Re: How to view tables from Win98

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.

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Andrew Allen

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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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>>>the security of Oracle. (i.e. exclusive viewing from the Oracle


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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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