Whats New for Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service
This document describes what's new in Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service on all infrastructure platform where it’s available.
The information is organized according to when a specific feature or capability became available. When new and changed features become available, Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service will be upgraded in the regions where Oracle Cloud services are hosted. You don’t need to request an upgrade to be able to use the new features — they come to you automatically.
Here’s an overview of new features and enhancements added recently to improve your Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service experience.
April 2024
Feature | Description |
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Dedicated Hosted Environment | Oracle NoSQL Database Hosted Environment offers a NoSQL environment that is dedicated to your tenancy with dedicated direct attached storage. You pay a fixed monthly hosted environment cost and are entitled to use all the write, read, and storage capacities offered by the environment. |
October 2023
Feature | Description |
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Global Active tables | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service supports a global active table architecture in which you can create tables, replicate them across multiple regions, and maintain synchronized data across the regional replicas. |
Migrate/Copy data between Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service regions | Oracle NoSQL Database Migrator can be used to perform cross-region data migration. |
Oracle NoSQL Database Migrator to work with tables that have identity columns | You can import the data from a valid source to a sink table (On-premises/Cloud Services) with an IDENTITY column using Oracle NoSQL Database Migrator. |
May 2023
Feature | Description |
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Changes in terraform script for updating NoSQL table definition | While using Terraform scripts, the table schema can be updated based on new version of create table ddl statement instead of an alter table statement.That is to update the definition of a table, you use a new CREATE TABLE as the ddl_statement and internally the compiler parses the ddl and compares with the existing table definition and generates an equivalent alter table statement and applies it to the table. |
Additional features available in IntelliJ plugin |
The IntelliJ plugin for Oracle NoSQL Database offers these new
features:
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Additional features available in Visual Studio Code Extension |
The Oracle NoSQL Database Visual Studio (VS) Code extension for
Oracle NoSQL Database offers these new features:
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December 2022
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region location available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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Migrator utility updates | Enhanced the migrator to support importing CSV files that conform to the RFC4180 standard. Users can create a NoSQL table that corresponds to CSV file fields either manually or through the migrator. The migrator now supports table creation with on-demand capacity and Import/Export of Child tables in NDCS. Additionally, it provides an option to specify OCI Object Storage service namespace for valid source and sinks. |
September 29, 2022
Feature | Description |
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New functionality in OCI console | The following new functionality has been added in the
OCI console
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September 2022
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region location available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in two new
regions:
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August 2022
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region location available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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Availability of Child Tables | Table hierarchies (child tables) are available in the cloud. With the availability of table hierarchy, developers have additional flexibility when choosing the best data model to meet their business and application workload requirements. With child tables comes the ability to perform left outer join (nested table) queries. |
Migrator utility updates | Enhanced the migrator do support importing files from DynamoDB. The process is simple, export your DynamoDB tables as JSON files to AWS S3, then grab those files and import them into Oracle NoSQL. |
June 2022
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region location available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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Format change for JSON output | Added pretty print JSON in the query section of the console. |
New query driver in the console | Removed the REST based query driver from the console and replaced it with a javascript driver. This adds significant more functionality to the console when it comes to querying your data. |
February 2022
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region location available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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Oracle NoSQL Database Migrator | With this release, the NoSQL Database Migrator supports the below listed
functionality:
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Oracle NoSQL Database Visual Studio (VS) Code Extension | You can use the new Oracle NoSQL Database Visual Studio (VS) Code Extension to browse tables and execute queries on your Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service instance or simulator. See About Oracle NoSQL Database Visual Studio Code Extension. |
On Demand pricing model | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service added an on-demand pricing model. With this model, the service automatically scales the read and write capacities to meet dynamic workload needs. Customers don't need to provision the read or write capacities for each table/collection. The monthly billing captures the application's actual read and write capacities and charges accordingly. |
December 2021
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in two new
regions:
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November 2021
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in two new
regions:
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New OCI IAM Identity Domains service | The new OCI IAM services introduces identity domains. Identity domains are the next generation of IDCS instances (stripes). Each OCI IAM identity domain represents a stand-alone identity and access management solution. |
October 2021
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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Manage tables and table data from your .NET application |
You can now use the .NET SDK that enables your .NET application to create, update, and drop tables as well as add, read, and delete data in the tables. |
May 2021
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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February 2021
Feature | Description |
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SQL new features |
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Spring Data Driver |
The Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service SDK for Spring Data
provides POJO (Plain Old Java Object) centric modeling and
integration between the Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service and the Spring
Data Framework. The following features are currently supported by
the Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service SDK for Spring Data.
For more information, see Oracle NoSQL Database SDK for Spring Data |
May 2021
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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December 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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November 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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Always Free NoSQL Database Service |
As part of the Oracle Cloud Free Tier, the Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service participates as an Always Free service.
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October 2020
Summary of October 2020 new features available in Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service.
Feature | Description |
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Oracle NoSQL Database Migrator | You can now use Oracle NoSQL Database Migrator to migrate
NoSQL tables from one data source to another. This tool can operate on
tables in Oracle Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service, Oracle NoSQL Database
on-premise, and handle JSON and MongoDB-formatted JSON input files. With
this release, NoSQL Database Migrator supports the below listed
migration options:
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September 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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July 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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August 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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June 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in a new
region:
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May 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in five new
regions:
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April 2020
Feature | Description |
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New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in five new
regions:
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March 2020
Feature | Description |
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Manage tables and table data from your Node.js applications | You can now use the Node.js SDK that enable your Node.js applications to create, update, and drop tables as well as add, read, and delete data in the tables. |
Manage tables and table data from your Go applications | You can now use the Go SDK that enable your Go applications to create, update, and drop tables as well as add, read, and delete data in the tables. |
New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is now available in five new
regions:
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February 2020
Feature | Description |
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Integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. |
Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is completely integrated
with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. As a result, the following features are
integrated into the NoSQL Database Cloud Service:
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Naming tables in your application code changes because of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management integration. | Table naming has changed to fit in with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compartments. For details, see About Compartments. |
The Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service query language is updated with new features. | The Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service query language is improvised with new
feature updates. They are:
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September 2019
Feature | Description |
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Manage tables and table data from your Node.js application | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service now provides a Node.js SDK that enables your Node.js application to create, update, and drop tables as well as add, read, and delete data in the tables. |
Use IntelliJ plug-in to quickly build and run queries | You can now use the IntelliJ plug-in to browse tables and execute queries on your Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service instance or simulator. |
Universal Credit accounts do not use My Services Dashboard | After signing into Oracle Cloud, you use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console to access your service. Previously you were required to access the service from the My Services Dashboard. |
New Data Region locations available | Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud
Service is now available in four new regions:
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