Oracle® R Enterprise

Release Notes

Release 1.3.1 for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and AIX

E36762-09

August 2013

This document contains information that was not available at the time of Release 1.3.1. This document contains these topics:

- Do Not Use Oracle R Distribution 3.0.1 with Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1

- Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1 Supports Oracle Database 12.1

- Oracle R Distribution Available for R 2.15.3 on Linux

- Oracle R Distribution Available for R 2.15.2 on All Platforms

- Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle R Distribution Support Matrix

- Oracle R Enterprise Known Issues

- Oracle R Enterprise Bug Fixes

- Documentation Accessibility

Do Not Use Oracle R Distribution 3.0.1 with Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1

Oracle R Distribution 3.0.1 Linux RPMs, now available on Oracle's public yum, will be compatible with future versions of Oracle R Enterprise.

However, you should use Oracle R Distribution 2.15.3 with Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1. Do not use Oracle R Distribution 3.0.1.

When installing Oracle R Distribution for Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1, specify this command:

yum install R-2.15.3

If you do not specify 2.15.3, R-3.0.1 will be installed by default

Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1 Supports Oracle Database 12.1

Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1 now supports Oracle Database 12.1, the most recent release of Oracle Database.

Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1 also supports Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 and 11.2.0.4. A patch that enables Oracle R Enterprise to support 11.2.0.1 databases is available on Linux. See Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle R Distribution Support Matrix for details.

Note:
Oracle Database 12.1 currently ships with Oracle R Enterprise 1.2. If you have Oracle Database 12.1, you should upgrade to Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1.

Oracle R Distribution Available for R 2.15.3 on Linux

Oracle R Distribution 2.15.3 Linux RPM are available for download from the Oracle public yum repository at https://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/. For installation instructions, see the Oracle R Enterprise blog:

https://blogs.oracle.com/R/entry/oracle_r_distribution_for_r1

For a complete list of the changes in R 2.15.3, see the R News file:

http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/doc/html/NEWS.html

See Also:
Oracle R Enterprise Known Issues for description of bug 16869626, which affects Oracle R Distribution for R 2.15.3 on Linux

Oracle R Distribution Available for R 2.15.2 on All Platforms

Oracle R Distribution for R 2.15.2 is available on the Oracle R Distribution download site at https://oss.oracle.com/ORD/. For installation instructions, see the README for your platform.

R 2.15.2 is a maintenance update that provides improved performance and reduces memory usage for some commonly-used functions. For a complete list of the changes, see the R News file:

http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/doc/html/NEWS.html

Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle R Distribution Support Matrix

The supported configurations of Oracle R Enterprise, Oracle R Distribution, and Oracle Database are shown in Table 1.

Table 1 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

1.1

2.13.2

11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4

1.2

2.15.1

11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4

1.3

2.15.1

11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4

1.3.1

2.15.2, 2.15.3

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 for instructions.

Oracle R Enterprise Known Issues

The following describes an error that affects Oracle R Distribution for R 2.15.3 on Linux:

Bug Number: 16869626

Title: ORE.PREDICT-RPART METHOD NAMES NEED TO BE UPDATED

Description: The row names for the split component of the rpart object have changed structure since R 2.15.2 and are no longer compatible with the ORE.PREDICT-RPART method.

Workaround: None.

Oracle R Enterprise Bug Fixes

Oracle R Enterprise Release 1.3.1 fixes the problems listed in Table 2.

Table 2 Bugs Fixed in Oracle R Enterprise Release 1.3.1

Bug Number

Bug Description

16478724

REGRESSION: AGGREGATE NOT WORKING WHEN INDEX IS AN ORE.FRAME

16448096

REPEATED VARIABLE DERIVATION USING IFELSE RESULTS IN LONG RUNNING QUERIES

16435418

ORE.TOXML IS HIGHLY INEFFICIENT

16433727

SQL INTERFACE XML OUTPUT PRODUCES NO RESULT FOR R LIST RETURN VALUE

16426950

ADD SUPPORT FOR PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS

16426704

UTILIZE SCALAR PARAMETER SUPPORT ON RQ TABLE FUNCTION TO AVOID TEMP DB TABLE

16426158

ORE.DELETE FAILS TO REMOVE MUTLPLE REFERENCE DB OBJECTS

16419536

SCALE METHOD FOR ORE.FRAME DOES NOT PROPERLY HANDLE NAS IN CENTER AND SCALE

16418921

CREATE AN ORESTATS::AVE METHOD TO MIMIC STATS::AVE

16411992

TRANSFORM AND WITHIN DO NOT PRODUCE ORE.FRAMES OPTIMIZED WRT THE INPUT ORE.FRAME

16396501

MEMORY LEAK ON RQ*EVAL TABLE FUNCTION BLOB RETURN

16392960

SCALE METHOD FOR ORE.FRAME IS LIMITED TO 297 COLUMNS

16309055

R:ORE: SUPPORTING AND CLIENT PACKAGES FAILING TO INSTALL ON WINDOWS (ORE 1.3)

16306380

SUBSTRING() AND SUBSTR() FUNCTIONS USE WRONG ARGUMENT CONVENTION

16268465

R:ORE: INSTALL.SH SCRIPT SHOULD CHECK FOR DB INSTANCE BEFORE INSTALLATION

16264162

UBSET,ORE.FRAME-METHOD CHECKS FOR UNIQUE KEY WHEN ONLY SELECT ARG IS SUPPLIED

16239534

SERVER INSTALL.SH DOES NOT HANDLE MULTIPLE NODE, SHARED SCHEMA ENV (EXADATA)

16232013

EMBEDDED R SHALL SYNC UNDERLYING DB OBJECT INFO FOR AUTO CONNECT

16192292

ORE.SECOND, ORE.MINUTE, ORE.HOUR, ORE.MDAY BROKEN FOR ORE.DIFFTIME OBJECTS

16087689

$<- METHOD FOR ORE.FRAME UNNECCESSARILY CHECKS FOR ROW SIZE EQUALITY

16087308

ORE DATASTORE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD PROTECT AGAINST CREATION OF FACTOR COLUMNS

16069524

%IN% METHOD FOR ORE.VECTOR CANNOT HANDLE SET WITH MORE THAN 1000 VALUES

16018192

ORE.PUSH,LIST-METHOD DOES NOT PROPERLY HANDLE S3 ELEMS WITH MULTIPLE INHERITANCE

15982395

OREBASE SHOULD REFERENCE RORACLE METHOD DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF REFERENCING DBI

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