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■INDEX<br />

CREATE ANY DIRECTORY function, 670<br />

CREATE ANY DIRECTORY parameter, 685<br />

CREATE CLUSTER statement, 371, 378, 380<br />

CREATE DATABASE comm<strong>and</strong>, 53, 88, 92<br />

CREATE DIRECTORY statement, 682<br />

CREATE INDEX comm<strong>and</strong>, 453, 456, 460, 627<br />

CREATE INDEX statement, 371<br />

function based indexes, 456<br />

substr function, 460<br />

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW comm<strong>and</strong>, 36<br />

CREATE SESSION privilege, 80<br />

CREATE SPFILE comm<strong>and</strong>, 71, 78<br />

CREATE statement, 214, 351, 399<br />

CREATE TABLE AS SELECT statement, 627–28,<br />

701<br />

CREATE TABLE NEW_TABLE AS SELECT<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>, 630<br />

CREATE TABLE statement, 110, 340, 351, 362,<br />

371, 392, 401, 543, 567, 588, 632, 681,<br />

691, 701<br />

heap organized tables, 353<br />

index organized tables, 362, 367<br />

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLESPACE comm<strong>and</strong>,<br />

96<br />

CREATE/ALTER statements, 110<br />

CSV (comma-separated values) format, 654<br />

CTWR (change tracking processes), 181<br />

current mode gets, 248<br />

CURSOR_SHARING parameter, 45, 148<br />

CUST_ID column, 389<br />

D<br />

daemon processes, 38<br />

Data Definition Language. See DDL<br />

data dictionary cache, 148<br />

data files, 65<br />

database architecture, file types, 88<br />

dictionary-managed <strong>and</strong> locally-managed<br />

tablespaces, 94–95<br />

file system mechanisms overview, 89–90<br />

overview, 88<br />

storage hierarchy in <strong>Oracle</strong> database<br />

blocks, 91–93<br />

extents, 90–91<br />

overview, 90<br />

segments, 90<br />

tablespaces, 93<br />

data loading. See loading <strong>and</strong> unloading data<br />

Data Pump files, 66, 110–13<br />

Data Pump format, 683, 701<br />

Data Pump utility, 181<br />

data unloading, 649, 692, 701–3<br />

data warehousing, 606, 624<br />

data warehouse systems, 566<br />

<strong>and</strong> global indexes, 592–95, 597–600<br />

data with embedded newlines, loading with<br />

SQLLDR<br />

converting other character into newline, 663<br />

using FIX attribute, 665<br />

using STR attribute, 668<br />

using VAR attribute, 667<br />

database<br />

definition, 50<br />

vs. instance, 50–55<br />

database architecture, 49<br />

background processes, 56, 155, 170<br />

focused background processes, 171<br />

UNIX-based systems, 56<br />

utility background processes, 178<br />

Windows-based systems, 56<br />

dedicated server, 58<br />

file types, 65<br />

control files, 98<br />

data files, 88<br />

redo log files, 98<br />

temp files, 96<br />

memory structures<br />

PGA, 115<br />

SGA, 55, 115<br />

server processes, 155<br />

dedicated server, 156<br />

MTS, 156, 158<br />

slave processes, 155<br />

I/O slaves, 181<br />

parallel query slaves, 182<br />

database block writer (DBWn), 175–76, 179<br />

database buffer cache, 100<br />

database configuration assistant (DBCA), 95<br />

database dependence, 31<br />

database event triggers, 79<br />

database independence<br />

defensive programming, 31–35<br />

features <strong>and</strong> functions, 36–39<br />

impact of st<strong>and</strong>ards, 29–31<br />

infeasibility of total independence, 32<br />

openness, 40–42<br />

<strong>Oracle</strong> applications, 27<br />

overview, 26–29<br />

problems with, 26<br />

solving problems simply, 39–40<br />

database links, 273<br />

database recovery, 46<br />

database st<strong>and</strong>ards, 29<br />

database trigger, 27<br />

database tuning, 42<br />

datatypes. See also LOBs<br />

binary strings, 502–4<br />

character strings<br />

bytes or characters, 499–501<br />

N variant, 502<br />

NLS (National Language Support)<br />

overview, 492–95

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