Release Notes
Release 1.4 for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and AIX
E40696-06
March 2014
This document contains important information that was not included in the documentation for Oracle R Enterprise Release 1.4.
This document contains these topics:
The following known issue exists in Oracle R Enterprise 1.4:
BUG 18373587 - Oracle R Enterprise 1.4 upgrade fails to update R_HOME for embedded R
The Oracle R Enterprise 1.4 upgrade process does not update the value of R_HOME in sys.rq_config.
Embedded R uses the value of R_HOME specified in sys.rq_config to determine the location of R. When you upgrade to Oracle R Enterprise 1.4, the value of R_HOME is not updated. This only presents a problem if R home is not the same as it was for the earlier release of Oracle R Enterprise.
In most cases, you will not encounter this problem on Linux systems since R is installed in /usr/lib64/R/library by default on Linux..
Update the value of R_HOME in the sys.rq_config table as follows:
sqlplus / as sysdba
EXEC sys.rqconfigset('R_HOME', 'new_path')
R 3.0.1 is required for Oracle R Enterprise 1.4. Oracle recommends that you use Oracle R Distribution whenever possible. Oracle R Distribution 3.0.1 is supported on all platforms including 64-bit Windows.
If you intend to use open source R, refer to "Open Source R for Oracle R Enterprise" in Oracle R Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide for instructions.
Oracle R Enterprise 1.4 supports Oracle Database 11.2 and 12.1. However, Oracle Database 11.2 ships with Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1, and Oracle Database 12.1 ships with Oracle R Enterprise 1.2. If you are using an earlier release of Oracle R Enterprise, you should upgrade to release 1.4.
Refer to:
"Upgrading Oracle R Enterpise" in Oracle R Enterprise Installation and Administration Guide for upgrade instructions.Note:
Oracle R Enterprise does not currently support the multitenant container database (CDB) feature of Oracle Database 12c.Oracle R Enterprise requires several open source R packages. In earlier releases of Oracle R Enterprise, these packages were called "client supporting" packages. In Oracle R Enterprise 1.4, these packages are simply called "supporting packages."
In Oracle R Enterprise 1.4, the supporting packages are:
ROracle 1.1-11 DBI 0.2-7 png 0.1-7 cairo 1.5-2
Oracle R Enterprise runs on 64-bit platforms only. Both client and server components are supported on each of the platforms described in Table 1.
Table 1 Oracle R Enterprise Platform Requirements
| Operating System | Hardware Platform | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Linux x86-64 |
Intel and AMD |
Oracle Linux may be running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine. |
|
Oracle Solaris |
Intel and SPARC |
Oracle Solaris may be running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine. |
|
IBM AIX |
IBM |
64-bit IBM AIX 5.3 or higher |
|
Microsoft Windows |
Intel |
64-bit Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 |
The supported configurations of Oracle R Enterprise, Oracle R Distribution, and Oracle Database are shown in Table 2.
Table 2 Oracle R Enterprise Configuration and Support Matrix
| Oracle R Enterprise Version | R/Oracle R Distribution Version | Oracle Database Version (See Note) |
|---|---|---|
|
1.0 |
2.13.2 |
11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1 |
|
1.1 |
2.13.2 |
11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1 |
|
1.2 |
2.15.1 |
11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1 |
|
1.3 |
2.15.1 |
11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1 |
|
1.3.1 |
2.15.1, 2.15.2, 2.15.3 |
11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1 |
|
1.4 |
3.0.1 |
11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1 |
Note:
Oracle Database versions 11.2.0.1 and 11.2.0.2 are supported on Linux if patched. See "Patching Oracle Software With OPatch" in Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch User's Guide for Windows and UNIX.Oracle R Enterprise Release 1.4 fixes the problems listed in Table 3.
