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What is index cluster

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Jun 20th, 2005

Answered by: soccer_champ on: Jun 20th, 2005

An index cluster uses an index to maintain data within the cluster. The structure of a cluster index is similar to a normal index. Although a normal index does not store NULL key values, and inde...

What are clusters

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Jun 18th, 2005

Answered by: soccer_champ on: Jun 18th, 2005

A Cluster is made up of a table, or group of tables that share the same data blocks, which are grouped togather because they share common columns and are often used together. 
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How do you pin an object.

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: May 7th, 2005

Answered by: Amit on: May 7th, 2005

Use dbms_shared_pool procedure. 
EXECUTE DBMS_SHARED_POOL.KEEP(OBJECTNAME); 

Is it possible to configure primary server and stand by server on different os?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: May 2nd, 2005

Answer for this questions is no. Standby database must be on same version of database and same version of operating system.

Answered by: Manoj on: May 2nd, 2005

Yes you can configure your stand by server with Advance Replication provided by Oracle 8i onwards on different OS. But the Oracle version should be same.  
My Current senario Primary DB is on Unix and Secondary DBs are on Windows. 

What are memory structures in Oracle?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Apr 10th, 2005

Answered by: IRINA on: Apr 9th, 2005

The basic memory structures associated with Oracle include:  • System Global Area (SGA), which is shared by all server and background  processes and holds the following:  o Database bu...

What is data block

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Apr 6th, 2005

Answered by: Karthikeyan.M on: Apr 6th, 2005

Block is the smallest unit of storage in the 
logical structure of the database where  
actual table rows are stored.

What are synonyms used for

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Apr 1st, 2005

Answered by: krantideepak_v on: Apr 1st, 2005

Synonyms are used to : Mask the real name and owner of an object. 
Provide public access to an object 
Provide location transparency for tables,views or program units of a remote database. 
Simplify the SQL statements for database users. 
 

What is a cluster key ?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Sep 6th, 2004

 the  related columns of the tables are called the cluster key.  the cluster key  is indexed using a cluster index and its value is stored only once for multiple tables in the cluster.

What are the basic element of base configuration of an Oracle database ?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Sep 6th, 2004

 it consists ofone or more data files.One or more control files.Two or more redo log files.The database containsmultiple users/schemasone or more rollback segmentsone or more tablespacesdata dictionary tablesuser objects (table,indexes,views etc.,)the server that access the database consists ofsga ...

How materialized views work with object types and collections

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Jul 9th, 2005

This is extract from Oracle10g advanced replication book. How materialized views work with object types and collectionsOracle object types are user-defined datatypes that make it possible to model complex real-world entities such as customers and orders as single entities, called objects, in the database....

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