Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X

A

access drivers, external table, 2.2.7.2

access paths, data, 3.1.1, 3.1.4.2, 7.3.1, 7.3.3, 7.4.1.4

accounts, user, 6.1

ACID properties, 9.1

ADDM (Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor), 18.3.4.3, 18.3.4.4

administrative accounts, 2.1.4, 6.1.1

administrator privileges, 2.1.4, 13.2.1.1, 13.2.1.1, 16.2.4.2

Advanced Queuing, Oracle Streams, 15.4.2, 15.4.2, 17.6.2.2

alert logs, 13.6.2, 15.4.1.4.2

ALL_ data dictionary views, 6.1.1.2

ALTER SESSION statement, 7.2.4

anonymous PL/SQL blocks, 8.2

ANSI/ISO standard, 7.1.2

APIs (application program interfaces), 16.3

embedded SQL statements, 7.2.6

external tables, 2.2.7.2

Java, 8.3.1.1, 17.5.4.3, 19.3.2.1.2, 19.3.2.2.2

JDBC, 7.2.6, 8.3.2.2

network services, 16.2.1

OCI/OCCI, 19.3.2.2.1

ODBC, 7.2.6, 19.3.2.2.2

Oracle Data Pump, 18.2.5.2

Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing, 17.6.2.2.2

SQLJ, 8.3.2.2

application architecture, 1.5.4.1

application developers

duties of, 19.1

tools for, 19.2

topics for, 19.3

application domain indexes, 3.1.5, 3.1.5

application processes, 15.2

application program interface. See API

application servers, 1.5.4.1, 8.3.1.2

archived redo log files, 11.3.3, 11.4.2.3, 18.3.1.3.4

ARCHIVELOG mode, 15.4.2.1

archiver process (ARCn), 15.4.2.1

ascending indexes, 3.1.2.4

ASM (Automatic Storage Management), 11.1.2, 11.1.2.1, 17.4.2

atomicity, statement-level, 9.1.3

AUDIT statement, 7.2.1

auditing, 6.1, 6.1.3, 7.2.1, 8.4.1, 11.1.3, 13.2.1.4.1, 16.1.2.3, 17.2.5.1

Oracle Audit Vault, 17.2.5.2

authentication, database, 7.2.4, 15.2.2, 17.2.2

Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor. See ADDM

automatic maintenance tasks, 18.3.4.2

automatic memory management, 18.3.2.1, 18.3.2.2

Automatic Storage Management. See ASM

automatic undo management, 12.4.3

AutoTask, 18.3.4.2, 18.3.4.2

B

background processes, 15.4

backups, database, 18.3.1.2.1

bitmap indexes, 3.1.3, 3.1.3, 4.1.3.1

bitmap joins, 3.1.3.2

locks, 3.1.3

mapping table, 3.2.3.2

single-table, 3.1.3.1

storage, 3.1.3.3

bitmap tablespace management, 12.1.2.1

blocks, data. See data blocks

BOOLEAN data type, 2.2.3, 3.1.2.2.3, 7.2.2.1, 8.4.4

branch blocks, index, 3.1.2.1

B-tree indexes, 2.2.8.3, 2.3.1, 3.1.2

branch level, 3.1.2.1

height, 3.1.2.1

key compression, 3.1.2.5

reverse key, 3.1.2.3

buffer cache, database. See database buffer cache

buffers. See database buffers

business rules, enforcing, 5.1.1

C

cardinality, column, 3.1.3, 7.3.2.2

Cartesian joins, 7.2.2.2

cartridges, 3.1.5

cascading deletions, 5.2.4.3

catalog.sql script, 6.2.1

chaining, rows. See row chaining

character data types, 2.2.3.1

byte semantics, 2.2.3.1

CHAR, 2.2.3.1.1

character semantics, 2.2.3.1

VARCHAR2, 2.2.3.1

character sets, 2.2.3.1

ASCII, 2.2.3.1

EBCDIC, 2.2.3.1

Unicode, 2.2.3.1

check constraints, 5.2, 5.2.5

checkpoint process (CKPT), 15.4.1.5

checkpoints

control files, 11.3.1

database shutdowns, 13.2.2.1

definition, 13.3

inconsistent backups, 18.3.1.2.2

incremental, 13.3.2

position, 13.4.4

thread, 13.3.2

client processes, 15.2

connections and, 15.2.2

sessions and, 15.2.2

shared server processes and, 16.2.4.1.2

client result cache, 14.4.3.3

client/server architecture, 16.1.1

client-side programming, 8.1

cluster indexes, 2.3.1

clusters, table

cluster keys, 2.3

hash, 2.3.2

index, 2.3.2

Codd, E. F., 1.1.2

codepoints, 2.2.3.1

collections, PL/SQL, 8.2.5.1

columns

cardinality, 3.1.3, 3.1.3, 7.3.2.2

definition, 2.2.1

order of, 2.2.8.1

prohibiting nulls in, 5.2.1

virtual, 2.2.1, 2.2.8.1, 3.1.4.2

COMMENT statement, 7.2.1

committing transactions

COMMIT statement, 7.2.3

defined, 9.1

ending transactions, 9.1.2.2

fast commit, 15.4.1.4.1, 15.4.1.4.1

group commits, 15.4.1.4.1

implementation, 15.4.1.4.1

implicit commits, 7.2.1

two-phase commit, 9.4.1

compiled PL/SQL

pseudocode, 8.4.6

shared pool, 8.2.6

triggers, 8.4.6

complete recovery, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4

composite indexes, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.2

composite partitioning, 4.1.1.2

compound triggers, 8.4.3

compression

basic table, 2.2.8.4.1

data block, 12.2.3

index key, 3.1.2.5

OLTP table, 2.2.8.4.1

table, 2.2.8.4, 4.1.2

concatenated indexes, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.2

concurrency

dirty reads, 10.1.3

fuzzy reads, 10.1.3

introduction, 10.1

phantom reads, 10.1.3

transaction isolation, 10.1.3

conditions, SQL, 7.1.1, 7.2.2.1

connections, client/server

administrator privileges, 13.2.1.1

defined, 15.2.2

embedded SQL, 7.2.6

listener process, 16.2.2

sessions contrasted with, 15.2.2

constraints, integrity

check, 5.2, 5.2.5

default values, 5.3.3.1

deferrable, 5.2.3, 5.3.2.2, 5.3.2.2, 7.2.3

enabling and disabling, 5.3.1

enforced with indexes, 5.2.3

foreign key, 5.2, 5.2.4

mechanisms of enforcement, 5.3.3

NOT NULL, 2.2.2, 5.2, 5.2.1

primary key, 2.2.2, 5.2, 5.2.3

REF, 5.2

referential, 5.2.4.3

self-referential, 5.2.4.1

state of, 5.3

unique key, 5.2, 5.2.2, 5.2.2

validating, 5.3.1

contention

for data

deadlocks, 10.3.6

lock escalation does not occur, 10.3.4

contexts, 2.1.1

control files, 11.3

changes recorded, 11.3.1

checkpoints and, 11.3.1

contents, 11.3.1

