This article brings together all the articles related to table enhancements in Oracle Database 12c Release 1. - Cascade Functionality for TRUNCATE PARTITION and EXCHANGE PARTITION - External Table Enhancements - Interval-Reference Partitioning - Online Move of Partitions and Sub-Partitions - RMAN Table Point In Time Recovery (PITR) - Session-Private Statistics for Global Temporary Tables - DEFAULT Values for Table Columns - Temporary Undo - TRUNCATE TABLE ... CASCADE - Partial Indexes for Partitioned Tables - Invisible Columns Hope this helps. Regards Tim...