What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless

Here’s a summary of the noteworthy Oracle Autonomous Database additions and enhancements.

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• January 2025
  

January 2025

Feature	Description
Change Patch Level After Provisioning	When you provision or clone an Autonomous Database instance you can select a patch level to apply to upcoming patches. You can also change the patch level after an Autonomous Database instance is provisioned. There are two patch level options: Regular and Early. See Set the Patch Level for more information.
Service Name Mapping for Cloud Links Consumers	You can set the service name mapping to use when Cloud Links consumers access data from a data set owner. See Set Database Service Name Mapping for Cloud Links Consumers for more information.
External Tables with ORC, Parquet, and Avro Provide an Option to Set Size of String Columns	When you access ORC, Parquet, or Avro data stored in object store using external tables, you can either automatically or explicitly set the maximum size of text columns. By default the text column size is set based on the value of MAX_STRING_SIZE. See Query External Data with ORC, Parquet, or Avro Source Files and Explicitly Set the Text Column Size for more information.
Invoke Google Cloud Platform Cloud Run Functions	You can invoke Google Cloud Platform Cloud Run functions as SQL functions. See Steps to Invoke Google Cloud Run Functions as SQL Functions for more information.