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Versions 20c and 21c

Description Link Last Modified
Architecture
Legacy, non-container architecture fully desupported - 29-Feb-2020
Attention Log Attention Log 19-Jan-2021
Persistent Memory Database and FileStore Persistent Memory DB 17-Apr-2020
SecureFile Defragmentation SecureFiles 28-Mar-2020
DRnn Background Process Dropped Background Processes 12-Nov-2020
New MZnn Background Process Added Background Processes 12-Nov-2020
New
  • Object Type: MLE Language in namespaces 1 and 147
Deprecated/Desupported

  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express (EM Express)
  • Oracle Wallet Manager
  • SHA-1 for DBMS_CRYPTO
  • SHA-1 for SQL*Net
  • MD4
  • MD5
 - 20-Dec-2020






12-Dec-2020
 
Security
Force upgraded password files to be case sensitive - 07-Mar-2020
DBMS_CRYPTO support for asymmetric key operations - -
Database clients can be configured to maintain multiple SSL sessions using different certificates - 07-Mar-2020
PASSWORD_ROLLOVER_TIME added to PROFILE Profiles 26-Dec-2020
STIG compliant Unified Audit Policies are predefined - 07-Mar-2020
Support for centrally managed wallets - 07-Mar-2020
USER_APPLICATION_ROLES view enhanced to show roles granted - 07-Mar-2020
 
General
New Users
  • DGPDB_INT
  • DV_OWNER
Deprecated/Dropped Users as Part of Default Install
  • TBD
 USERS 26-Dec-2020
New Roles
  • AVTUNE_PKG_ROLE
  • BDSQL_ADMIN
  • BDSQL_USER
  • GSMROOTUSER_ROLE
  • MAINTPLAN_APP
  • PPLB_ROLE
Deprecated/Dropped Roles as Part of Default Install
  • CSW_USR_ROLE
  • DV_PUBLIC
  • DV_REALM_OWNER
  • DV_REALM_RESOURCE
 ROLES 31-Dec-2020
New System Privileges
  • Create Logical Partition Tracking
  • Drop Logical Partition Tracking
  • Execute Dynamic MLE
  • Enable Diagnostics
Deprecated/Dropped System Privileges
  • None
 SYSTEM PRIVILEGES 10-Jan-2021
New Data Dictionary Objects
  • DBA_OGG_AUTO_CAPTURED_TABLES
  • USER_OGG_AUTO_CAPTURED_TABLES
Deprecated/Dropped Data Dictionary Objects
  • ALL_DEF_AUDIT_OPTS
  • AUDIT_ACTIONS
  • DBA_AUDIT_EXISTS
  • DBA_AUDIT_OBJECT
  • DBA_AUDIT_SESSION
  • DBA_AUDIT_STATEMENT
  • DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL
  • DBA_COMMON_AUDIT_TRAIL
  • DBA_FGA_AUDIT_TRAIL
  • DBA_OBJ_AUDIT_OPTS
  • DBA_PRIV_AUDIT_OPTS
  • DBA_STMT_AUDIT_OPTS
  • USER_AUDIT_OBJECT
  • USER_AUDIT_SESSION
  • USER_AUDIT_STATEMENT
  • USER_AUDIT_TRAIL
  • USER_OBJ_AUDIT_OPTS
 - -
New Dynamic Performance Views
  • GV$ACTIVITY_MVIEW
  • GV$ACTIVITY_TABLE
  • GV$ALL_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY
  • GV$ALL_SQL_MONITOR
  • GV$ALL_SQL_PLAN
  • GV$ALL_SQL_PLAN_MONITOR
  • GV$AQ_DEQUEUE_SESSIONS
  • GV$AQ_PARTITION_STATS
  • GV$ASM_ACFSAUTORESIZE
  • GV$AV_BTT_CACHE
  • GV$BCAPPLY_STATS
  • GV$BUILD_INFO
  • GV$COMPATIBILITY_REQUIREMENT
  • GV$CONNECTION_BROKER
  • GV$CONSENSUS_CLIENTS
  • GV$CONSENSUS_LOGS
  • GV$CONSENSUS_STATS
  • GV$CONTAINER_TOPOLOGY
  • GV$CON_WAITCLASSMETRIC
  • GV$CON_WAITCLASSMETRIC_HISTORY
  • GV$DG_BROKER_PROPERTY
  • GV$DG_BROKER_PROPERTY_INT
  • GV$DIAG_USER_TRACE_RECORDS
  • GV$EQ_CACHED_PARTITIONS
  • GV$EQ_CROSS_INSTANCE_JOBS
  • GV$EQ_DEQUEUE_SESSIONS
  • GV$EQ_INACTIVE_PARTITIONS
  • GV$LCR_CACHE
  • GV$LISTENER_HEALTH
  • GV$EQ_MESSAGE_CACHE
  • GV$EQ_MESSAGE_CACHE_ADVICE
  • GV$EQ_MESSAGE_CACHE_STAT
  • GV$EQ_NONDUR_SUBSCRIBER
  • GV$EQ_NONDUR_SUBSCRIBER_LWM
  • GV$EQ_PARTITION_STATS
  • GV$EQ_REMOVE_DEQUEUE_AFFINITY
  • GV$EQ_SUBSCRIBER_LOAD
  • GV$EQ_SUBSCRIBER_STAT
  • GV$EQ_SUBSCR_REGISTRATION_STATS
  • GV$EQ_UNCACHED_PARTITIONS
  • GV$FOREIGN_DATAFILE_COPY
  • GV$GCS_LOCK_STATE_RESOLUTION_HISTORY
  • GV$LISTENER_HEALTH
  • GV$MDX_CURSOR
  • GV$MDX_CURSOR_DEPENDENCY
  • GV$PKCS11_PATH
  • GV$PQ_SLAVEINFO
  • GV$QUERY_BLOCK_ORIGIN
  • GV$RESULT_SUBCACHE_STATISTICS
  • GV$SECUREFILE_SHRINK
Deprecated/Dropped Dynamic Performance Views

