Oracle9i Database Reference Release 1 (9.0.1) Part Number A90190-02 |
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This manual provides reference information about database initialization parameters, static data dictionary views, dynamic performance views, database limits, and SQL scripts that are part of the Oracle database system.
Oracle9i Database Reference contains information that describes the features and functionality of the Oracle9i (also known as the standard edition) and the Oracle9i Enterprise Edition products. Oracle9i and the Oracle9i Enterprise Edition have the same basic features. However, several advanced features are available only with the Enterprise Edition, and some of these are optional. For example, to use application failover, you must have the Enterprise Edition with the Oracle9i Real Application Clusters option.
See Also:
Oracle9i Database New Features for information about the differences between Oracle9i and the Oracle9i Enterprise Edition and the features and options that are available to you. |
This preface contains these topics:
Oracle9i Database Reference is intended for database administrators, system administrators, and database application developers.
To use this document, you need TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FOLLOWING:
This document contains:
This chapter describes the database initialization parameters you can specify in the initialization parameter file to start or configure an instance.
This chapter describes the Oracle data dictionary tables and views, also known as static data dictionary views.
This chapter describes the dynamic performance views, also known as the V$
views.
This chapter lists the limits of values associated with database functions and objects.
This chapter describes the SQL scripts that are required for optimal operation of the Oracle database server.
This appendix describes some event names, wait times, and parameters for wait events displayed by the V$SESSION_WAIT
and V$SYSTEM_EVENT
views.
This appendix lists some enqueues used by Oracle9i.
This appendix describes some statistics stored in the V$SESSION_WAIT
and V$SYSSTAT
dynamic performance views.
For more information, see these Oracle resources:
Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle9i Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.
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We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.
Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:
SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';
The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.
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