multiplexed, 11.3.2

overview, 11.3

used in mounting database, 13.2.1.3

CREATE CLUSTER statement, 2.3.1

storage parameters, 12.4.1.1

CREATE DIMENSION statement, 4.5.2, 4.5.2

CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE statement, 2.2.6.1

CREATE INDEX statement, 2.2.6.1, 3.1.1.1, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.2.4, 3.1.2.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.6, 4.1.3.2

storage parameters, 12.4.1.1

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW statement, 4.3

CREATE PACKAGE statement

locks, 10.4.2.2

CREATE PROCEDURE statement

locks, 10.4.2.2

CREATE SEQUENCE statement, 4.4.1

CREATE SYNONYM statement, 4.6

CREATE TABLE command, 2.2.2

CREATE TABLE statement, 2.2

storage parameters, 12.4.1.1

CREATE TRIGGER statement

compiled and stored, 8.4.6

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX statement, 5.2.3

CREATE USER statement

temporary segments, 12.4.2.1

cursors

embedded SQL, 7.2.6

explicit, 8.2.4

fetching rows, 7.2.6

D

data

consistency of

locks, 10.1.2

manual locking, 10.5

locks on, 10.4.1

data blocks, 7.4.2.1, 12.1

cached in memory, 14.4.1.3.4

clustered rows, 2.3

coalescing free space in blocks, 12.2.4.2.1

compression, 12.2.3

format, 12.2.2, 12.2.2.2

overview, 12.1.1

shown in rowids, 12.2.2.2.3

stored in the buffer cache, 14.4.1

writing to disk, 14.4.1.3.4

data conversion

program interface, 16.3

data dictionary, 2.1.4, 2.2.4

ALL_ prefixed views, 6.1.1.2

cache, 14.4.3

comments in, 7.2.1

content, 6.1.1, 14.4.3.2

DBA_ prefixed views, 6.1.1.1

dictionary managed tablespaces, 12.1.2.2

DUAL table, 6.1.1.4

dynamic performance views, 6.2

locks, 10.4.2

overview, 6.1

owner, 6.1.3

public synonyms, 6.1.3.1

row cache and, 14.4.3.2

stored subprograms, 8.2.1.2

USER_ prefixed views, 6.1.1.3

uses, 6.2

data dictionary cache, 6.1.3.2, 7.4.1.1.3, 14.4.3, 14.4.3.2

data failures, protecting against human errors, 17.3.1.3

data files

contents of, 11.2.4

data file 1, 12.5.1.1

named in control files, 11.3.1

shown in rowids, 12.2.2.2.3

SYSTEM tablespace, 12.5.1.1

temporary, 11.2.2

data integrity, 5.1

enforcing, 5.1, 6.1.3

SQL and, 7.1

data locks

conversion, 10.3.3

duration of, 10.3.2

escalation, 10.3.3

data manipulation language. See DML

data object number

extended rowid, 12.2.2.2.3

Data Pump Export

dump file set, 18.2.5.2

Data Recovery Advisor, 18.3.1.3.1

data segments, 12.4.1

data types

BOOLEAN, 2.2.3, 3.1.2.2.3, 7.2.2.1, 8.4.4

built-in, 2.2.3

CHAR, 2.2.3.1.1

character, 2.2.3.1

composite types, 2.2.3

conversions of

by program interface, 16.3

DATE, 2.2.3.3.1

datetime, 2.2.3.3

definition, 2.2.3

format models, 2.2.3.3.1

how they relate to tables, 2.2.1

in PL/SQL, 2.2.3

LONG

storage of, 2.2.8.1

NCHAR, 2.2.3.1.2

NUMBER, 2.2.3.2.1

numeric, 2.2.3.2

NVARCHAR2, 2.2.3.1.2

object, 2.2.5

reference types, 2.2.3

ROWID, 2.2.3.4

TIMESTAMP, 2.2.3.3.2

UROWID, 2.2.3.4

user-defined, 2.2.3, 4.2.3

data warehouses

architecture, 17.5.2

bitmap indexes in, 3.1.3

dimensions, 4.5

materialized views, 4.3

partitioning in, 4.1

summaries, 4.3

database applications

definition, 1.1.1

database authentication, 7.2.4, 15.2.2

database backups, 18.3.1.2.1

database buffer cache, 2.2.8.4, 14.4.1, 15.4.1.3

cache hits and misses, 14.4.1.3.2

caching of comments, 6.1.3.2

flash cache, 14.4.1

database buffers

after committing transactions, 9.2.5

buffer bodies in flash cache, 14.4.1.3.2

buffer cache, 14.4.1

checkpoint position, 15.4.1.3

committing transactions, 15.4.1.4.1

defined, 14.4.1

writing, 15.4.1.3

Database Configuration Assistant, 6.2.1

database resident connection pooling, 16.2.5

Database Server Grid, 17.4

description, 17.4.1

Database Smart Flash Cache. See flash cache

Database Storage Grid, 17.4

description, 17.4.2

database structures

control files, 11.3

data blocks, 12, 12.2

data files, 11

extents, 12.1

memory, 14

processes, 15

segments, 12.1, 12.4

tablespaces, 11, 12.5

database writer process (DBWn), 15.4.1.3

checkpoints, 15.4.1.3

defined, 15.4.1.3

least recently used algorithm (LRU), 14.4.1.3.4

multiple DBWn processes, 15.4.1.3

write-ahead, 15.4.1.4

databases

administrative accounts, 2.1.4

character sets, 2.2.3.1

closing, 13.2.2.2

terminating the instance, 13.2.2.2.2

definition, 1.1

distributed

changing global database name, 14.4.3.1.3

hierarchical, 1.1.1

history, 1.1.4

incarnations, 18.3.1.3.4

introduction, 1

mounting, 13.2.1.3

name stored in control files, 11.3.1

network, 1.1.1

object-relational, 1.1.3

opening, 13.2.1.4, 13.2.1.4.1

relational, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 7.1

shutting down, 13.2.2

starting up, 2.1.4, 13.1

forced, 13.2.2.4

structures

control files, 11.3

data blocks, 12, 12.2

data files, 11

extents, 12.1, 12.3

logical, 12

memory, 14

processes, 15

segments, 12.1, 12.4

tablespaces, 11, 12.5

DATE data type, 2.2.3.3, 2.2.3.3.1

datetime data types, 2.2.3.3

DBA_ views, 6.1.1.1

DBMS (database management system), 1.1.1

DBMS_METADATA package, 6.3

DBMS_STATS package, 7.3.4

DBWn background process, 15.4.1.3

DDL (data definition language), 6.1

described, 7.2.1

locks, 10.4.2

processing of, 7.4.3

deadlocks, 7.4.1.1

defined, 10.3.6

detection of, 10.3.6

decision support systems (DSS)