Table 3 Bugs Fixed in Oracle R Enterprise Release 1.4
| Bug Number | Bug Description |
|---|---|
|
15974756 |
MISSING AS.ORE.MATRIX METHODS FOR ORE.FRAME AND ORE.VECTOR |
|
16018980 |
ADD ORE.LM/ORE.STEPWISE SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN 1000 COLUMNS |
|
16060161 |
HARDCODED PASSWORD FOR RQSYS SCHEMA DOES NOT PASS SECURITY TEST ON SOME SYSTEMS |
|
16093910 |
NAN VALUES ARE NOT PROPERLY HANDLED IN EMBEDDED R RELATIONAL OUTPUT |
|
16118483 |
EMBEDDED R DOES NOT DELETE INSTANCE TEMPDIR() WHEN ENGINE IS SHUT DOWN |
|
16167325 |
ADD ABILITY TO ADD PARALLEL HINT TO SQL QUERIES |
|
16193682 |
DERIVED ORE.FRAMES ERROR OUT WITH ORE.*APPLY FUNCTIONS |
|
16238165 |
ADD ARGUMENT "LIST" TO ORE.DELETE FUNCTION |
|
16273403 |
ORE.LOAD DOES NOT RESTORE ORE.ODMGLM MODEL OBJECTS FULLY |
|
16284222 |
ENSURE ORE INSTALLER WORKS WITH MULTIPLE DB INSTANCES ON A SINGLE NODE |
|
16312948 |
ENV R_HOME COULD INTERFERE WITH ORE INSTALL.SH |
|
16347902 |
ORE.SAVE FAILS TO PRESERVE TEMP DEPENDENT TABLE USED BY ORE.LM |
|
16426951 |
ADD SUPPORT FOR FACTOR ANALYSIS |
|
16465253 |
ADDRESS THE SCORES ARGUMENT TO THE ORESTATS::PRINCOMP METHOD |
|
16465257 |
ORESTATS::PRINCOMP ADD SUPPORT FOR SUBSET ARGUMENT WHEN NO FORMULA IS SUPPLIED |
|
16501402 |
THE SEP ARGUMENT ISN'T WORKING FOR THE INTERACTION METHOD |
|
16503775 |
RELATIONAL OUTPUT IN EMBEDDED R DOES NOT GRACEFULLY HANDLE LONG COLUMN NAMES |
|
16596151 |
EMBEDDED R REQUIRES ENVIRONMENT SETTING OF LD_LIBRARY_PATH TO FIND SUNPEF LIB |
|
16622884 |
TRANSFORM AND WITHIN FUNCTIONS REQUIRE A ROW ORDERING FOR IFELSE TRANSFORMS |
|
16635436 |
R:ORE: ORE 1.3.1 LIBRARY SHOULD CHECK FOR R >= 2.15.1 BEFORE LOADING |
|
16679892 |
ORE.PULL ACCEPTS R DATA.FRAME AS INPUT AND RETURNS LIST |
|
16687310 |
REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF EMBEDDED R AUTO CONNECTION SETUP |
|
16710184 |
ORE SCRIPT "RQ$INSTALLED.PACKAGES" ERRORS WHEN PKGS INSTALLED IN MULTIPLE LIBS |
|
16724485 |
ADD A COMPLETE.CASES METHOD FOR ORE.FRAME OBJECTS |
|
16724597 |
NA.OMIT METHOD FOR ORE.FRAME DOES NOT RECOGNIZE NAN AS MISSING |
|
16724640 |
S.NAN METHOD FOR ORE.NUMBER DOES NOT RECOGNIZE NAN |
|
16731768 |
ORE.SAVE FAILS TO SAVE ORE.ODMGLM OBJECT |
|
16758080 |
MODEL.MATRIX METHOD DOES NOT HANDLE LONG TRANSFORMATIONS IN DERIVED COLUMNS |
|
16782921 |
R:ORE: ADD OPTION TO DEMO_USER.SH TO CONVERT EXISTING DATABASE USER TO ORE USER |
|
16977729 |
LIST AND MATRIX [<- OPERATION NOT SUPPORTED FOR ORE.FRAME |
|
17017475 |
SUMMARY METHOD FOR ORE.NUMBER DOES NOT PRODUCE THE CORRECT S3 CLASS OUTPUT |
|
17033235 |
ORE.SAVE FAILS FOR SOME DERIVED ORE.VECTOR OBJECTS |
|
17033469 |
XML OUTPUT FROM EMBEDDED R DOES NOT PROPERLY HANDLE SPECIAL CHARACTERS |
|
17172803 |
ADD SUPPORT TO WEIGHTS ARGUMENT TO ORE.LM |
|
17199305 |
HIST.ORE DOES NOT SUPPORT BREAKS = NUMERIC VECTOR ARGUMENT OPTION |
|
17249446 |
DBETA FUNCTION FOR ORE.NUMBER INCORRECT WHEN VALUES AT BOUNDARIES [0, 1 |
|
17277987 |
ORE.LM FAILS TO DETECT PROPER RANK FOR COLLINEAR MODEL WHERE # COEF > # OBS |
|
17609337 |
ORE INSTALL SCRIPT: PROMPT FOR RQSYS PASSWORD AS DONE FOR RQUSER |
|
17609402 |
ENABLE FULL EXPORT/IMPORT OF ORE OBJECTS BETWEEN DATABASES |
|
17628995 |
ORE.ODMSVM MISSING EXTREF ON FIT.VALUES |
|
17655037 |
DATASTORE - PROVIDE ABILITY TO DELETE INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS FROM DATASTORE |
|
17655108 |
DATASTORE - ENABLE EASY EXPORT/IMPORT OF DATASTORE BETWEEN DB INSTANCES |
|
17884100 |
R:ORE: ORE.ODMDT COST.MATRIX ARGUMENT REQUIRES DATA FRAME INSTEAD OF MATRIX |
|
18133488 |
PRINCOMP THROWS ERROR WHEN SYMBOL USED IN DATA ARG EXISTS IN ORESTATS PACKAGE |
|
18155267 |
ADD "PARALLEL_ENABLE" TO ALL PL/SQL SINGLE-ROW MATH FUNCTIONS |
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E40696-06
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