Oracle announces free version of Database 23c for developers

Oracle has announced a free version of Oracle Database 23c in response to the increasing demand from developers and organisations around the world for access to the most recent features in Oracle Database 23c “App Simple”. The new release provides all developers with the innovative features required to build data-driven applications.   

Oracle Database is one of the most common database management systems in the world, used in a variety of applications and environments by both small and large businesses.   

It includes transaction processing, in-memory data management, duplication, enhanced security, lifecycle management, data, and more. It is one of the most widely used RDBMS in the world. Oracle Database is extremely scalable, dependable, and capable of managing massive amounts of data.   

P Saravanan, Vice President, Cloud Engineering, Oracle India said, “In India, developers are at the core of the tech world today and at Oracle, we believe in equipping them with enough tools to develop modern solutions and meet industry demands. The free version of Oracle Database 23c is a step towards ensuring significant innovation as they align themselves for the release of Oracle Database 23c.”

JSON Relational Duality is one of the many new features in Oracle Database 23c. It combines the advantages of relational and document-based data structures, the company said.    

Both relational schemas and JSON can be used by developers to create apps that access the same data. Both methods allow for reading, writing, and updating the same master copy of the data. As a result, developers no longer need to choose between object-relational mappings and data consistency; they can take advantage of both JSON models and relational models.    

The ability to ensure and validate JSON document structures via structured JSON Schemas is another new feature in this edition, as per the compnay. Graph analytics can now be performed on top of both relational and JSON data in Oracle databases, allowing developers to create both transactional and analytical property graph applications.   

With this new support, applications written for the Apache Kafka distributed event streaming platform may be ported to Oracle's transactional event queues with little to no rewriting.   

Extending and bettering upon SQL standard domains, a new SQL domain construct can serve as lightweight type modifiers that centrally document intended data usage. Data types with optional constraints are used to centralise frequently used constraints on fields for ease of definition and upkeep.   

With Oracle's new annotation method, database metadata may be kept close to the data itself. Common data models elements like tables, columns, views, indexes, and others can be annotated by developers to provide consistency and accessibility.