Precompute complex SQL queries Oracle offers materialized views and VARRAY tables, which can prebuild complex queries and aggregations into single-row tables that can be retrieved instantly.

Oracle promises 100x faster queries with new in-memory option for databases Ellison declared that this in-memory option means databases can process billions of rows and columns at "ungodly speeds." ...

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