  • V$CELL_DB_HISTORY
  • V$OBJECT_USAGE (deprecated as of 12.1)
  • V$XML_AUDIT_TRAIL
 Dynamic Performance Views 28-Dec-2020
New Object Privileges
  • None
Deprecated/Dropped Object Privileges

  • None
 - 02-Jan-2021
New Hints
  • TBD
 - -
New Initialization Parameters
  • DBNEST_ENABLE
  • DBNEST_PDB_FS_CONF
  • DIAGNOSTICS_CONTROL
  • INMEMORY_DEEP_VECTORIZATION
  • PMEM_FILESTORE
  • TABLESPACE_ENCRYPTION_DEFAULT_ALGORITHM
Deprecated/Dropped Initialization Parameters
  • AUDIT_FILE_DEST
  • AUDIT_SYS_OPERATIONS
  • AUDIT_SYSLOG_LEVEL
  • AUDIT_TRAIL
  • IGNORE_CASE
  • UNIFIED_AUDIT_SGA_QUEUE_SIZE
 Startup Parameters 30-Dec-2020
New Built-In Packages
  • See below
Dropped Built-In Packages
  • DBMS_CLR
  • DBMS_CRYPTO_TOOLKIT
  • DBMS_CRYPTO_TOOLKIT_FFI
  • DBMS_CRYPTO_TOOLKIT_TYPES
  • DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT
  • DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT_FFI
  • DBMS_SERVER_TRACE
  • ORDIMDPCALLOUTS
  • ORD_ADMIN
  • ORD_DICOM_ADMIN_PRV
  • ORD_DICOM_CT
  • ORD_DICOM_PKG
  • UTL_ORAMTS
  • UTL_SPADV
 Built-In Packages 31-Dec-2020
 
Other Deprecated or Dropped Objects
TBD   -
 
Object Types and Features
New
  • BlockChain Tables
Deprecated and Desupported
  • Legacy (Non-Container) Architecture
  • Obfuscation Toolkit
 BlockChain Tables


 		 27-Dec-2020


 
 
New SQL
EXCEPT Set Operator Oracle Operators 25-Mar-2020
INTERSECT ALL Set Operator Oracle Operators 25-Mar-2020
MINUS ALL Set Operator Oracle Operators 25-Mar-2020
Process Identifier (PID) userenv Constant SYS_CONTEXT 27-Mar-2020
SQL Macros SQL Macros 04-Jan-2021
 
PL/SQL Changes
SQL Macros SQL Macros 04-Jan-2021
FOR LOOP Enhancement Control Structures 08-Jan-2021
New PL/SQL Informational Warning Messages (06027, 06028, 06029) PL/SQL Warnings 01-Jan-2021
New PL/SQL Severe Warning Messages (05026, 05027, 05028, 05029) PL/SQL Warnings 01-Jan-2021
Dropping PLW-07202 was announced in version 12.2 but was not done until 20c PL/SQL Warnings 01-Jan-2021
New Pragma SUPPRESS_WARNING_6009 PRAGMAS 01-Jan-2021
 