materialized views, 4.3

dedicated server, 7.4.1.1.3

default values

constraints effect on, 5.3.3.1

definer's rights, 8.2.1.1

degree of parallelism

parallel SQL, 15.4.3.2.2

DELETE statement, 7.2.2

freeing space in data blocks, 12.2.4.2

deletions, cascading, 5.2.4.3

denormalized tables, 4.5.2

dependencies, schema object, 2.1.3

descending indexes, 3.1.2.4

detail tables, 4.3

dictionary cache locks, 10.4.3.3

dictionary managed tablespaces, 12.1.2.2

dimensions, 4.5

attributes, 4.5.2

hierarchies, 4.5.2

join key, 4.5.2

normalized or denormalized tables, 4.5.2

tables, 4.5.1

directory objects, 2.1.1

dirty reads, 10.1.3

disk space

data files used to allocate, 11.2.4, 11.2.4

dispatcher processes

described, 16.2.4.1.1

dispatcher processes (Dnnn)

client processes connect through Oracle Net Services, 16.2.4, 16.2.4.1.1

network protocols and, 16.2.4.1.1

prevent startup and shutdown, 16.2.4.2

response queue and, 16.2.4.1

distributed databases

client/server architectures and, 16.1.1.1

job queue processes, 15.4.2.2

recoverer process (RECO) and, 15.4.1.7

server can also be client in, 16.1.1.1

distributed transactions

naming, 9.2.1

two-phase commit and, 9.4

DML (data manipulation language)

indexed columns, 3.1.3

invisible indexes, 3.1.1, 3.1.1

overview, 7.2.2

referential actions, 5.2.4.3

triggers, 8.4.1

downtime

avoiding during planned maintenance, 17.3.2

avoiding during unplanned maintenance, 17.3.1.1

drivers, 16.3.2

DUAL table, 6.1.1.4

dynamic partitioning, 15.4.3.2.2

dynamic performance views (V$ tables), 6.2

dynamic SQL

DBMS_SQL package, 8.2.4

embedded, 8.2.4

E

embedded SQL, 7.1, 7.2.6, 8.3.2.2.2

Enterprise Grids

with Oracle Real Application Clusters, 17.4

Enterprise Manager

alert log, 13.6.2

dynamic performance views usage, 6.2

executing a package, 8.2.2.3

lock and latch monitors, 10.4.3

shutdown, 13.2.2.1, 13.2.2.4

SQL statements, 7.1.2

equijoins, 3.1.3.2

exceptions, PL/SQL, 8.2.4

exclusive locks

row locks (TX), 10.4.1.1

table locks (TM), 10.4.1.2

EXECUTE statement, 8.2.1.3

execution plans, 4.3.3, 7.3.1, 7.3.2.3

EXPLAIN PLAN, 7.2.2

EXPLAIN PLAN statement, 7.2.2, 7.3.2.3

explicit locking, 10.5, 10.5

expressions, SQL, 3.1.1.1, 7.2.2.1

extents

as collections of data blocks, 12.3

defined, 12.1.1

dictionary managed, 12.1.2.2

incremental, 12.3.1

locally managed, 12.1.2.1

overview of, 12.3

external procedures, 8.2.6

external tables, 2.2

extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL)

