Read this chapter while sitting at your computer and try out the examples shown. Before beginning, make sure you have access to the sample tables described. To begin using SQL*Plus, you must first ...

A powerful collection of advanced SQL commands for database professionals, analysts, and enthusiasts. This toolkit covers high-impact commands across a wide range of SQL functionalities, including ...

Oracle9i offers some great tools to make it easy to view the execution plan and trace information for a SQL statement. Prior to Oracle8i, you had to create a plan table and execute special syntax to ...

We often see DBAs use somewhat cumbersome methods to document or write implementation steps that involve a combination of both OS (i.e. "Bash") and Oracle (i.e. "SQL Plus") commands. However, with ...