SAP 15.7 ESD 2. More like 15.8?

Summary : SAP ASE ESDs – much  more like major a release? A feature packed ESD.   In fact I cannot remember seeing so many features in an ESD  - it’s feels more like 15.8.  SAP have accelerated ASE development.

Some of the new features :-

• Pre-computed Results Sets …. Hello to Oracle ‘Materialized Views’. 
• Database Size  - single database now up to 64Tb.
• In row LOB Compression. Compression is the default for SAP running on ASE. A couple of migration reports on scn.sap.com have reported database size increases.   
• Query Plan Sharing.  No more duplication of query plans?
• Number of other improvements – have a look at  http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-31867