overview, 17.5.3

F

fact tables, 4.5.1

failures

database buffers and, 13.4.1

statement and process, 15.4.1.1

fast commit, 15.4.1.4.1

fast full index scans, 3.1.2.2.2

fast refresh, 4.3.2

fast-start

rollback on demand, 13.4.4

fields, 2.2.2

file management locks, 10.4.3.3

files

alert log, 15.4.1.4.2

initialization parameter, 13.2.1.2, 13.5

password

administrator privileges, 13.2.1.1

server parameter, 13.2.1.2, 13.5

trace files, 15.4.1.4.2

fixed views, 6.2.1

flash cache

buffer reads, 14.4.1.3.2

definition, 14.4.1

optimized physical reads, 14.4.1.3.2

floating-point numbers, 2.2.3.2.2

foreign key constraints, 5.2

foreign keys, 2.2.2, 5.2.4

changes in parent key values, 5.2.4.3

composite, 5.2.4

indexing, 3.1.1.1

updating parent key tables, 5.2.4.3

updating tables, 10.4.1.3

format models, data type, 2.2.3.3.1, 2.2.3.5

free space

automatic segment space management, 12.2.4

managing, 12.2.4

full index scans, 3.1.2.2.1

full table scans, 3.1, 3.1.2.2.2, 5.2.4.4, 7.3.3

LRU algorithm and, 14.4.1.3.4

parallel exe, 15.4.3.2.2

function-based indexes, 3.1.4

functions, 7.2.2.1

function-based indexes, 3.1.4

hash, 2.3.2, 4.1.1.2.3

PL/SQL, 8.2.1

SQL, 2.2.3.4.2

fuzzy reads, 10.1.3

G

global database names

shared pool and, 14.4.3.1.3

global indexes, 4.1.3, 4.1.3.2

GRANT statement, 4.6, 7.2.1

grid computing

Database Server Grid, 17.4

Database Storage Grid, 17.4

group commits, 15.4.1.4.1

GV$ views, 6.2.1

H

handles for SQL statements, 14.3.1.1

hard parsing, 7.4.1.1.3

hash clusters, 2.3.2, 2.3.2

creation, 2.3.2.1

single-table, 2.3.2.2

sorted, 2.3.2.2

hash functions, 2.3.2, 4.1.1.2.3

hash partitions, 4.1.1.2.3, 4.1.1.2.3

hash tables, 2.3.2.3

headers, data blocks, 12.2.2.1

Health Monitor, 18.3.1.3.1

heap-organized tables, 2.1.2, 3.2

height, index, 3.1.2.1

hierarchies

join key, 4.5.2

levels, 4.5.2

hints, optimizer, 7.3.1, 7.3.5

I

implicit queries, 7.2.2.3

incarnations, database, 18.3.1.3.4

incremental refresh, 4.3.2

index unique scans, 3.1.2.2.4

indexes

application domain, 3.1.5

ascending, 3.1.2.4

bitmap, 3.1.3, 4.1.3.1

bitmap join, 3.1.3.2

branch blocks, 3.1.2.1

B-tree, 2.2.8.3, 3.1.2

cardinality, 3.1.3

composite, 3.1.1.2, 3.1.1.2

compressed, 3.1.2.5

concatenated, 3.1.1.2

descending, 3.1.2.4

domain, 3.1.5

enforcing integrity constraints, 5.2.3

extensible, 3.1.5

function-based, 3.1.4

global, 4.1.3, 4.1.3.2

invisible, 3.1.1

keys, 3.1.1.1, 3.1.2.5, 5.2.3

leaf blocks, 3.1.2.1

nonprefixed, local, 4.1.3.1.1

nonunique, 3.1.1.3

overview, 3.1

partitions, 4.1.3

prefixed, local, 4.1.3.1.1

reverse key, 3.1.2.3

scans, 3.1.2.2, 3.1.2.2.3, 3.1.2.2.5, 7.3.3

secondary, 3.2.3

segments, 3.1.3.3

selectivity, 3.1.2.2.3

storage, 3.1.6

types, 3.1.1.4

unique, 3.1.1.3

indexes, local, 4.1.3

index-organized tables, 3.2, 3.2.3

benefits, 3.2

partitioned, 4.1.4

row overflow, 3.2.2

secondary indexes, 3.2.3

information systems, 1.1

initialization parameter file, 13.2.1.2, 13.5

startup, 13.2.1.2

initialization parameters

basic, 13.5.1

OPEN_CURSORS, 14.3.1.1

SERVICE_NAMES, 16.2.2.2

INIT.ORA. See initialization parameter file.

