views MATERIALIZED VIEWS 03-Nov-2012
New KEEP and NOKEEP syntax for SEQUENCES affecting the behaviour of the NEXTVAL pseudocolumn during REPLAY SEQUENCES  
New SESSION and GLOBAL syntax for CREATE and ALTER SEQUENCES SEQUENCES  
New 32K maximum size for VARCHAR2 and NVARCHAR2 columns in tables and views TABLES 01-Jun-2013
New Unified Auditing with CREATE, ALTER, and DROP AUDIT POLICY statements and new AUDIT NOAUDIT abilities AUDIT  
New unified key management interface for Transparent Data Encryption with ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT statement Transparent Data Encryption  
 
PL/SQL
New ACCESSIBLE BY Clause ACCESSIBLE BY 01-Jun-2013
New FETCH FIRST Clause BULK COLLECT 01-Jun-2013
New PL/SQL Predefined Inquiry Directives ($$PLSQL_UNIT_OWNER, $$PLSQL_UNIT_TYPE, and compilation parameters) Predefined Inquiry Directives 01-Jun-2013
Invoker’s Rights Functions Can Be Result-Cached DBMS_RESULT_CACHE 01-Jun-2013
More PL/SQL-Only Data Types Can Cross PL/SQL-to-SQL Interface   14-Nov-2012
Roles can be granted to PL/SQL Packages and Standalone Subprograms ROLES 01-Jun-2013
More Data Types Have Same Maximum Size in SQL and PL/SQL Data Types 01-Jun-2013
A Library Can Be Defined as DIRECTORY Object and With CREDENTIAL   14-Nov-2012
New Implicit Statement Results   14-Nov-2012
UPDATE Triggers for LOB Columns and LOGICAL LOB UPDATE Triggers   14-Nov-2012
BEQUEATH CURRENT_USER Views   14-Nov-2012
INHERIT PRIVILEGES and INHERIT ANY PRIVILEGES Privileges   14-Nov-2012
Invisible Columns   14-Nov-2012
Objects, Not Types, Are Editioned or Noneditioned   14-Nov-2012
PL/SQL Functions That Run Faster in SQL   14-Nov-2012
New PDB_NAME attribute in the ALERT_TYPE data type.   01-Jun-2013
 
Functions and Procedures
New DBMS_FEATURE_ACTIVE_DATA_GUARD procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_AUDIT_OPTIONS procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_DATA_REDACTION procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_DBFS_CONTENT procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_DBFS_HS procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_DBFS_SFS procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_FGA_AUDIT procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_GOLDENGATE procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_ILM procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_LABEL_SECURITY procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_OLTP_INDEXCOMP procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_OJVM procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_PILLAR_EHCC procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_PILLAR_STORAGE procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_PRIV_CAPTURE procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_RAS procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_STREAMS procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_SYSTEM_OJVM procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_TSDP procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_UNIFIED_AUDIT procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_XSTREAM_IN procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_XSTREAM_OUT procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_XSTREAM_STREAMS procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_ZFS_EHCC procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FEATURE_ZFS_STORAGE procedure DBMS_FEATURE_USAGE Procedures 01-Jun-2013
New Undocumented STANDARD_HASH function Undocumented Oracle 01-Jun-2013
New SYS_CONTEXT functionality with CDB_NAME, CON_NAME, and DBLINK_INFO attributes SYS_CONTEXT 01-Jun-2013
 
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New Built-in Packages
New AMGT$DATAPUMP package with one procedure AMGT$DATAPUMP 01-Jun-2013
New APEX_DATAPUMP_SUPPORT package with 2 objects   01-Jun-2013
