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Prepare for the future of e-business with Oracle9i and the comprehensive information contained in this volume. Packed with insider tips and real-world examples, Oracle9i: A Beginners Guide starts with an overview of Oracles history and product strategy, moves on to beginner-level PL/SQL and DBA concepts, and concludes with in-depth coverage of more advanced data management and manipulation techniques. Its all here--from setting up, querying, and managing your database to creating forms, reports, and tables, securing users and objects, and partitioning data. Plus, youll get unique, all-new coverage of SQL*Plus, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and the Oracle Summary Machine.

• Get a detailed look at the Oracle9i Database and an overview of Oracle9i Application Server
  
• Exploit Oracle Support Services and resources--TARs, MetaLink, iTARs, Oracle Technology Network, and AppsNet
  
• Create tables, generate reports, and develop applications with SQL, SQL*Plus, and PL/SQL
  
• Understand the part played by data files, redo logs, and control files
  
• Interconnect vast numbers of computers using distributed processing, Oracle Net, and database links
  
• Manage larger tables using data warehousing and the Oracle Summary Machine
  
• Build database objects using DDL and DML statements
  

Contents           

   Getting up to Speed
    Oracle the Company – Oracle the Software
    Roadmap to Services
    The Oracle Server

   So You’ve Just Started Working with the Software
    Database Objects
    SQL*Plus 101
    PL/SQL 101
    DBA 101

   Beyond the Basics
    SQL* Plus 201
    PL/SQL 201
    DBA 201
    Oracle Enterprise Manager and DBA Studio
    Distributed Databases

   I Is for Internet, E Is for Electronic
    The “i” in Oracle9i
    All Things that Are WWW
    All the Stuff that Starts with “E”

   Who Said You Were a Beginner?
    Tool Overview
    Partitioning Data
    Data Warehousing and the Oracle Summary Machine
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