inner joins, 7.2.2.2

INSERT statement, 7.2.2

instance PGA

definition, 14.1.1

instance recovery

SMON process, 15.4.1.2

instances, 7.2.5

associating with databases, 13.2.1.3

described, 13.1

memory structures of, 14.1

multiple-process, 15.1.1

process structure, 15.1

recovery of

SMON process, 15.4.1.2

service names, 16.2.2

shutting down, 13.2.2, 13.2.2.4

terminating, 13.2.2.2.2

INSTEAD OF triggers, 8.4.2

integrity constraints, 5.1

advantages, 5.1

check, 5.2.5

definition, 2.2.4

inline, 5.2

out-of-line, 5.2

views, 4.2.1.1

invisible indexes, 3.1.1

invoker's rights, 8.2.1.1

isolation levels

read committed, 10.2.1

setting, 10.5

J

Java

call specifications, 8.3.2.1

overview, 8.3

SQLJ translator, 8.3.2.2.2

stored procedures, 8.3.2.1

virtual machine, 8.3.1

JDBC

accessing SQL, 8.3.2.2

driver types, 8.3.2.2.1

drivers, 8.3.2.2.1

embedded SQL, 7.2.6

job queue processes, 15.4.2.2

jobs, 15.1

join views, 4.2.2

joins, 6.1.1

nested loop, 7.4.1.4

views, 4.2.2

joins, table, 3.1.3.2, 7.2.2.2

Cartesian, 7.2.2.2

clustered tables, 2.3

conditions, 3.1.3.2

inner joins, 7.2.2.2

join conditions, 7.2.2.2

outer joins, 7.2.2.2

views, 4.2

K

key-preserved tables, 4.2.2

keys

compression, 3.1.2.5

concatenation of index, 3.1.2.5

foreign, 5.2.4, 5.2.4

indexes, 3.1.1.1, 3.1.2.5, 5.2.3

natural, 5.2.3

parent, 5.2.4

partition, 4.1.1.1

prefixed index, 3.1.2.1, 3.1.2.5

referenced, 5.2.4

reverse, 3.1.2.3

surrogate, 5.2.3

unique, 5.2.2

values, 5.2

L

large pool, 14.4.4

latches

described, 10.4.3.1

parsing and, 7.4.1.1.3

leaf blocks, index, 3.1.2.1

least recently used (LRU) algorithm

database buffers and, 14.4.1.1, 14.4.1.1

full table scans and, 14.4.1.3.4

latches, 14.4.1.3.4

shared SQL pool, 14.4.3.1.3, 14.4.3.1.3

LGWR background process, 15.4.1.4

library cache, 7.4.1.1.3, 14.4.3, 14.4.3.1

list partitions, 4.1.1.2.2

listener process, 16.2.2

service names, 16.2.2

listeners, 16.2.2

service names, 16.2.2

local indexes, 4.1.3

locally managed tablespaces, 12.1.2.1

LOCK TABLE statement, 7.2.2

locks, 10.1.2

after committing transactions, 9.2.5

automatic, 10.3.2, 10.4

bitmap indexes, 3.1.3

conversion, 10.3.3

data, 10.4.1

duration of, 10.3.2

deadlocks, 7.4.1.1, 10.3.6, 10.3.6

dictionary, 10.4.2

dictionary cache, 10.4.3.3

escalation does not occur, 10.3.4

file management locks, 10.4.3.3

internal, 10.4.3

latches and, 10.4.3.1

log management locks, 10.4.3.3

manual, 10.5

Oracle Lock Management Services, 10.6

overview of, 10.1.2

rollback segments, 10.4.3.3

row (TX), 10.4.1.1

table, 3.1, 7.2.2

table (TM), 10.4.1.2

tablespace, 10.4.3.3

types of, 10.4

unindexed foreign keys and, 10.4.1.3

locks, share DDL, 10.4.2.2

log management locks, 10.4.3.3

log switch

archiver process, 15.4.2.1

log switches

log sequence numbers, 11.4.2.1

log writer process (LGWR), 15.4.1.4

group commits, 15.4.1.4.1

online redo logs available for use, 11.4.2.1

redo log buffers and, 14.4.2

write-ahead, 15.4.1.4

writing to online redo log files, 11.4.2.1

logical blocks, 12.1.1

logical database structures

definition, 1.5.2.2

tablespaces, 12.5

logical rowids, 3.2.3

LONG data type

storage of, 2.2.8.1

LRU, 14.4.1.1, 14.4.1.1, 14.4.1.3.4, 14.4.1.3.4

shared SQL pool, 14.4.3.1.3, 14.4.3.1.3

M

maintenance tasks, automatic, 18.3.4.2

maintenance window, 18.3.4.2

manual locking, 10.5

mapping tables, 3.2.3.2

master tables, 4.3, 4.3

materialized views, 4.3

log, 4.3.2

partitioned, 4.3.1

refresh

job queue processes, 15.4.2.2

refreshing, 4.3.2

media recovery

complete, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4

overview, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4

memory

allocation for SQL statements, 14.4.3.1.1

content of, 14.1

processes use of, 15.1

software code areas, 14.5

stored procedures, 8.2.1.1

memory management

about, 18.3.2

automatic, 18.3.2.1

automatic shared, 18.3.2.2

MERGE statement, 7.2.2

metrics, 6.2, 18.3.4.1

monitoring user actions, 17.2.5.1

multiblock writes, 15.4.1.3

multiple-process systems (multiuser systems), 15.1.1

multiplexing

control files, 11.3.2

redo log file groups, 11.4.2.2

redo log files, 11.4.2.2, 11.4.2.2

multiuser environments, 15.1.1

N

natural keys, 5.2.3

NCHAR data type, 2.2.3.1.2

network listener process

connection requests, 16.2.4.1.1

networks

client/server architecture use of, 16.1.1

communication protocols, 16.3.2, 16.3.3

dispatcher processes and, 16.2.4.1.1, 16.2.4.1.1

drivers, 16.3.2

listener processes of, 16.2.2

Oracle Net Services, 16.2

NLS_DATE_FORMAT parameter, 2.2.3.3.1

NOAUDIT statement, 7.2.1

nonunique indexes, 3.1.1.3

normalized tables, 4.5.2

