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TABLE ACCESS FULL, 546

table aliases, 47, 532

TABLE clause, to UPDATE, 398 “399

table joins. See joins

table names , substituting using variables , 154 “155

table statistics, gathering, 547

table structure, viewing, 142 “143

table synonyms, 283

table or view does not exist (error), 283 “284

tables, 294 “309. See also columns ; rows

adding comments to, 308

adding indexes to, 534

adding rows to, 20 “21, 248 “250

altering, 247 “270, 298 “307

copying rows from one to another, 250

creating, 294 “296

defined, 2, 26

dropping, 309

getting information on, 296

joining in a query, 45 “60

modifying rows in, 21 “22

nested, 395 “399

removing rows from, 22

renaming, 307

retrieving all columns from, 15

retrieving data from multiple related , 531 “532

retrieving information from, 27 “60

SELECT statements that use multiple, 48 “49

SELECT statements that use two, 44 “46

selecting all columns from, 29

truncating, 308 “309

viewing all rows in, 17

tables containing LOBs, creating, 430 “431

tables for the example store schema, 13 “19

tablespace, for nested table's storage table, 416 “417

TC (Transaction Control) statements, 4

temporary tables, using varrays in, 416

temporary variables, 153 “155

for column values, 154

definition characters , 154

explained, 152

output lines, 154

for table/column names, 154

using in a script, 158

temporary_lob_example() procedure, 448

textContent.txt example file, 428 “429

THEN keyword, 335

Thin driver (JDBC), 480

Time class (Java), 492

time interval related functions, 137 “138

time interval types, 133

time intervals, 102, 132 “138

time part of datetime, viewing with TO_CHAR(), 111

time query flashbacks, 267 “268

time zone names, obtaining, 122 “123

time zone offsets, obtaining, 122

time zone related functions, 121 “123

time zones, 120 “123

converting a datetime between, 123

datetime formatting parameters for, 108

times

specifying, 110 “112

strings to format, 109

Timestamp class (Java), 492

Timestamp related functions, 128 “132

TIMESTAMP type, 102, 123 “132, 554

TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE type, 126 “128, 554

TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE type, 125 “126, 554

TNSNAMES string, Oracle Net, 483

TO_CHAR() conversion function, 76, 78 “82, 104

combining with TO_DATE(), 112 “114

converting datetime to string, 104 “109

converting numbers to strings, 81 “82

format parameters, 79 “80

pound characters (###) returned by, 81

for viewing time part of datetime, 111

TO_CLOB() function, 472

TO_DATE() conversion function, 31 “32, 104, 492

combining with TO_CHAR(), 112 “114

converting String to datetime, 109 “112

using EXTRACT() on results of, 130

TO_NCLOB() function, 472

TO_NUMBER() function, 82 “83

totals, filtering out, 210

TO_TIMESTAMP() function, 130 “131

TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ() function, 130 “132

transaction isolation levels, 264 “265

transaction locking, 264

transaction properties (ACID properties), 262

transactions (database), 258 “266

committing and rolling back, 259 “260

concurrent, 262 “263

defined, 258, 262

handling in Java, 497

starting and ending, 260

TRANSLATE() function, 188 “189

tree (of nodes), 195

displaying the level in, 196 “197

traversing, 198 “199

triggers, 358 “364

:new attribute when using LOBs in, 473

creating, 359 “361

dropping, 364

enabling and disabling, 364

explained, 358

firing, 358, 361 “362

getting information on, 362 “364

when they run, 359

TRIM() function, 68, 412 “414, 468 “469

trim_addresses() procedure, 412

TRUNC() function, 76, 119 “120

TRUNCATE statement, 308 “309

try statement, 498 “499

try/catch statement, 498 “499

TTITLE command, 160

tuning, tools for, 549 “550

type inheritance, 382 “383

types

Java, 488 “490

Oracle, 488 “490, 551 “556

PL/SQL, 334

TZ_OFFSET() function, 122