David Eynon wrote:
> FM? Field Manual?
> Anyways, I've learned Oracle in a heartbeat let's say. I'm just trying to
> understand the Theory behind it and the comp sci aspect behind it.
Then start with the Concepts manual. Available at
http://otn.oracle.com/pls/tahiti/tahiti.docindex
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Andrew Allen
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> "Andrew Allen" <andrew.allen_at_handleman.com> wrote in message
> news:3E4A9643.4010702_at_handleman.com...
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>>David Eynon wrote:
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>>>This might sound dumb.
>>>I am using Windows 98 and personal Oracle 8. I can see, using Windows
>>>Explorer, files with *.sql extensions, but I can't see any tables I've
>>>created. Just curious if that's viewable from Windows, or is that part
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> of
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>>>the security of Oracle. (i.e. exclusive viewing from the Oracle
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> interface
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>>>alone.)
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>>Get thee a FM bcause you need to RTFM big time. Oracle tables are not
>>files. Oracle stores tables in tablespaces and tablespaces consist of
>>one, or more, DataBase Files (.dbf). The .sql files are queries stored
>>as textual files.
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>>Andrew Allen
>>Sr. Oracle DBA
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Received on Wed Feb 12 2003 - 15:06:47 CST
