Preface

This document describes new features implemented in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2).

• Audience
  
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Related Documents
  
• Conventions
  

Audience

Oracle Database New Features Guide is addressed to people familiar with previous releases of Oracle Database who would like to become familiar with features, options, and enhancements that are new in this release of the database.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) documentation set:

• Oracle Database Error Messages

• Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Reference

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.