New or Modified Functions, Operators, Procedures, and Types
AVTUNE_LOG_LISTAGGCLOB$ SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
DBMS_FEATURE_APPROX_QP DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 08-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_EM_DIAG DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 08-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_EM_GC DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 08-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_EM_INT DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 08-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_EM_TUNING DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 08-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_HCS DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 26-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_IM_BASE_LEVEL DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 08-Dec-2020
DBMS_FEATURE_SEHA DBMS_FEATURE Procedures 26-Dec-2020
DG$GETFLATDG Dropped SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
GET_SUPPORT_MODE SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
GET_SUPPORT_REASON SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
JSON$CHECK_EXPR SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
KCISYS_BITMAPAGG SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
KCISYS_CATRSIAGG SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
KCISYS_RSIAGG SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
ONAME SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
PNAME SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
SPATIALACTIVE SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
TKHCS_LOG_LISTAGGCLOB SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
VERIFY_FUNCTION Dropped SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
VERIFY_FUNCTION_11G Dropped SYS Owned Functions 02-Jan-2021
 
Renamed Objects
None Identified So Far - -
 
New or Modified Functions, Operators, Procedures, and Types
ANY_VALUE ANY_VALUE 06-Nov-2020
 
Changes to JSON, SODA and XML
TBD - -
 
New Built-in Packages
DBFS_OFS_CONVERSION DBFS_OFS_CONVERSION 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_ACTIVITY DBMS_ACTIVITY 13-Dec-2020
DBMS_ADBTASK_ADMIN DBMS_ADBTASK_ADMIN 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_APP_CONT_REPORT DBMS_APP_CONT_REPORT 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_AQ_IND_MON DBMS_AQ_IND_MON 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_AQ_SUB DBMS_AQ_SUB 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_AUTO_MV DBMS_AUTO_MV 13-Dec-2020
DBMS_AUTO_SQLSET DBMS_AUTO_SQLSET 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_AUTO_ZONEMAP DBMS_AUTO_ZONEMAP 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_AUTO_ZONEMAP_INTERNAL DBMS_AUTO_ZONEMAP_INTERNAL 12-Dec-2020
DBMS_AVTUNE DBMS_AVTUNE 17-Dec-2020
DBMS_AVTUNE_UTIL DBMS_AVTUNE_UTIL 17-Dec-2020
DBMS_AWRHUB DBMS_AWRHUB 16-Dec-2020
DBMS_AWRHUB_SERVER DBMS_AWRHUB_SERVER 16-Dec-2020
DBMS_AWRHUB_SOURCE DBMS_AWRHUB_SOURCE 16-Dec-2020
DBMS_AWR_ANALYTICS DBMS_AWR_ANALYTICS 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_TABLE DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_TABLE 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_UTL DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_UTL 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_CLOUD DBMS_CLOUD 05-Dec-2020
DBMS_CLOUD_TYPES DBMS_CLOUD_TYPES 05-Dec-2020
DBMS_CUBE_PRVTEXP DBMS_CUBE_PRVTEXP 17-Dec-2020
DBMS_DLM DBMS_DLM 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE_MIGRATE DBMS_FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE_MIGRATE 13-Dec-2020
DBMS_GSM_DDL DBMS_GSM_DDL 06-Dec-2020
DBMS_GSM_SEC DBMS_GSM_SEC 06-Dec-2020
DBMS_HCS_LOG DBMS_HCS_LOG 17-Dec-2020
DBMS_MAINTPLAN DBMS_MAINTPLAN 19-Dec-2020
DBMS_MAX_STRING_SIZE DBMS_MAX_STRING_SIZE 05-Jan-2021
DBMS_MDX_UTIL DBMS_MDX_UTIL 22-Dec-2020
DBMS_MLE DBMS_MLE 20-Dec-2020
DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE 06-Jan-2021
DBMS_PQDIAG DBMS_PQDIAG 06-Jan-2021
DBMS_REPLAYHUB DBMS_REPLAYHUB 04-Jan-2021
DBMS_SWAT DBMS_SWAT 13-Dec-2020
DBMS_SWAT_ARM_INTERNAL DBMS_SWAT_ARM_INTERNAL 31-Dec-2020
DBMS_SWAT_INTERNAL DBMS_SWAT_INTERNAL 23-Dec-2020
DBMS_SWAT_MM_INTERNAL DBMS_SWAT_MM_INTERNAL 06-Jan-2021
DBMS_SWAT_MM_UTILS DBMS_SWAT_MM_UTILS 07-Jan-2021
DBMS_SWAT_VER_INTERNAL DBMS_SWAT_VER_NTERNAL 28-Dec-2020
DBMS_SYS_MLE DBMS_SYS_MLE 20-Dec-2020
DBMS_TABLE_DATA DBMS_TABLE_DATA 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_TEQK DBMS_TEQK 24-Dec-2020
DBMS_TSDP_PROTECT_INT DBMS_TSDP_PROTECT_INT 24-Dec-2020
DBMS_USER_CERTS DBMS_USER_CERTS 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_WRR_STATE_BASE DBMS_WRR_STATE_BASE 23-Dec-2020
LBAC_POLICY_ADMIN_INT LBAC_POLICY_ADMIN_INT 21-Dec-2020
LTI LTI 30-Dec-2020
SA_USER_ADMIN_INT SA_USER_ADMIN_INT 05-Jan-2021
 
