Re: What's behind the scene in a database

There is no 'source code' as such for a RDBMS like Oracle ( the S in the acronym is for SYSTEM) - the Oracle RDBMS is a coordinated collection of Processes that handle the storage, replication and manipulation of relational ( and other) data . ( I expect I may win the oversimplification award for that synopsis)

Go to
http://technet.oracle.com, register ( it is free) and read thru the docs especially the Server Concepts manual and the DBA stuff..It will give you a better idea as to 'what's going on '..

"Mikael Osterhed" <moster_no_spam_67_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi, I just wanna ask you a question which I think many of us are not aware
>of and which might be of interest to many of us visitors here at
>comp.databases.oracle.misc
>
>"What's behind the scene in a database ?" and what makes Oracle the
>prime-choice..
>
>Most of us are used to have Oracle installed and most of our tasks are to
>administrate it and write queries to interrogate the data it is storing for
>us. However I am also a programmer (Visual Basic - yes I know...but it is
>fast and time is money for most companies) and I have always wondered "what
>is the source-code like for a (any) database. With help of SQL I am able to
>interrogate, let loose scripts etc but what does a database do with my
>SQL-statements internally. I guess it receives my statements and then
>treat/translate these through its calls and functions. Someone told me that
>writing a database, I mean a database from scratch, is one of the most
>difficult things a programmer can do..
>
>Anyone who can "educate" me in regard to my above mentioned enquires or
>share a link where I can read about it ?
>
>And what about XML ? Will XML change the way are using a database today ?
>
>Rgds,
>
>Mike
>

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