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ALL views (continued)

ALL_SYNONYMS view, 192, 218

ALL_TAB_COLUMNS view, 184-186, 193

ALL_TABLES view, 177, 182-184, 193

ALL_TAB_PRIVS view, 192, 222

ALL_TRIGGER_COLS view, 191, 214

ALL_TRIGGERS view, 190, 214

ALL_USERS view, 176

allocating cursors, 260

ALL_ROWS hint, 302

ALTER DATABASE command archive log mode, 346-348, 351

ALTER SESSION command, formatting dates, 107

ALTER USER command, changing password with, 27

ampersand (&)

&& with substitution variables, 128-132

changing for variable substitution, 151

escaping, 147-148

marking variables, 124

prompting for variable values, 124

ANALYZE_TABLE.SQL (example), 257, 259-262

AND_EQUAL hint, 303-304

AND-EQUAL operation (EXPLAIN PLAN), 289

ANSI/ISO SQL92 syntax conformance checks, 409

A[PPEND] command, 42, 45, 428

APPEND hint, 307

APP[END] parameter

COPY command, 436

SAVE command, 55-56, 457

STORE command, 464

APPI[NFO] setting, 404-405

application queries, testing, 242

application security (see security)

ARCH process, 340

starting, 348

archive destination value, 340, 349

archive information, viewing, 339, 416

ARCHIVE LOG command, 339, 348, 428

archive log mode

turning off, 351

turning on, 346-348

ARCHIVELOG parameter (ALTER DATABASE), 347 archiving databases, 345-351

ARRAY[SIZE] setting, 405

AS keyword (CONNECT command), 31, 328, 442 asterisk (*)

identifying errors in SQL statements, 52

line editing keyword, 43, 48, 443, 448

at sign (@)

@ command, 62, 425

@@ command, 426

ATTRIBUTE command, 112-115, 429

AUFI (Advanced User Friendly Interface), 7

authentication, 19

connecting using, 25

AUTO[COMMIT] setting, 406

AUTOEXEC.BAT file loading with GET, 57

Automatic archival value, 340, 349

AUTOP[RINT] setting, 386

autorecovery, 354, 416

AUTORECOVERY setting, 354, 416

AUTOT[RACE] setting, 292-297, 415

AVG parameter (COMPUTE command), 98, 440

AVG_DATA_BLOCKS_PER_KEY column (ALL_INDEXES), 189

AVG_LEAF_BLOCKS_PER_KEY column (ALL_INDEXES), 189

AVG_ROW_LEN column (ALL_TABLES), 184

AVG_SPACE column (ALL_TABLES), 184

AVG_SPACE_FREELIST_BLOCKS column (ALL_TABLES), 184

B

BACKED_UP column (ALL_TABLES), 183

backing up databases, 340-345

cold backups, 341-343

hot backups, 343-345

RMAN (Recovery Manager), 355

backslash (\) as escape character, 147-148

BAD column (ALL_CONSTRAINTS), 187

BIN directory, 63

bind variables, 228-243

declaring, 229, 467

displaying contents of, 233-238

how to use, 238-243

printing contents automatically, 386

substitution variables with, 230-233

BITMAP operation (EXPLAIN PLAN), 289

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blank lines in reports, 73, 379

blank lines in SQL statements, 398

BLD_DB.SQL script file, 15

BLEVEL column (ALL_INDEXES), 189

BLOCKS column (ALL_TABLES), 183

blocks, PL/SQL, 36

executing, 36-39

execution error handling, 271-274, 468

output from execution, 37, 390

syntax for, 38

terminators for, 396

timing execution (see timers)

BLO[CKTERMINATOR] setting, 396

BOLD parameter

BTITLE command, 78, 433

REPHEADER, REPFOOTER commands, 109, 453, 455

BTITLE command, 75, 466

BOTH parameter (SET SHOWMODE), 392

branching, 243-254

multilevel file structure for, 248-250

PL/SQL for, 252-254

scripting languages for, 254

simulating with REFCURSOR datatype, 245-248

simulating with WHERE clause, 244-245

SQL writing SQL, 250-252

BRE[AK] command, 86, 88-89, 431

grand totals in reports, 102

BRE[AKS] parameter (CLEAR), 435

BTI[TLE] command, 76-79, 432

adding date to footers, 108

BTI[TLE] parameter (SHOW), 419, 459

buffer, output, 37

BUFF[ER] parameter (CLEAR), 42, 435

BUF[FER] setting, 396

buffer, SQL, 35, 40, 397

adding statements to, 43

editing with text editor, 57-60, 445

executing statements in, 51-54

line editing, 40-51

adding text to lines, 45

deleting lines, 48

inserting lines, 49-51

search-and-replace, 46-47

viewing buffer contents, 43-45

saving and retrieving, 54-57

BUFFER_POOL column

ALL_INDEXES view, 190

ALL_TABLES view, 184

buffers

allowing operating system output buffers, 409 switching, 396

C

C (CHANGE) command, 42, 46-47, 434

CACHE column (ALL_TABLES), 184

CACHE hint, 307

case (capitalization)

