Oracle 12c is a major release for Oracle Corporation and the company's flagship product. This new database is a fundamentally new way of thinking about databases and will be the first multitenant database on the market. Oracle 12c For Dummies contains brand new content on this significantly transformed database as well as explain the Oracle Private Cloud, improved analytics tools and several other key changes in the latest release.

About the Author

Chris Ruel is an Oracle database administrator and consultant. Michael Wessler is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator for Oracle 10g, 8i, and 8 and an Oracle Certified Web Administrator for 9iAS. He has administered Oracle databases on Windows and various flavors of UNIX and Linux, including clustered Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) environments. In addition to Oracle DBA consulting, Michael works extensively as an Oracle web application server administrator and web application architect and also frequently lectures on Oracle web technologies and teaches Oracle Performance Tuning classes.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Part I: Getting Started with Oracle 12c • Discovering Databases and Oracle 12c • Understanding Oracle Database Architecture • Preparing to Implement Oracle Part II: Implementing an Oracle Database • Creating Your Database • Connecting to the Database • Understanding the Language of Databases: SQL • Loading Data into Your Database Part III: Caring for and Feeding an Oracle Database • Keeping the Database Running • Tuning an Oracle Database for Performance • Securing and Auditing Your Database • Facilitating Backup and Recovery • Troubleshooting an Oracle Database • Managing Your Database with Enterprise Manager Part IV: Advanced Oracle Technologies • Advanced Features • Using High-Availability Options Part V: The Part of Tens • Ten Oracle Installation Do's • Ten Database Design Do's Appendix A: Installing Oracle 12c on Linux Index