Oracle AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition for Linux x86–64 is now available on-premises. This release is more than just a version update — it’s a fundamental shift towards an intelligent, self-managing, and developer-friendly data platform. True to its “ai” namesake, it is infused with artificial intelligence and automation, and it also delivers a massive wave of enhancements across SQL, security, performance, manageability, and development.
In this article, we dive into over 50 major new features that define Oracle Database 26ai.
1.Oracle AI Database 26ai — SQL Domain
2.Oracle AI Database 26ai — Wide Tables
3.Oracle AI Database 26ai — Dictionary Protection
4.Reducing Unified Audit Trail Size in Oracle AI Database 26ai
5.Oracle AI Database 26ai: Filtering Analytic Function Results with the QUALIFY Clause
6.Oracle AI Database 26ai: RESETTABLE Clause
7.Oracle AI Database 26ai: Bind Variable Support in Materialized View Query Rewrite
8.Oracle AI Database 26ai — Automatic Transaction Rollback (Priority Transactions with high, medium and low priority)
9.SQL Diagnostic Report(26ai, 19.28)
10.Oracle Database 26ai,19c — RMAN Progress Status Report
11.Oracle AI Database 26ai(23.9) — GROUP BY ALL
12.Oracle AI Database 26ai(23.9) — Introducing Non-Positional INSERT INTO SET Clause
13.26ai: Using IF [NOT] EXISTS Clause When Creating or Dropping an Object
14.Oracle 26ai — ConnStr Tool
15.Transport Tablespace over Network
16.Identifying Data Dictionary Inconsistencies with DBMS_DICTIONARY_CHECK
17.Oracle AI Database 26ai — error_message_details Parameter for Displaying Error Details
18.The INMEMORY(ALL) and NO INMEMORY(ALL) Clauses
19.Oracle 26ai — Applying Grid Infrastructure Patches via GUI(Zero-Downtime)
20.Oracle 26ai: Utilizing Memoptimized Rowstore Without Setting a Hint
21.Oracle 26ai — Storing Flashback Logs Outside FRA
22.Read-Only Session in Oracle 26ai
23.Shrinking Smallfile Tablespaces in Oracle 26ai(23.7)
24.DBMS_DEVELOPER.GET_METADATA in Oracle 26ai(23.7)
25.Sessionless Transactions in Database 26ai(23.6)
26.Data Redaction and View Enhancements — Oracle 26ai(23.6)
27.Staging Tables in Oracle 26ai
28.Oracle 26ai — Track Table and Partition Scan Access
29.Read-Only Oracle Home: Disabled by Default in Oracle 26ai
30.Oracle 26ai — Speed up IMPDP Using NOVALIDATE Constraints
31.Column Level Audit in Oracle AI Database 26ai
32.Schema Privileges in Oracle AI Database 26ai
33.Key Features No Longer Supported in Oracle AI Database 26ai
34.Oracle 26ai — Hybrid Read-Only Mode for Pluggable Databases
35.Oracle 26ai — Automatic SQL Transpiler Feature
36.Oracle 26ai — Control PDB Open Order
37.Boolean Data Type in Oracle AI Database 26ai
38.Convert LONG to LOB on import(26ai)
39.Oracle AI Database 26ai : Group By and Having using Column Aliases
40.Oracle AI Database 26ai — Read-Only User Feature
41.Annotations in Oracle AI Database 26ai
42.DB_DEVELOPER_ROLE Role in Oracle AI Database 26ai
43.Oracle AI DATABASE 26ai (23.7) — Materialized Expression Columns
44.In-Memory Advisor in Oracle AI DATABASE 26ai
45.Oracle AI Database 26ai Fast Ingest Enhancements
46.Blockchain and Immutable Tables Enhancements in Oracle AI Database 26ai
47.26ai — Analyzing Optimizer Environment Using DBA_HIST_OPTIMIZER_ENV_DETAILS
48.Oracle 26ai: Direct Joins for UPDATE and DELETE Statements
49.SQL Firewall in Oracle AI Database 26ai
50.Lock-free reservation in Oracle AI Database 26ai
51.SQL History in Oracle AI Database 26ai
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