tables. See also columns; rows
creating, 202–210
CREATE statement and, 35–37, 36
Create Table As Select (CTAS), 203–205
CREATE TABLE statement and, 202, 203, 208, 234–236, 253
external tables, 205–207, 205
relational tables, 202–203
temporary tables, 208
data integrity between parent and child tables. See FOREIGN KEY constraints
DUAL tables, 46–48, 47
eliminating, with DROP statement, 38
relational databases and, 4
renaming, with RENAME statement, 38–39
using multiple. See joins
TABLES keyword, 269, 270
tablespaces
basics of, 158, 159, 161
checking, 170, 170
transportable, 276–280, 277
Technet Web site, 301
temporary tables, creating, 208
thin clients, defined, 18
tiers, 14
TKPROF, 300–301, 301
TOAD. See Tool for Oracle Application Developers (TOAD)
TO_CHAR numeric formatting, 62
Tool for Oracle Application Developers (TOAD), 22, 22
Top SQL tool, 256–257, 256–257
totals, and report formatting, 191–192
trace files
system trace files, 296–297, 297
user trace files, 297–301
converting trace files, 300–301, 301
enabling tracing, 298
locating, 298–300, 300
transaction processing, 151–154
COMMIT statement and, 152–153, 153
read consistency, defined, 151
ROLLBACK statement and, 153–154
SAVEPOINT statement and, 154
transactions, defined, 151
transportable tablespaces, 276–280, 277
troubleshooting, 289–302
alert log files and, 290–293, 291
OEM’s Event Manager and, 293–296, 293–295
system trace files and, 296–297, 297
user trace files and, 297–301
converting, 300–301, 301
enabling tracing, 298
locating, 298–300, 300
TRUNCATE statement, 39
TTITLE command, 186–187