Oracle8i

SQL Reference

Release 2 (8.1.6)

December 1999

Part No. A76989-01

SQL Reference, Release 2 (8.1.6)

Part No. A76989-01

Primary Author: Diana Lorentz

Contributors: Alan Downing, Alex Tsukerman, Alok Pareek, Amit Ganesh, Andrew Witkowski, Angela Amor, Ann Rhee, Aravind Yalamanchi, Ari Mozes, Arvind Nithrakashyap, Ashok Joshi, Ashwini Surpur, Bill Lee, Brian Wright, Carolyn Gray, Cetin Ozbutun, Chon Lei, Daniel Wong, Debbie Steiner, Edward Waugh, Eugene Chong, Franco Putzolu, Fred Zemke, Guhan Viswanathan, Hakkan Jakobsson, Harry Sun, Harvey Eneman, Ira Greenberg, Jack Raitto, Jags Srinivasan, Jerry Schwarz, Jianping Yang, Jim Finnerty, John Haydu, Juan Tellez, Karuna Muthiah, Lance Ashdown, Lilian Hobbs, Lois Price, Mark Johnson, Miclelle Cyran, Mohamed Zait, Mohamed Ziauddin, Muralidhar Krishnaprasad, Namit Jain, Nipun Agarwal, Peter Robson, Qin Yu, Rafi Ahmed, Randy Urbano, Ravi Murthy, Reema Al-Shaikh, Rick Anderson, Robert Jenkins, Rosanne Park, Ruth Baylis, Sanjay Kaluskar, Sankar Subramanian, Sashikanth Chandrasekaran, Sheri Blaisedell, Sriram Samu, Steve Harris, Steve Vivian, Subhransu Basu, Subramanian Muralidhar, Sukhjit Singh, Susan Kotsovolos, Tak Wang, Thong Bui, Thuvan Hoang, Vikas Arora, Vinay Srihari, Vishu Krishnamurthy, Vishy Karra, Wayne Smith, Wei Wang

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