New CDBVIEW package with 1 object CDBVIEW 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_ADR_APP package with 10 objects DBMS_ADR_APP 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_ADR_INTERNAL package with 10 objects DBMS_ADR_INTERNAL 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_APPLY_ADM_IVK package with 1 object DBMS_APPLY_ADM_IVK 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_APP_CONT package with 1 object DBMS_APP_CONT 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_AUTO_REPORT package with 7 objects DBMS_AUTO_REPORT 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_AUTO_REPORT_INTERNAL package with 2 objects DBMS_AUTO_REPORT_INTERNAL 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM_IVK package with 9 objects DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM_IVK 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_CREDENTIAL package with 5 objects DBMS_CREDENTIAL 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_FS package with 3 non-functional objects DBMS_FS 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_ILM package with 10 objects - DOCUMENTED DBMS_ILM 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_ILM_ADMIN with 3 objects DBMS_ILM_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_INTERNAL_ROLLING package with 11 objects DBMS_INTERNAL_ROLLING 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_ISYNCREF package with 3 objects DBMS_ISYNCREF 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_JAVA_MISC package with 16 objects DBMS_JAVA_MISC 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_LOG package with 4 objects DBMS_LOG 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_LOGSTDBY_CONTEXT package with 4 objects   01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_IMPORT package with 2 objects DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_IMPORT 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_OPATCH package with 19 objects DBMS_OPATCH 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_PART package with 2 objects DBMS_PART 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_PDB package with 5 objects DBMS_PDB 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_PREUP package with 148 objects: many overloaded DBMS_PREUP 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_PRIVILEGE_CAPTURE package with 5 objects DBMS_PRIVILEGE_CAPTURE 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_PRIV_CAPTURE package with 9 objects - same rdbms/admin file DBMS_PRIV_CAPTURE 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_PRVTSQDS package with 14 objects DBMS_PRVTSQDS 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_PRVTSQIS package with 13 objects DBMS_PRVTSQIS 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_RAT_MASK package with 9 objects DBMS_RAT_MASK 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_REDACT package with 8 objects for working with Data Redaction and Transparent Sensitive Data Protection - DOCUMENTED DBMS_REDACT 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_REDACT_INT package with 10 objects for working with Data Redaction and Transparent Sensitive Data Protection DBMS_REDACT_INT 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_RESULT_CACHE_INTERNAL package with 1 object DBMS_RESULT_CACHE_INTERNAL 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_RMIN_SYS package with 39 objects plus overloads DBMS_RMIN_SYS 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_ROLLING package with 8 objects DBMS_ROLLING 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_SCHED_ARGUMENT_IMPORT package with 3 objects DBMS_SCHED_ARGUMENT_IMPORT 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_SECUREFILE_LOG_ADMIN package with 1 object DBMS_SECUREFILE_LOG_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_SERVICE_ERR package with 2 objects DBMS_SERVICE_ERR 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_SERVICE_PRVT package with 6 objects DBMS_SERVICE_PRVT 01-Jun-2013
