SQL*Plus Getting Started
Release 8.1.6
for Windows
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Preface

SQL*Plus Getting Started for Windows provides information about the SQL*Plus product that is specific to the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, and Windows 98 operating system environments.


Notes:

Refer to the READMEDOC.HTM file at the top level of the Oracle8i for Windows NT CD-ROM for the most up-to-date information on Oracle8i release 8.1.6 support for Windows 2000.

In the remainder of this guide, SQL*Plus for Windows, will be referred to as SQL*Plus.  


Specific topics discussed in this preface are:

Prerequisites

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following:

Intended Audience

This guide is for all users who want to use SQL*Plus in the Windows NT or Windows 95/98 operating environments.

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Introducing SQL*Plus"

Chapter 2, "Installing SQL*Plus Help and Demonstration Tables"

Chapter 3, "Using SQL*Plus" Chapter 4, "Operating System-Specific References" Appendix A, "Customizing Operating System Parameters"

Related Documents

Obtaining Online Help

Online help for using SQL*Plus is available from the SQL*Plus command line during a session. The SQL*Plus help tables must be created and populated by the database administrator first. See "Installing SQL*Plus Online Help" in Chapter 1 for information about installing SQL*Plus online help.

Documentation and Code Conventions Explained

The following conventions are used in this guide.

Convention  Example  Meaning 

All uppercase plain 

ALTER DATABASE 

Indicates command names, SQL reserved words, and keywords. All uppercase plain is also used for directory names and file names. 

Italic 

  • Italic is used to indicate a variable:

filename
  • Italic is used for emphasis:

This section describes new SQL*Plus features specific to Windows NT/95/98. 

Indicates a value that you must provide. For example, if a command asks you to type filename, you must type the actual name of the file.

Italic is also used for emphasis in the text and to indicate the titles of other guides. 

Oracle database 

 

The database component of Oracle8i

C:\> 

  • This example refers to the default for the first Oracle home in an Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)-compliant database.

C:\>ORACLE\ORA81 

Represents the Windows command prompt of the current hard disk drive. Your prompt can differ and can, at times, reflect the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the MS-DOS command prompt in this guide. 

Backslash (\) before a directory name 

\ORADATA 

Indicates that the directory is a subdirectory of the root directory. 

ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE 

Go to the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\ADMIN directory 

In previous releases when you installed SQL*Plus, all subdirectories were located under a top level ORACLE_HOME directory, that by default was:

  • C:\ORANT for Windows NT

  • C:\ORAWIN95 for Windows 95

  • C:\ORAWIN98 for Windows 98

or whatever you may have called your Oracle home.

With this Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)-compliant release, all subdirectories are no longer under a top level ORACLE_HOME directory. There is now a new top level directory called ORACLE_BASE, which by default is C:\ORACLE.

For more information about multiple Oracle homes and Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA), see Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT

HOME_NAME 

OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener 

Represents the Oracle home name.

The home name can be up to sixteen alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in a home name is the underscore.  

Symbols 

period .

comma ,

hyphen -

semicolon ;

colon :

equal sign =

backslash \

single quote `

double quote "

parentheses ( ) 

Symbols other than brackets and vertical bars must be entered in commands exactly as shown. 


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