By Jim Czuprynski Synopsis. Oracle 10g Release 2 (10gR2) has improved the effectiveness and speed of materialized view refreshes, something especially important as data warehouses and data mart environments become increasingly complex and mission-critical requirements for all enterprises. This article – the last in this series – demonstrates how to utilize the new Partition Change Tracking (PCT)... 

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