New DBMS_SPD package with 9 objects - DOCUMENTED DBMS_SPD 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_SPD_INTERNAL package with 10 objects DBMS_SPD_INTERNAL 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_SQADM_SYSCALLS package with 4 objects DBMS_SQADM_SYSCALLS 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_SQL_MONITOR package with 6 objects - DOCUMENTED DBMS_SQL_MONITOR 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_SQL_TRANSLATOR package with 16 objects - DOCUMENTED DBMS_SQL_TRANSLATOR 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_SQL_TRANSLATOR_EXPORT package with 6 objects DBMS_SQL_TRANSLATOR_EXPORT 24-Oct-2012
New DBMS_STREAMS_ADM_IVK package with 43 objects DBMS_STREAMS_ADM_IVK 24-Oct-2012
DBMS_SYNC_REFRESH with 14 objects for synchronizing CDBs and PDBs DBMS_SYNC_REFRESH 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_TSDP_MANAGE with 9 documented objects for managing sensitive columns and types supporting Transparent Sensitive Data Protection DBMS_TSDP_MANAGE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_TSDP_PROTECT with 10 objects for Transparent Sensitive Data Protection DBMS_TSDP_PROTECT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XSTREAM_AUTH_IVK with 4 objects DBMS_XSTREAM_AUTH_IVK 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XSTREAM_GG_INTERNAL with 2 objects DBMS_XSTREAM_GG_INTERNAL 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XS_FIDM with 3 objects XS_FIDM 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XS_NSATTR with 1 object DBMS_XS_NSATTR 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XS_SIDP with 2 objects DBMS_XS_SIDP 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XS_SYSTEM with 4 objects supporting Real Application Security DBMS_XS_SYSTEM 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XS_SYSTEM_FFI with 4 objects supporting Real Application Security DBMS_XS_SYSTEM_FFI 25-Oct-2012
DBMS_XS_WEAK_AUTH with 4 objects DBMS_XS_WEAK_AUTH 25-Oct-2012
DMCLAIMP with 6 objects DMCLAIMP 25-Oct-2012
DMCLBIMP with 6 objects DMCLBIMP 25-Oct-2012
DMFEBIMP with 6 objects DMFEBIMP 25-Oct-2012
DMGLMBIMP with 18 objects DMGLMBIMP 25-Oct-2012
DMSVMAIMP with 12 objects DMSVMAIMP 25-Oct-2012
DM_FE_CUR package header with no package body DM_FE_CUR 25-Oct-2012
JAVAVM_SYS with 3 objects JAVAVM_SYS 01-Jun-2013
KBRSI_ICD with 54 objects KBRSI_ICD 25-Oct-2012
OJDS_CONTEXT with 16 objects OJDS_CONTEXT 25-Oct-2012
OJDS_NAMESPACE with 3 objects OJDS_NAMESPACE 25-Oct-2012
PRVTEMX_ADMIN with 53 objects PRVTEMX_ADMIN 25-Oct-2012
PRVTEMX_DBHOME with 8 objects PRVTEMX_DBHOME 25-Oct-2012
PRVTEMX_MEMORY with 1 object PRVTEMX_MEMORY 25-Oct-2012
PRVTEMX_PERF with 2 objects PRVTEMX_PERF 25-Oct-2012
PRVTPARENTCHILD with 2 objects PRVTPARENTCHILD 25-Oct-2012
PRVT_AWRV_METADATA with 7 objects PRVT_AWRV_METADATA 25-Oct-2012
PRVT_AWR_DATA with 27 objects PRVT_AWR_DATA 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_AWR_DATA_CP package with 4 objects PRVT_AWR_DATA_CP 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_AWR_INST_META package with 1 object PRVT_AWR_INST_META 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_AWR_PERIOD package with 5 objects PRVT_AWR_PERIOD 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_AWR_VIEWER package with 11 objects PRVT_AWR_VIEWER 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_CPADDM package with 8 objects PRVT_CPADDM 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_EMX package with 16 objects PRVT_EMX 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_HDM package with 6 objects PRVT_HDM 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_ILM package with 45 objects PRVT_ILM 25-Oct-2012
New PRVT_RTADDM package with 3 objects PRVT_RTADDM 25-Oct-2012
New PSTDY_DATAPUMP_SUPPORT package with 2 objects PSTDY_DATAPUMP_SUPPORT 01-Jun-2013
New TSDP$DATAPUMP package with 1 object TSDP$DATAPUMP 01-Jun-2013
New UTL_CALL_STACK package with 13 objects UTL_CALL_STACK 01-Jun-2013
New XS_ACL package with 9 objects XS_ACL 25-Oct-2012