NOT NULL constraints, 5.2, 5.2.1

nulls, 2.2.2

foreign keys, 5.2.4.2

how stored, 2.2.2, 2.2.8.5

indexed, 3.1.1.3

prohibiting, 5.2.1

NUMBER data type, 2.2.3.2.1

numeric data types, 2.2.3.2

floating-point numbers, 2.2.3.2.2

NVARCHAR2 data type, 2.2.3.1.2

O

object tables, 2.2.5

object types, 2.2.5, 4.2.3

object views, 4.2.3

OLAP

index-organized tables, 3.2

introduction, 17.5.4.2

OLTP

table compression, 2.2.8.4.1

online analytical processing

See OLAP

online redo logs

checkpoints, 11.3.1

OPEN_CURSORS parameter

managing private SQL areas, 14.3.1.1

operating systems

communications software, 16.3.3

privileges for administrator, 13.2.1.1

operators, SQL, 7.2.2.1

optimization, SQL, 7.4.1.2

optimized physical reads, 14.4.1.3.2

optimizer, 7.1.1, 7.3, 7.3

components, 7.3.2

estimator, 7.3.2.2

execution, 7.4.1.4

execution plans, 4.3.3, 7.3.1, 7.4.1.3

function-based indexes, 3.1.4.2

hints, 7.3.1, 7.3.5

invisible indexes, 3.1.1, 3.1.1

partitions in query plans, 4.1

plan generator, 7.3.2.3

query plans, 7.4.1.3

query rewrite, 4.3.3

query transformer, 4.3.3, 7.3.2.1

row sources, 7.4.1.3, 7.4.1.3

statistics, 2.2.8.1, 7.3.4

statistics gathering, 18.3.4.2

Oracle

configurations of

multiple-process Oracle, 15.1.1

instances, 13.1

processes of, 15.3

Oracle Audit Vault, 17.2.5.2

Oracle blocks, 12.1.1

Oracle Call Interface See OCI

Oracle code, 16.3

Oracle Enterprise Manager. See Enterprise Manager

Oracle Flashback Technology, 18.3.1.3.2

Oracle interMedia

See Oracle Multimedia

Oracle Internet Directory, 16.2.2.2

Oracle JVM

main components, 8.3.1.2

overview, 8.3.1.1

Oracle Multimedia, 19.3.4.4

Oracle Net Services, 16.2

client/server systems use of, 16.2

overview, 16.2

shared server requirement, 16.2.4.1.1

Oracle Net Services Connection Manager, 8.3

Oracle program interface (OPI), 16.3.1, 16.3.1

Oracle RAC. See Oracle Real Application Clusters

Oracle Real Application Clusters, 6.2.1

Enterprise Grids, 17.4

reverse key indexes, 3.1.2.3

Oracle Streams, 17.6.2

Oracle Text, 19.3.4.3

Oracle XA

session memory in the large pool, 14.4.4

ORDBMS (object-relational database management system), 1.1.3

outer joins, 7.2.2.2

P

packages, 8.2.2

advantages of, 8.2.2.1

executing, 8.2.6

for locking, 10.6

private, 8.2.2.1

public, 8.2.2.1

shared SQL areas and, 14.4.3.1.2

pages, 12.1.1

parallel execution, 15.4.3.2

coordinator, 15.4.3.2.2

server, 15.4.3.2.2

servers, 15.4.3.2.2

tuning, 15.4.3.2

parallel SQL, 15.4.3.2

coordinator process, 15.4.3.2.2

server processes, 15.4.3.2.2

parameter

server, 13.5

parameters

initialization, 13.5

locking behavior, 10.4

storage, 12.3.3

parsing

embedded SQL, 7.2.6

storage of information, 6.1.3.2

parsing, SQL, 7.4.1.1

hard parse, 7.4.1.1.3

soft parse, 7.4.1.1.3

partitions, 4.1

composite, 4.1.1.2

dynamic partitioning, 15.4.3.2.2

elimination from queries, 4.1.3.1.1

hash, 4.1.1.2.3

index, 4.1.3

index-organized tables, 4.1.4

keys, 4.1.1.1

materialized views, 4.3.1

range, 4.1.1.2

recovery of, 4.1.3.1

segments, 12.4.1

single-level, 4.1.1.2

strategies, 4.1.1.2

table, 4.1.2

tables, 4.1.4

passwords

administrator privileges, 13.2.1.1

connecting with, 15.2.2

PCTFREE storage parameter

how it works, 12.2.4.1

performance

dynamic performance views (V$), 6.2

group commits, 15.4.1.4.1

packages, 8.2.2.1

PGA, instance

definition, 14.1.1

phantom reads, 10.1.3

physical database structures

control files, 11.3

physical guesses, 3.2.3.1

plan

SQL execution, 7.2.2

planned downtime

avoiding downtime during, 17.3.2

PL/SQL

anonymous blocks, 8.2, 8.2.3

collections, 8.2.5.1

data types, 2.2.3

dynamic SQL, 8.2.4

exceptions, 8.2.4

execution, 8.2.6

language constructs, 8.2.4

overview, 8.2

packages, 6.3, 8.2.2

PL/SQL engine, 8.2.6

program units, 8.2, 14.4.3.1.2

compiled, 8.2.6

shared SQL areas and, 14.4.3.1.2

records, 8.2.5.1

stored procedures, 6.1.1.2, 8.2, 8.2.1

PMON background process, 15.4.1.1

precompilers, 8.1

embedded SQL, 7.2.6, 7.2.6

predicates, SQL, 3.1.2.2.1

SQL

predicates, 7.1.1

primary key constraints, 5.2

primary keys, 2.2.2, 3.1

constraints, 5.2.3, 5.2.3, 5.2.3

hash clusters, 2.3.2.2

index-organized tables, 2.2

private SQL areas, 14.4.3.1.1

described, 14.4.3.1.1

how managed, 14.3.1.1

parsing and, 7.4.1.1

private synonyms, 4.6

privileges, 6.1, 7.2.4

administrator, 13.2.1.1, 13.2.1.1

granting, 7.2.1

PL/SQL procedures and, 8.2.1.1

revoking, 7.2.1

procedures

advantages, 8.2.1.1

execution, 8.2.1.3, 8.2.1.3, 8.2.6

external, 8.2.6

memory allocation, 8.2.1.1

security, 8.2.1.1

shared SQL areas and, 14.4.3.1.2

stored procedures, 6.1.1.2, 8.2, 8.2.6

process monitor process (PMON)