Built-in Packages with New or Removed Objects
DBMS_APP_CONT_ADMIN has 5 new objects DBMS_APP_CONT_ADMIN 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_ASSERT has new SIMPLE_SQL_NAME_LIST function DBMS_ASSERT 07-Dec-2020
DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_TABLE has 4 new objects DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_TABLE 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_UTL has new IS_COPIER object DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_UTL 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_CLOUD has 11 new objects DBMS_CLOUD 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_GSM_FIXED has 4 new objects DBMS_GSM_FIXED 06-Dec-2020
DBMS_GSM_SEC has new PUTCATUSER procedure DBMS_GSM_SEC 19-Jan-2021
DBMS_LOB LOADFROMFILE and LOB new buffering support DBMS_LOB 22-Dec-2020
DBMS_PLSQL_CODE_COVERAGE has new GET_BLOCK_MAP function DBMS_PLSQL_CODE_COVERAGE 22-Dec-2020
DBMS_REGISTRY_SYS has 2 new objects DBMS_REGISTRY_SYS 18-Dec-2020
DBMS_WRR_INTERNAL dropped the EXPORT_REP_EXT_TBL procedure DBMS_WRR_INTERNAL 23-Dec-2020
DBMS_WRR_PROTECTED has new GET_DBREPLAY_PATCH_INFO function DBMS_WRR_PROTECTED 23-Dec-2020
DBMS_XSTREAM_GG_ADM has new PURGE_TXN_CDR_INFO object DBMS_XSTREAM_GG_ADM 04-Jan-2021
KBRSI_ICD has 19 new objects KBRSI_ICD 17-Jan-2021
KBRSI_ICD has 4 objects removed KBRSI_ICD 17-Jan-2021
 
Built-in Packages with New or Removed Overloads
DBMS_CLOUD.CREATE_CREDENTIAL has a new overload DBMS_CLOUD 14-Dec-2020
 
Built-in Packages with Parameters Changes
DBMS_APP_CONT_PRVT.REPARE_REPLAY has 4 new parameters DBMS_APP_CONT_ADMIN 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_DST.UPGRADE_TABLE has a new FROM_TZ_VERSION parameter DBMS_DST 07-Dec-2020
DBMS_SERVICE.DISCONNECT_SESSION has new GUID parameter DBMS_SERVICE 03-Jan-2021
KBRSI_ICD.RSKRSPDELETEDB has new P_TKEY parameter KBRSI_ICD 17-Jan-2021
KBRSI_ICD.RSSCHEDUNLOCK modified from BINARY_INTEGER (19c) to BOOLEAN (21c) KBRSI_ICD 17-Jan-2021
 
Built-in Packages with new Constants, Exceptions, Types, and other significant changes
DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_TABLE has new SIGN_ALGO_DEFAULT Constant DBMS_BLOCKCHAIN_TABLE 27-Dec-2020
DBMS_CLOUD has added new constants with version 21c DBMS_CLOUD 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_CLOUD_TYPES has 2 new constants with version 21c DBMS_CLOUD_TYPES 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_CLOUD_TYPES has 2 new types and has altered LIST_OBJECT_RET_T in 21c DBMS_CLOUD_TYPES 14-Dec-2020
DBMS_DB_VERSION has new 20c and 21c Constants DBMS_DB_VERSION 09-Jan-2021
DBMS_LCR has 2 new OSON constants for JSON DBMS_LCR 18-Dec-2020
 
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