New XS_ACL_INT package with 9 objects XS_ACL_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_ADMIN_INT package with 8 objects XS_ADMIN_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_ADMIN_UTIL package with 11 objects XS_ADMIN_UTIL 25-Oct-2012
New XS_DATA_SECURITY package with 13 objects XS_DATA_SECURITY 25-Oct-2012
New XS_DATA_SECURITY_INT package with 12 objects XS_DATA_SECURITY_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_DATA_SECURITY_UTIL package with 5 objects XS_DATA_SECURITY_UTIL 25-Oct-2012
New XS_DIAG package with 7 objects XS_DIAG 25-Oct-2012
New XS_DIAG_INT package with 2 objects XS_DIAG_INT 01-Jun-2013
New XS_MTCACHE_INT package with 3 objects XS_MTCACHE_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_NAMESPACE package with 6 objects and 3 overloads XS_NAMESPACE 25-Oct-2012
New XS_NAMESPACE_INT package with 6 objects and 5 overloads XS_NAMESPACE_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_OBJECT_MIGRATION package with 2 objects XS_OBJECT_MIGRATION 25-Oct-2012
New XS_PRINCIPAL package with 21 objects XS_PRINCIPAL 25-Oct-2012
New XS_PRINCIPAL_INT package with 24 objects XS_PRINCIPAL_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_ROLESET package with 5 objects XS_ROLESET 25-Oct-2012
New XS_ROLESET_INT package with 5 objects XS_ROLESET_INT 25-Oct-2012
New XS_SECURITY_CLASS package with 9 objects XS_SECURITY_CLASS 25-Oct-2012
New XS_SECURITY_CLASS_INT package with 9 objects XS_SECURITY_CLASS_INT 25-Oct-2012
 
Built-in Packages with New or Removed Functions and Procedures
DBMS_ADDM has 5 new functions DBMS_ADDM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_ADR has 7 new objects and new constants DBMS_ADR 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_APBACKEND has new GETSTOREID function   -
DBMS_APPLY_ADM has 3 new procedures one with an overload DBMS_APPLY_ADM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_APPLY_ADM_INTERNAL.RECOVER_APPLY_PROGRESS dropped   -
DBMS_APPLY_ADM_INTERNAL has 2 new objects   -
DBMS_APP_CONT_PRVT has 2 new objects DBMS_APP_CONT_PRVT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AQADM has 2 new objects: CREATE_SHARDED_QUEUE and DROP_SHARDED_QUEUE DBMS_AQADM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AQADM_SYS has 9 new objects one of which is overloaded   -
DBMS_AQADM_SYSCALLS has 3 new objects   -
DBMS_AQJMS has 17 new objects   -
DBMS_AQJMS_INTERNAL has 3 new objects   -
DBMS_AQ_EXP_QUEUE_TABLES has 2 new objects   -
DBMS_AQ_IMP_INTERNAL has new IMPORT_QUEUE_DQTMAP object   -
DBMS_AQ_IMP_INTERNAL has 6 new objects   -
DBMS_AQ_SYS_EXP_ACTIONS has 3 new objects   -
DBMS_AQ_SYS_EXP_INTERNAL has 5 new objects   -
DBMS_AQ_SYS_IMP_INTERNAL has 12 new objects   -
DBMS_ASH_INTERNAL has 3 new objects   -
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT has 3 new objects: 1 overloaded DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUTO_REPORT has 7 new objects   -
DBMS_AUTO_REPORT_INTERNAL has 2 new objects   -
DBMS_AUTO_TASK_ADMIN new DEFAULT_RESET procedure DBMS_AUTO_TASK_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE has 5 objects removed DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE has 41 new objects and overloads DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM_INTERNAL has 10 new objects   -
DBMS_CUBE has 8 new objects DBMS_CUBE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_CUBE_UTIL new 2 new objects CREATE_RPT_FILTER with two overloads   -
DBMS_DATA_MINING.GET_MODEL_DETAILS_ABN dropped   -
DBMS_DATA_MINING has 4 new objects   -
DBMS_DATA_MINING_INTERNAL.CREATE_TEMP_META_TABLE dropped   -
DBMS_DATA_MINING_INTERNAL has 3 new objects   -
DBMS_DATAPUMP has 3 new objects DBMS_DATAPUMP 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DATAPUMP_UTL has 4 new objects DBMS_DATAPUMP_UTL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DBFS_CONTENT_ADMIN has 4 new objects DBMS_DBFS_CONTENT_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DBFS_SFS_ADMIN has 11 new objects DBMS_DBFS_SFS_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DM_EXP_INTERNAL has 8 objects removed   -