conversions, 195, 249

converting for server transmission, 399

displaying in output, 380

CE[NTER] parameter

BTITLE command, 77, 433

REPHEADER REPFOOTER commands, 109, 453, 455

TITTLE command, 75, 466

CHAIN_CNT column (ALL_TABLES), 184

C[HANGE] command, 42, 46-47, 434

CHAR datatype, 170, 229, 467

CHAR parameter (ACCEPT command), 133

character sets

shift-insensitive, 380

specifying, 365

character strings (see strings)

CHARACTER_SET_NAME column (ALL_TAB_COLUMNS), 186 CHECK constrains, 201

checking syntax conformance, 409

CHOOSE hint, 302

CL[EAR] command, 42, 99, 283, 435

CLE[AR] parameter

ATTRIBUTE command, 114, 430

COLUMN command, 69, 438

CLOB datatype, 230, 468

printing, 235-236

CLOSE_CURSOR procedure (DMBS_SQL), 261

CLOSECUR[SOR] setting, 407

CLUSTER hint, 303

CLUSTERING_FACTOR column (ALL_INDEXES), 189

CLUSTER_NAME column (ALL_TABLES), 183

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CMDS[EP] setting, 397

COL clause

BTITLE command, 77, 433

REPHEADER, REPFOOTER commands, 109, 453, 455

TTITLE command, 74, 465

cold database backups, 341-343

COLSEP setting, 161, 369

COL[UMN] command, 68-73, 437

fixed-width data, creating, 160

format specifications with, 470, 473

formatting PRINT command output, 234

user variables, 93

COLUMN_ID column (ALL_TAB_COLUMNS), 185

COLUMN_LENGTH column (ALL_IND_COLUMNS), 190

COLUMN_LIST column (ALL_TRIGGER_COLS), 192

COLUMN_NAME column

ALL_COL_PRIVS view, 193

ALL_CONS_COLUMNS view, 187

ALL_IND_COLUMNS view, 190

ALL_TAB_COLUMNS view, 185

ALL_TRIGGER_COLS view, 192

COLUMN_POSITION column (ALL_IND_COLUMNS), 190

column separator (fixed-width files), 161, 369

COLUMN_USAGE column (ALL_TRIGGER_COLS) 192

columns in fixed-width datafiles, 156, 160-162

SQL*Loader control for, 170

columns in reports

formatting, 68-73

headings for, 71, 372

line break characters, 372

underline characters, 383

object types for, 111-115

suppressing duplicate values, 89

columns, index

ALL_IND_COLUMNS view, 190, 207 improving performance, 299

COL[UMNS] parameter (CLEAR), 435 columns, table

ALL_CONS_COLUMNS view, 187, 200 ALL_TAB_COLUMNS, 193

ALL_TAB_COLUMNS view, 184-186 listing definitions, 30, 195-200

referenced in triggers, 191, 214

update privileges to, 193, 222

width for number display, 376

comma-delimited files, 156, 159-160

SQL*Loader control file for, 169

command filename extension, default, 403 command prompt, customizing, 392-393

line numbers in, 400

multiline statements, 400

command-line options, 24-26

command-line version of SQL*Plus, 18 starting, 23-24

commands, SQL (see SQL)

commands, SQL*Plus

basic (list), 26-33

disabling, 318-320

echoing to display, 138

suppressing, 138, 387

errors in, inability to detect, 271

executing single PL/SQL commands, 39, 445 generating files of, 257-259

help on, 28

input settings, 395-403

line editing, 42-51

multiple on one line, 397

operational settings, 403-410

reference pages, 423-469

SQL buffer, 35, 40, 397

SQL to generate, 163, 250-252, 257-259 commands, Unix, 143

comment delimiters (/**/), 152, 424

commenting scrips, 151-154

commit frequency during COPY, 408

COMMIT parameter

EXIT command, 446

QUIT command, 450

WHENEVER command, 469

COMMIT statement, disabling feedback from, 138 COM[PATIBILITY] setting, 407

COMP[UTE] command, 97-102, 440

CLEAR COMPUTES command with, 99 COMP[UTES] parameter (CLEAR), 99, 435 CON[CAT] setting, 149, 410