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Contents<br />

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix<br />

PART I<br />

Critical <strong>Database</strong> Concepts<br />

1 <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> <strong>11g</strong> Architecture Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

<strong>Database</strong>s and Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

Inside the <strong>Database</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

Storing the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

Guarding the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Programmatic Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Choosing Architectures and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

2 Installing <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> <strong>11g</strong> and Creating a <strong>Database</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Overview of Licensing and Installation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

Using OUI to Install the <strong>Oracle</strong> Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

3 Upgrading to <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> <strong>11g</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

Choosing an Upgrade Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

Before Upgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Running the Pre-Upgrade Information Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Using the <strong>Database</strong> Upgrade Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />

Performing a Manual Direct Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

Using Export and Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Export and Import Versions to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Performing the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Using the Data-Copying Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

4 Planning <strong>Oracle</strong> Applications—Approaches, Risks, and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

<strong>The</strong> Cooperative Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

Everyone Has “Data” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />

<strong>The</strong> Familiar Language of <strong>Oracle</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

Tables of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

Structured Query Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

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