DBMS_DM_IMP_INTERNAL package dropped   -
DBMS_DM_MODEL_EXP.INSTANCE_INFO_EXP, SCHEMA_CALLOUT, and SCHEMA_INFO_EXP dropped   -
DBMS_DM_MODEL_EXP new AUDIT_EXP, AUDIT_SYSPRIVS_EXP, CREATE_EXP, GRANT_EXP, and GRANT_SYSPRIVS_EXP   -
DBMS_DM_UTIL.DISPLAY_MSG and DUMP_MSG dropped   -
DBMS_DM_UTIL new NUMVAL object   -
DBMS_DM_UTIL_INTERNAL package dropped   -
DBMS_EDITIONS_UTILITIES new SET_NULL_COLUMN_VALUES_TO_EXPR procedure DBMS_EDITIONS_UTILITIES 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE has 16 new objects DBMS_FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_INTERNAL_LOGSTDBY dropped 7 objects and has 14 new objects DBMS_INTERNAL_LOGSTDBY 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_IREFRESH new ENQUOTE_LITERAL object   -
DBMS_ISCHED has 11 new objects   -
DBMS_ISNAPSHOT has new FIND_DBLINKS object   -
DBMS_JAVA has 16 objects removed and 4 new ones added DBMS_JAVA 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_LOBUTIL has new, overloaded, COPY_PRIMARY_DEDUP proc DBMS_LOBUTIL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_LOCK new ALLOCATE_UNIQUE_AUTONOMOUS procedure DBMS_LOCK 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_LOGMNR_D new SET_TABLESPACE procedure DBMS_LOGMNR_D 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL has 4 objects removed and LOGMNR_KRVIBLD added   -
DBMS_LOGREP_UTIL has 5 new objects DBMS_LOGREP_UTIL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_LOGSTDBY.EDS_EVOLVE_TABLE and VALIDATE_AUTH removed: EDS_EVOLVE_AUTOMATIC and EDS_EVOLVE_MANUAL added DBMS_LOGSTDBY 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_METADATA has 3 new objects DBMS_METADATA 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_METADATA_INT has new GET_OBJECT_TYPE_INFO object   -
DBMS_METADATA_UTIL has 10 new objects DBMS_METADATA_UTIL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_NETWORK_ACK_ADMIN has multiple new objects and 7 newly deprecated objects. HANDLEPREDELETE has been dropped DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_OBJECTS_UTILS has two new procedures DBMS_OBJECTS_UTILS 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_RCVMAN has 11 new objects DBMS_RCVMAN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_REDEFINITION has new REDEF_TABLE procedure DBMS_REDEFINITION 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_REDEFINITION_INTERNAL has 10 new objects DBMS_REDEFINITION_INTERNAL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_REGISTRY has 7 new objects one overloaded DBMS_REGISTRY 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_REGISTRY_SYS has 8 new objects DBMS_REGISTRY_SYS 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_REPORT.CREATE_SHARED_DIRECTORY, DROP_SHARED_DIRECTORY, and STORE_FILE removed DBMS_REPORT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_RLS has new ALTER_GROUPED_POLICY and ALTER_POLICY procedures DBMS_RLS 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_RMIN has 23 objects removed and 2 new objects added   -
DBMS_RULE has new EVALUATE_EXPRESSION and IS_FAST objects   -
DBMS_RULE_EXP_UTL has new ENQUOTE_NAME and IS_SYSTEM_EXPORT objects   -
DBMS_SCHEDULER has four new objects DBMS_SCHEDULER 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SCHED_MAIN_EXPORT has new I_INSTANCE_CALLOUT_IMP and I_SYSTEM_CALLOUT_IMP objects   -
DBMS_SERVICE has new IMPORT_CRS_SERVICES procedure DBMS_SERVICE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SESSION has new USE_DEFAULT_EDITION_DEFERRED procedure DBMS_SESSION 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SMB has new UPGRADE_STGTAB object   -
DBMS_SMB_INTERNAL has new CHECK_SMO_PROPS and GET_PLAN_FROM_STGTAB objects   -
DBMS_SNAP_INTERNAL has new SET_I_AM_AN_ACLMV and TRANSFORM_DDL objects   -
DBMS_SPACE_ADMIN new TABLESPACE_FIX_AFFINITY procedure DBMS_SPACE_ADMIN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SPM has 12 new objects related to baseplane evolution DBMS_SPM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SPM_INTERNAL.FETCH_PLAN_INFO and GET_SPM_HINTSET removed   -
