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Oracle Essentials 4th Edition
Oracle is an enormous system, with myriad technologies,
options, and releases. Most users-even experienced
developers and database administrators-find it difficult to
get a handle on the full scope of the Oracle database. And,
as each new Oracle version is released, users find
themselves under increasing pressure to learn about
a whole
range of new technologies. The latest challenge is Oracle
Database 11g.
This book distills an enormous amount of information about
Oracle into a compact, easy-to-read volume filled with
focused text, illustrations, and helpful hints. It contains
chapters on:
Oracle products, options, data structures, and overall
architecture for Oracle Database 11g, as well as earlier
releases (Oracle Database 10g, Oracle9i, and Oracle8i)
Installing, running, managing, monitoring, networking, and
tuning Oracle, including Enterprise Manager (EM) and
Oracle's self-tuning and management capabilities; and using
Oracle security, auditing, and compliance (a new chapter in
this edition)
Multiuser concurrency, data warehouses, distributed
databases, online transaction processing (OLTP), high
availability, and hardware architectures (e.g., SMP,
clusters, NUMA, and grid computing)
Features beyond the Oracle database: Oracle Application
Express, Fusion Middleware (including Oracle Application
Server), and database SOA support as a Web services provider
The latest Oracle Database 11g features: query result set
caching, Automatic Memory Management, the Real Application
Testing, Advanced Compression, Total Recall, and Active Data
Guard Option Options, changes to the OLAP Option
(transparently accessed and managed as materialized views),
the Flashback transaction command, transparent data
encryption, the Support Workbench (and diagnosability
infrastructure), and partitioning enhancements (including
interval and new composite types)
For new Oracle users, DBAs, developers, and managers, Oracle
Essentials provides an invaluable, all-in-one introduction
to the full range of Oracle features and technologies,
including the just-released Oracle Database 11g features.
But even if you already have a library full of Oracle
documentation, you'll find that this compact book is the one
you turn to, again and again, as your one-stop, truly
essential reference.
"Oracle Essentials gives a clear explanation of the key
database concepts and architecture underlying the Oracle
database. It's a great reference for anyone doing
development or management of Oracle databases."
--Andrew Mendelsohn, Senior Vice President, Database Server
Technologies, Oracle Corporation
CONTENTS:
Preface
1. Introducing Oracle
The Evolution of the Relational Database
The Oracle Database Family
Summary of Oracle Database Features
Database Application Development Features
Database Connection Features
Distributed Database Features
Data Movement Features
Database Performance Features
Database Management Features
Database Security Features
Oracle Development Tools
Embedded Databases
2. Oracle Architecture
Databases and Instances
Deploying Physical Components
Instance Memory and Processes
The Data Dictionary
3. Installing and Running Oracle
Installing Oracle
Creating a Database
Configuring Oracle Net
Starting Up the Database
Shutting Down the Database
Accessing a Database
Oracle at Work
4. Oracle Data Structures
Datatypes
Basic Data Structures
Additional Data Structures
Extended Logic for Data
Data Design
Constraints
Triggers
Query Optimization
Understanding the Execution Plan
SQL Advisors
Data Dictionary Tables
5. Managing Oracle
Manageability Features
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Fragmentation and Reorganization
Backup and Recovery
Working with Oracle Support
6. Oracle Security, Auditing, and Compliance
Security
Auditing
Compliance
7. Oracle Performance
Performance Tuning Basics
Oracle and Disk I/O Resources
Oracle and Parallelism
Oracle and Memory Resources
Oracle and CPU Resources
Database Resource Manager
8. Oracle Multiuser Concurrency
Basics of Concurrent Access
Oracle and Concurrent User Access
Oracle's Isolation Levels
Oracle Concurrency Features
How Oracle Handles Locking
Concurrent Access and Performance
Workspaces
9. Oracle and Transaction Processing
OLTP Basics
Oracle's OLTP Heritage
Architectures for OLTP
Oracle Features for OLTP
High Availability
Oracle Streams and Advanced Queuing
Object Technologies and Distributed Components
10. Oracle Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence Basics
Data Warehouse Design
Query Optimization
Analytics, OLAP, and Data Mining in the Database
Managing the Data Warehouse
Other Software for the Data Warehouse
The Metadata Challenge
Best Practices
11. Oracle and High Availability
What Is High Availability?
System Failure
Protecting Against System Failure
Recovering from Failures
Complete Site Failure
Data Redundancy Solutions
Rolling Upgrades
12. Oracle and Hardware Architecture
System Basics
Uniprocessor Systems
Symmetric Multiprocessing Systems
Clusters
Non-Uniform Memory Access Systems
Grid Computing
Disk and Storage Technology
Which Platform Deployment Solution?
13. Oracle Distributed Databases and Distributed Data
Accessing Multiple Databases As a Single Entity
Moving Data Between Distributed Systems
14. Oracle Extended Datatypes
Object-Oriented Development
Extensibility Features and Options
Using the Extensibility Framework in Oracle
15. Beyond the Oracle Database
Application Express
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle SOA Suite
A. What's New in This Book for Oracle Database 11g
B. Additional Resources
Index
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