Your computer's operating system prompt may be different. and press [Return]. This is an operating system command that starts SQL*Plus. Note: Some operating systems expect you to enter commands in ...

Note: To enable the copying of data between Oracle and non-Oracle databases, NUMBER columns are changed to DECIMAL columns in the destination table. Hence, if you are copying between Oracle databases, ...

The NEW_VALUE directive allows you to store data retrieved from an Oracle table as a variable inside the SQL*Plus script. Written by Donald Burleson, Contributor June 18, 2002 at 6:01 p.m. PT ...

Previously, the glogin.sql and login.sql files were executed only once during login to SQL*Plus. In Oracle 10g, the glogin.sql and login.sql are run whenever you connect to a new user.

How to Create a CLOB in Oracle. Oracle's namesake database management system has a data type called a CLOB, or Character Large OBject. Though the standard character data type, called CHAR, has a ...

This is introductory to SQL. I have over 10 queries I need to run/learn for my SQL exam. I am given about 10 tables and to display combination of 2-3 tables in each query.

For example, Microsoft's SQL Server has an "Exists" keyword allowing you to easily check to see if a record exists; Oracle's SQL does not have this feature, but you can work around the shortcoming ...