This eDocument seeks to actually evaluate the new new features introduced in Oracle 9 i Release 2, rather than just list them and tell you how wonderful they are (we have marketing brochures for that). Plenty of practical, worked examples are used to demonstrate each new capability, and each is then assessed for its pros and cons. The aim throughout has been to enable readers to repeat the tests for themselves, and thereby perform their own discovery of the huge advances in functionality that 9 i Release 2 brings. The material is "10 g aware", and points out where further enhancements and functionality are made available in that version. To those contemplating the move to the more recent 10 g product, this material will still be of benefit, since although 10 g will add to the capabilities discussed here, it doesn't actually remove any.

To those contemplating the move to the more recent 10 g product, this material will still be of benefit, since although 10 g will add to the capabilities discussed here, it doesn't actually remove any.