The Oracle server. Database objects. Oracle enterprise manager. Distributed computing. Forms and reports overview. Partitioning data.

This Beginner's Guide starts with an overview of Oracle's history and product strategy, moves on to beginner-level PL/SQL and DBA concepts, and concludes with in-depth coverage of more advanced data management and manipulation techniques. It's all here--from setting up, querying, and managing your database to creating forms, reports, and tables, securing users and objects, and partitioning data. Plus, get unique, all-new coverage of SQL*Plus, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and the Oracle Summary Machine.

The definitive book covering Oracle databases in UNIX environments--the fastest growing segment of the Oracle database market. This guide contains proven techniques and UNIX scripts that can be used to perform dozens of UNIX related tasks.

This bestselling beginner's guide has been completely revised to cover the new features of Oracle8, including the new object environment and object-oriented programming concepts, data warehousing, and network computing architecture. Since Oracle has made NT its primary development platform for the future, this edition will have more of an NT "flavor" than its UNIX-based predecessor.

This 1,000-page book enables a beginner or intermediate level Oracle DBA or Oracle Developer/Manager to master the art of building and managing complex Oracle 9i databases.