Just learned this document refers to Exadata Cloud environment:
This is the latest version, January 2017
https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/exadata-express-cloud/
csdbf/new-features-guide-oracle-database.pdf
If you are looking for the 12.2 New Features guide , be aware there are at
least two versions.
This is the latest version, January 2017
https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/exadata-express-cloud/
csdbf/new-features-guide-oracle-database.pdf
I was looking for Sharding - does not appear in this doc.
The previous new features guide from December 2016 *does* include Sharding.
https://docs.oracle.com/database/122/NEWFT/NEWFT.pdf
I do not yet know what other differences there may be.
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
Principal Consultant at Pythian
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