Oracle
The Complete Reference
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
1000 pages
978-0-07-881635-2 (ISBN)
Description
Oracle documentation is over twenty volumes long. This complete reference consists of the essential Oracle, presenting the important characteristics a user or developer needs to know to best utilize this powerful product. The book includes an alphabetical reference containing all Oracle commands as well as instructional sections on effective use and management of Oracle and valuable programming techniques for developers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-07-881635-2 (9780078816352)
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Content
Part 1 Clearing out the cobwebs: the dangers in a relational database; thinking clearly about query; first notions of good design. Part 2 SQL - going from beginner to expert: the basic parts of speech in SQL; getting text information and changing it; playing the numbers; dates - then, now and the difference; changing one kind of thing into another; grouping things together; when one thing depends on another; some complex possibilities; changing data - insert, update and delete; advanced use of operators; decode - amazing power in a single word; creating, dropping and altering table and views; by what authority?; changing the Oracle surroundings. Part 3 Designing for productivity: good design has a human touch; performance and concurrency; the 10 commandments of a good design. Part 4 Using Oracle products. Part 5 Alphabetical reference of Oracle operators.