OWB 11gR2 - Windows and Linux 64-bit clients available
- by David Allan
In addition to the integrated release of OWB in the 11.2.0.3 Oracle database distribution, the following 64-bit standalone clients are now available for download from Oracle Support.
OWB 11.2.0.3 Standalone client for Windows 64-bit - 13365470
OWB 11.2.0.3 Standalone client for Linux X86 64-bit - 13366327
This is in addition to the previously released 32-bit client on Windows.
OWB 11.2.0.3 Standalone client for Windows 32-bit - 13365457
The support document Major OWB 11.2.0.3 New Features Summary has details for OWB 11.2.0.3 which include the following.
Exadata v2 and oracle Database 11gR2 support capabilities;
Support for Oracle Database 11gR2 and Exadata compression types
Even more partitioning: Range-Range, Composite Hash/List, System, Reference
Transparent Data Encryption support
Data Guard support/certification
Compiled PL/SQL code generation
Capabilities to support data warehouse ETL best practices;
Read and write Oracle Data Pump files with external tables
External table preprocessor
Partition specific DML
Bulk data movement code templates: Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server to Oracle
Integration with Fusion Middleware capabilities;
Support OWB's Control Center Agent on WLS
Lots of interesting capabilities in 11.2.0.3 and the availability of the 64-bit client I'm sure is welcome news for many!