described, 15.4.1.1

processes, 15.1

archiver (ARCn), 15.4.2.1

background, 15.4

checkpoints and, 15.4.1.3

client, 15.2

dedicated server, 7.4.1.1.3, 16.2.4.1.2

distributed transaction resolution, 15.4.1.7

job queue, 15.4.2.2

listener, 16.2.2

shared servers and, 16.2.4.1.1

log writer (LGWR), 15.4.1.4

multiple-process Oracle, 15.1.1

Oracle, 15.3

parallel execution coordinator, 15.4.3.2.2

parallel execution servers, 15.4.3.2.2

process monitor (PMON), 15.4.1.1

recoverer (RECO), 15.4.1.7

server, 15.3

shared, 16.2.4.1.1, 16.2.4.1.2

shared server, 16.2.4

client requests and, 16.2.4.1

structure, 15.1

system monitor (SMON), 15.4.1.2

user

recovery from failure of, 15.4.1.1

sharing server processes, 16.2.4.1.1

processing

parallel SQL, 15.4.3.2

program global area (PGA), 14.1.1

shared server, 16.2.4.1.2

shared servers, 16.2.4.1.2

program interface, 16.3

Oracle side (OPI), 16.3.1

structure of, 16.3.1

user side (UPI), 16.3.1

program units, 8.2

shared pool and, 14.4.3.1.2

programming, server-side, 8.1

pseudocode

triggers, 8.4.6

pseudocolumns, 2.2.3.4.2, 3.2.1

public synonyms, 4.6

Q

queries

blocks, 7.2.2.3

definition, 7.2.2.1

implicit, 7.2.2.3

in DML, 7.2.2

parallel processing, 15.4.3.2

query blocks, 7.3.2.3

query transformer, 7.3.2.1

SQL language and, 7.1

stored, 4.2

subqueries, 4.2, 7.2.2, 7.2.2.3

query blocks, 7.3.2.3

query plans, 7.4.1.3

partitioning and, 4.1

query rewrite, 4.3.3, 4.5

query transformer, 4.3.3

R

range partitions, 4.1.1.2

RDBMS (relational database management system), 1.1.3

read committed isolation, 10.2.1

read consistency, 6.2.2, 7.4.2.1, 10.1.3

multiversioning, 10.1.1

statement-level, 1.4.3

read uncommitted, 10.1.3

Real Application Clusters

system monitor process and, 15.4.1.2

threads of online redo log, 11.4.2

records, PL/SQL, 8.2.5.1

recoverer process (RECO), 15.4.1.7

in-doubt transactions, 9.4.2

recovery

complete, 18.3.1.3.4

database buffers and, 13.4.1

distributed processing in, 15.4.1.7

instance recovery

SMON process, 15.4.1.2

media, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4, 18.3.1.3.4

media recovery

dispatcher processes, 16.2.4.2

process recovery, 15.4.1.1

required after terminating instance, 13.2.2.2.2, 13.2.2.2.2

rolling back transactions, 13.4.4

tablespace

point-in-time, 18.3.1.3.4

Recovery Manager (RMAN), 6.2

recursive SQL, 7.4.3

redo log files

S

sample schemas, 2.1.5

SAVEPOINT statement, 7.2.3

savepoints, 7.2.3, 9.2.3

described, 9.2.3

implicit, 9.1.3

rolling back to, 9.2.3.1

SAVEPOINT statement, 9.2

scans

cluster, 7.3.3

fast full index, 3.1.2.2.2

full index, 3.1.2.2.1

full table, 3.1, 5.2.4.4, 7.3.3, 14.4.1.3.4

index, 3.1.2.2, 7.3.3

index skip, 3.1.2.2.5

range, 2.3.2.1

rowid, 7.3.3

unique index, 3.1.2.2.4

schema objects

definitions, 6.1, 7.2.1

dependencies, 2.1.3, 4.2.1

dimensions, 4.5

indexes, 3.1.1

introduction, 2.1

materialized views, 4.3

relationship to data files, 11.2.1

sequences, 4.4

storage, 2.1.2

schemas, 2.1

schemas, sample, 2.1.5

SCN

See system change numbers

secondary indexes, 3.2.3

benefits, 3.2.3

physical guesses, 3.2.3.1

SecureFiles, 19.3.4.2.3

security

administrator privileges, 13.2.1.1

auditing, 17.2.5.1

definer's rights, 8.2.1.1

program interface enforcement of, 16.3

views, 4.2

segment advisor, 18.3.4.2

segments, 12.4

data, 12.4.1

defined, 12.1.1

index, 3.1.3.3, 3.1.6

overview of, 12.4

table storage, 2.2.8

temporary, 2.2.6.2, 12.4.2

allocating, 12.4.2

select lists, SQL, 7.2.2.1

SELECT statement, 7.2.2

selectivity, 3.1.2.2.3, 3.1.4.2

self-referential integrity constraints, 5.2.4.1

sequences

concurrent access, 4.4.2

definition, 4.4

surrogate keys, 5.2.3

server parameter file

startup, 13.2.1.2

server processes, 15.3, 15.3

listener process, 16.2.2

servers

client/server architecture, 16.1.1

shared

architecture, 15.1.2, 16.2.4

processes of, 16.2.4, 16.2.4.1.2

server-side programming, 8.1

overview, 8.1

service names, 16.2.2

service oriented architecture, 1.5.4.1, 16.1.2.4

SERVICE_NAMES parameter, 16.2.2.2

session control statements, 7.2.4

sessions, 7.2.4

connections contrasted with, 15.2.2

defined, 15.2.2

memory allocation in the large pool, 14.4.4

sequence generation in, 4.4.2

SET CONSTRAINT statement, 7.2.3

SET TRANSACTION statement, 7.2.3, 9.1.2.1

ISOLATION LEVEL, 10.5

SGA (system global area)