DBMS_SQADM_SYSCALLS has 4 new objects   -
DBMS_SQL.BIND_ARRAY and DEFINE_ARRAY support 32K VARCHAR2s DBMS_SQL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SQL has new GET_NEXT_RESULT and RETURN_RESULT objects DBMS_SQL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SQLDIAG has new REPLAY_SQL_TESTCASE procedure DBMS_SQLDIAG 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SQLDIAG_INTERNAL has new I_GENERATE_PARAM_IMPORT object   -
DBMS_SQLTCB_INTERNAL has 5 new objects   -
DBMS_SQLTUNE_INTERNAL has 7 new objects and new container related parameters   -
DBMS_SQLTUNE_UTIL0 has 4 new objects and new container related parameters   -
DBMS_SQLTUNE_UTIL1 has new GET_DBID_FROM_CONID object and new container related parameters   -
DBMS_SQLTUNE_UTIL2 has new GET_TIMING_INFO object   -
DBMS_STATS has 21 new objects including support for Containers DBMS_STATS 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_STATS_INTERNAL.GET_CHTAB removed   -
DBMS_STREAMS_ADM_UTL has new CREATE_RULE_STRING_PROCEDURE object   -
DBMS_SWRF_REPORT_INTERNAL.TO_1000S and TO_1024S removed and 16 new objects   -
DBMS_TTS has 4 new objects DBMS_TTS 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_WRR_INTERNAL has 10 new objects DBMS_WRR_INTERNAL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XDBUTIL_INT has new INSTANCE_CALLOUT_IMP and INSTANCE_EXPORT_ACTION objects DBMS_XDBUTIL_INT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XDS.REFRESH_DSD removed and 8 new objects added   -
DBMS_XPLAN has several few pipelined table functions DBMS_XPLAN 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XSTREAM_ADM_INTERNAL has new UPDATE_GOLDENGATE_PRIVILEGE object   -
DBMS_XSTREAM_ADM_UTL has 3 new objects DBMS_XSTREAM_ADM_UTL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XSTREAM_GG_ADM has 50 new objects and overloads   -
DBMS_XSTREAM_GG_INTERNAL has 2 new objects   -
DBMS_XS_MTCACHE.SECCLS_DELETE and SECCLS_UPDATE removed DBMS_XS_MTCACHE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XS_PRINCIPALS has 2 objects removed and 3 new objects added   -
DBMS_XS_SESSIONS has 6 objects removed and 4 new objects added   -
DBMS_XS_SESSIONS_FFI has 6 objects removed and 3 new objects added   -
DIANA has 9 new objects    
DMP_SEC.GET_MODEL_DETAILS_ABN removed   -
DMP_SYS has 4 objects removed and 4 new objects added   -
DM_QGEN has had the LS_DUMP procedure removed and 2 new objects added DM_QGEN 01-Jun-2013
INITJVMAUX has 2 new objects   -
LOGMNR_DICT_CACHE.PURGE_SCN removed   01-Jun-2013
LOGSTDBY_INTERNAL.EDS_EVOLVE_TABLE_1_I removed   01-Jun-2013
ODM_CLUSTERING_UTIL.IS_DEBUG_ENABLED removed   -
ODM_MODEL_UTIL has 5 objects removed   -
ODM_UTIL.COMPUTE_LOG_COMBINATIONS removed and 3 new objects: 2 with 4 overloads   -
PRVT_COMPRESSION has 4 new objects PRVT_COMPRESSION 01-Jun-2013
UTL_I18N has a new function GET_MAX_CHARACTER_SIZE UTL_I18N 01-Jun-2013
UTL_XML has 8 new objects UTL_XML 01-Jun-2013
UTL_XML objects XMLGETTABLEFROMDOC, XMLTERM and XSLSETSTYLESHEET removed UTL_XML 01-Jun-2013
WWV_DBMS_SQL has 4 new objects <==== -
 
Built-in Packages with New or Removed Overloads
DBMSOBJG has a new FIND_TS_INFO procedure or function and GENERATE_DDL has more parameters as does GET_TAB_SPACE   22-Oct-2012
DBMSOBJG2 has new parameters in all 3 procs   22-Oct-2012
DBMSOBJG_DP has three new parameters in GENERATE_DDL_DP   22-Oct-2012
DBMS_COMPRESSION.GET_COMPRESSION_RATIO now has 3 overloads DBMS_COMPRESSION 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DATAPUMP has a new overload 5 of GET_STATUS DBMS_DATAPUMP 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_LOGMNR_LOGREP_DICT has new overloads for ADD_COL and ADD_OBJ   -
DBMS_METADATA_INT.SET_OBJECTS_FETCHED has new overload 3   -
