Answered Questions

  • DUAL table in Oracle

    Can you explain What is DUAL table in Oracle?

    parthokonar

    • Apr 19th, 2006

    Hi,Actually what happens when we issue create database command, Oracle automatically creates the tablespace and tables using the sql.bsq script found in the $oracle_home/rdbms/admin directory this scripts the dual table and is owned by the sys and has one column and one row.

  • What is Shared Pool ?

    Shared  Pool is a portion of the SGA that contains shared memory constructs such as shared SQL areas.

    Mohammed Abdul Afroze

    • Oct 16th, 2007

    Shared Pool compromises of Library Cache and Dictionary Cache.Library Cache stores and shares sql stmts where as plsql stmts in memory.Dictionary Cache: Oracle continously request and update informati...