allocating, 13.2.1.2

contents of, 14.4

data dictionary cache, 6.1.3.2, 14.4.3.2

database buffer cache, 14.4.1

large pool, 14.4.4

redo log buffer, 9.2.2, 14.4.2

rollback segments and, 9.2.2

shared and writable, 14.4

shared pool, 8.2.1.1, 14.4.3

variable parameters, 13.5.1.1

share DDL locks, 10.4.2.2

shared pool, 8.2.6, 14.4.3, 14.4.3.1.3

allocation of, 14.4.3.1.3

check, 7.4.1.1.3

dependency management and, 14.4.3.1.3

described, 14.4.3

flushing, 14.4.3.1.3

row cache and, 14.4.3.2

shared server

described, 15.1.2

dispatcher processes, 16.2.4.1.1

Oracle Net Services or SQL*Net V2 requirement, 16.2.4.1.1

processes, 16.2.4.1.2, 16.2.4.1.2

processes needed for, 16.2.4

restricted operations in, 16.2.4.2

session memory in the large pool, 14.4.4

shared server processes (Snnn), 16.2.4.1.2

described, 16.2.4.1.2

shared SQL areas, 4.2.1.2, 7.4.1.1.3, 14.4.3, 14.4.3.1.1, 14.4.3.1.3

dependency management and, 14.4.3.1.3

described, 14.4.3.1.1

procedures, packages, triggers and, 14.4.3.1.2

shutdown, 13.2.2, 13.2.2.4

abnormal, 13.2.2.4

prohibited by dispatcher processes, 16.2.4.2

steps, 13.2.2

SHUTDOWN ABORT statement, 13.2.2.4

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). See SOAP

simple triggers, 8.4.3

single-level partitioning, 4.1.1.2

SMON background process, 15.4.1.2

SOA, 1.5.4.1, 16.1.2.4

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), 1.5.4.1

soft parsing, 7.4.1.1.3

software code areas, 14.5

space management

extents, 12.3

PCTFREE, 12.2.4.1

row chaining, 12.2.4.3

segments, 12.4

SQL, 7.1, 7.2

conditions, 7.1.1, 7.2.2.1

data definition language (DDL), 7.2.1

data manipulation language (DML), 7.2.2

dictionary cache locks, 10.4.3.3

dynamic SQL, 8.2.4

embedded, 7.1, 7.2.6, 7.2.6

executable, 9.1.2.1

execution, 7.4.1.4, 9.1.3

expressions, 3.1.1.1, 7.2.2.1

functions, 2.2.3.4.2, 7.1.2

IDs, 7.4.1.1.3

implicit queries, 7.2.2.3

interactive, 7.1

memory allocation for, 14.4.3.1.1

operators, 7.1.1, 7.2.2.1

optimization, 7.4.1.2

Oracle, 7.1.2

overview, 7.1

parallel execution, 15.4.3.2

parsing, 7.4.1.1

PL/SQL and, 8.2

predicates, 3.1.2.2.1

recursive, 7.4.3

reserved words, 7.2

result sets, 2.2, 2.2.3.4.2, 2.2.6, 4.2.2, 7.2.2.1, 7.4.1.3, 7.4.2

select lists, 7.2.2.1

session control statements, 7.2.4

stages of processing, 7.4.1

standards, 7.1.2

statements, 7.2

subqueries, 4.2, 7.2.2.3

system control statements, 7.2.5

transaction control statements, 7.2.3

transactions, 9.1

transactions and, 9.2.5

types of statements, 7.2

SQL areas

private, 14.4.3.1.1

shared, 14.4.3.1.1

SQL Plan Management (SPM), 7.3.2.3

SQL tuning advisor, 18.3.4.2

SQL*Plus

alert log, 13.6.2

executing a package, 8.2.2.3

lock and latch monitors, 10.4.3

SQL statements, 7.1.2

SQLJ standard, 8.3.2.2.2

standards

ANSI/ISO, 7.1.2

isolation levels, 10.1.3

startup, 13.1

prohibited by dispatcher processes, 16.2.4.2

statement-level atomicity, 9.1.3

statements, SQL, 7.2

statistics, 2.2.8.1, 6.2, 7.3.1, 7.4.1.2, 14.4.3.1.3

ASH, 18.3.4.4

AWR, 18.3.4.2

definition, 7.3.4

gathering for optimizer, 18.3.4.2

Java-related, 14.4.5

join order, 7.2.2.2

undo retention, 12.5.1.3.2

storage

logical structures, 12.5

nulls, 2.2.2

triggers, 8.4.6, 8.4.6

STORAGE clause

using, 12.3.3

storage parameters

setting, 12.3.3

stored procedures. See procedures

Structured Query Language (SQL), 7.1

structures

locking, 10.4.2

logical, 12

data blocks, 12, 12.2

extents, 12.1, 12.3

segments, 12.1, 12.4

tablespaces, 11, 12.5

memory, 14

physical

control files, 11.3

data files, 11

processes, 15

subprograms, PL/SQL. See procedures

subqueries, 4.2, 7.2.2, 7.2.2.3

summaries, 4.3

surrogate keys, 5.2.3

synonyms

constraints indirectly affect, 5.3.3.2

data dictionary views, 6.1.3.1

definition, 4.6

private, 4.6

public, 4.6, 6.1.1.3

securability, 4.6

SYS user name, 2.1.4

data dictionary tables, 6.1.3

V$ views, 6.2.1

SYSDBA privilege, 13.2.1.1

SYSOPER privilege, 13.2.1.1

system change numbers

when assigned, 11.4.3

system change numbers (SCN), 9.1.4

committed transactions, 9.2.5

defined, 9.2.5

system control statements, 7.2.5

system global area. See SGA

system monitor process (SMON), 15.4.1.2

defined, 15.4.1.2

Real Application Clusters and, 15.4.1.2

rolling back transactions, 13.4.4

SYSTEM tablespace, 6.1.2

data dictionary stored in, 12.5.1.1

online requirement of, 12.5.3.2

SYSTEM user name, 2.1.4

T

table clusters

cluster keys, 2.3

definition, 2.3

hash clusters, 2.3.2

indexed, 2.3.1

scans, 7.3.3

tables

base, 4.2.1, 6.1.2

characteristics, 2.2.2

clustered, 2.3

compression, 2.2.8.4, 4.1.2

definition, 2.1.1

detail, 4.3

dimension, 4.5.1

directories, 12.2.2.1, 12.2.2.1

DUAL, 6.1.1.4

dynamic partitioning, 15.4.3.2.2

external, 2.2.7

fact, 4.5.1

full table scans, 3.1

heap-organized, 2.1.2, 3.2

index-organized, 3.2, 3.2.3, 4.1.4

integrity constraints, 5.1

joins, 3.1.3.2

key-preserved, 4.2.2

master, 4.3, 4.3

normalized or denormalized, 4.5.2

object, 2.2.5

overview, 2

partitions, 4.1.2

permanent, 2.2

storage, 2.2.8

temporary, 2.2.6, 12.4.2.2

transaction, 9.1.2.1

truncating, 7.2.1

views of, 4.2

virtual, 6.2.2

tables, base, 4.2

tables, external, 2.2

tables, temporary, 2.2

tablespace point-in-time recovery, 18.3.1.3.4

tablespaces, 12.5

described, 12.5

dictionary managed, 12.1.2.2

locally managed, 12.1.2.1

locks on, 10.4.3.3

offline, 12.5.3.2

online, 12.5.3.2

overview of, 12.5

recovery, 18.3.1.3.4

schema objects, 2.1.2

space allocation, 12.1.2

SYSTEM, 6.1.2

used for temporary segments, 12.4.2.1

tasks, 15.1

temp files, 11.2.2

temporary segments, 2.2.6.2, 12.4.2.2

allocating, 12.4.2.1

allocation for queries, 12.4.2.1

temporary tables, 2.2, 2.2.6

threads

online redo log, 11.4.2

time zones, 2.2.3.3.2

in date/time columns, 2.2.3.3.2

TIMESTAMP data type, 2.2.3.3, 2.2.3.3.2

TO_CHAR function, 2.2.3.5

TO_DATE function, 2.2.3.3.1, 2.2.3.5

trace files

LGWR trace file, 15.4.1.4.2

transaction control statements, 7.2.3

transaction tables, 9.1.2.1

reset at recovery, 15.4.1.1

transactions, 9

ACID properties, 9.1

assigning system change numbers, 9.2.5

autonomous, 9.3

within a PL/SQL block, 9.3

committing, 9.2.5, 15.4.1.4.1

group commits, 15.4.1.4.1

deadlocks and, 9.1.3, 10.3.6

definition, 9.1

distributed

resolving automatically, 15.4.1.7

DML statements, 7.2.2

end of, 9.1.2.2

in-doubt

resolving automatically, 9.4.2

naming, 9.2.1

rolling back, 9.2.3.1, 9.2.4

partially, 9.2.3.1

savepoints in, 9.2.3

setting properties, 7.2.3

terminating the application and, 9.1.2.2

transaction control statements, 7.2.3

transaction ID, 9.1, 9.1.2.1

triggers, 8.1

cascading, 8.4.1

components of, 8.4.4

compound, 8.4.3

effect of rollbacks, 9.1.3

firing (executing), 8.4.5

privileges required, 8.4.5

INSTEAD OF, 8.4.2

overview, 8.4

restrictions, 8.4.4

row, 8.4.2

shared SQL areas and, 14.4.3.1.2

simple, 8.4.3

statement, 8.4.2

storage of, 8.4.6

timing, 8.4.3

UNKNOWN does not fire, 8.4.4

uses of, 8.4.1

TRUNCATE statement, 7.2.1

two-phase commit

transaction management, 9.4

U

undo management, automatic, 12.4.3

undo segments, 9.1.2.1

undo tablespaces, 12.5.1.3

Unicode, 2.2.3.1

unique indexes, 3.1.1.3

unique key constraints, 5.2, 5.2.2

composite keys, 5.2.2

NOT NULL constraints and, 5.2.2

unplanned downtime

avoiding downtime during, 17.3.1.1

update no action constraint, 5.2.4.3

UPDATE statement, 7.2.2

updates

updatability of views, 4.2.2, 8.4.2

updatable join views, 4.2.2

updating tables

with parent keys, 10.4.1.3

UROWID data type, 2.2.3.4

user program interface (UPI), 16.3.1

USER_ views, 6.1.1.3

users, database, 2.1.1

authentication, 17.2.2

names, 6.1

sessions and connections, 15.2.2

privileges, 2.1

temporary tablespaces, 12.4.2.1

UTL_HTTP package, 8.2.2

V

V$ views, 6.2.1

VARCHAR2 data type, 2.2.3.1

variables

embedded SQL, 7.2.6

views, 4.2

base tables, 4.2

constraints indirectly affect, 5.3.3.2

data access, 4.2.1.2

data dictionary

updatable columns, 4.2.2

fixed views, 6.2.1

indexes, 4.2.1.2

INSTEAD OF triggers, 8.4.2

integrity constraints, 4.2.1.1

materialized, 4.3

object, 4.2.3

schema object dependencies, 4.2.1

storage, 4.2.1

updatability, 4.2.2

uses, 4.2

V$, 6.2

virtual columns, 2.2.1, 2.2.8.1, 3.1.4.2

W

warehouse

materialized views, 4.3

Web services, 1.5.4.1, 16.1.2.4

write-ahead, 15.4.1.4

X

session memory in the large pool, 14.4.4

XMLType data type, 19.3.4.1