DBMS_PICKLER.GET_TYPE_SHAPE has two new overloads DBMS_PICKLER 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SQL.BIND_VARIABLE_ROWID is no longer overloaded and PARSE no longer has overloads 5-12 DBMS_SQL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SYS_SQL has overloads removed, overloads added, and two new functions with overloads DBMS_SYS_SQL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XS_PRINCIPALS.SET_PASSWORD overload removed   01-Jun-2013
DBMS_XS_SESSIONS.SET_ATTRIBUTE overload removed   01-Jun-2013
ODM_MODEL_UTIL.DROP_TABLE overload removed   01-Jun-2013
DBMS_PRVTAQIM has new CREATE_BASE_VIEW11_2_0 and CREATE_BASE_VIEW_12C objects   -
DBMS_PRVTAQIS has 15 new objects   -
DBMS_SERVICE.CREATE_SERVICE and MODIFY_SERVICE are now overloaded DBMS_SERVICE 01-Jun-2013
UTL_XML SSCFIND 3 args UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML SSCGETCTX 2 args UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML SSCMINIMIZECACHE 1 arg UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML SSCPARSE 3 args UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML SSCPURGE 1 arg UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML SSCSETDEBUG 1arg UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML XMLDUMPCTXS 1arg UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML XMLSETMEMDEBUG 1arg UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
UTL_XML XMLTERM 1 - removed UTL_XML 22-Oct-2012
WWV_DBMS_SQL.PARSE_AS_USER and RUN_DDL each have one new overload   -
 
Built-in Packages with Parameters Changes
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.CLEAN_AUDIT_TRAIL has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.CLEAR_LAST_ARCHIVE_TIMESTAMP has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.CREATE_PURGE_JOB has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.DEINIT_CLEANUP has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.INIT_CLEANUP has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.IS_CLEANUP_INITIALIZED has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.SET_LAST_ARCHIVE_TIMESTAMP has new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_APPLY_ADM.SET_TABLE_xxx_SCN procs have a new SOURCE_ROOT_NAME parameter DBMS_APPLY_ADM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM.CREATE_CAPTURE has new SOURCE_ROOT_NAME and CAPTURE_CLASS parameters DBMS_CAPTURE_ADM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_CLIENT_RESULT_CACHE has new parameters DBMS_CLIENT_RESULT_CACHE 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_GOLDENGATE_AUTH procedures have new CONTAINER parameter DBMS_GOLDENGATE_AUTH 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_INDEX_UTL has new FORCED_DEGREE parameter DBMS_INDEX_UTL 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SCHEDULER.RUN_JOB has one new parameter and SUBMIT_REMOTE_EXTERNAL_JOB has four new parameters DBMS_SCHEDULER 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SQLPA has new CON_DBID and CON_NAME parameters to provide Container DB support: Also new default analysis parameters DBMS_SQLPA 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_SQLTUNE has new AUTOTUNE_PERIOD parameter DBMS_SQLTUNE To be done
DBMS_STATS type ObjectElem dropped the confidence element and multiple objects with new parameters DBMS_STATS 01-Jun-2013
 
Built-in Packages with new Constants, Exceptions, Types, and other significant changes
DBMS_AQADM has new sort_list parameter DBMS_AQADM 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_COMPRESSION has 10 new constants DBMS_COMPRESSION 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_CRYPTO has new SHA2 constants DBMS_CRYPTO 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DATA_PUMP has 18 new constants and a new value for KU$_STATUS_VERSION DBMS_DATAPUMP 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_DB_VERSION has new Version 12 constants DBMS_DB_VERSION 01-Jun-2013
DBMS_METADATA has new MARKER_STATISTICS constant and new XS_USER object_type DBMS_METADATA 01-Jun-2013
UTL_IDENT has new IS_ORACLE_XE constant UTL_IDENT 01-Jun-2013
 
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