Oracle Data Dictionary Pocket Reference

David C. Kreines is the Manager of Database Services for Rhodia, Inc., a subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc S.A., and author of Oracle SQL: The Essential Reference (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000) and coauthor of Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Reference (with Brian Laskey) (O'Reilly & Associates, 1999) and Oracle Scripts (with Brian Lomasky) (O'Reilly & Associates, 1998). Dave has worked with Oracle as a developer and database administrator since 1985, on a wide variety of platforms, from PCs to mainframes. He is an Oracle Certified Professional, is certified as a DBA, and has been a frequent contributor to Oracle conferences, user groups, and publications, both in the United States and in Europe. Dave served two terms as president of the International Oracle Users Group -Americas (IOUG-A), and spent ten years on the board of directors.

Introduction Acknowledgments Conventions What Is the Data Dictionary? Sample Queries in This Book Static Data Dictionary Views Categories of Views Commonly Used Static Data Dictionary Views Change Data Capture Constraints Data dictionary Indexes Jobs and Advanced Queuin Locks Log groups Materialized views Networking and distributed transactions Objects Option Partitioning Programming and PL/SQL Replication Security and auditing Server information SQLJ Storage Tables, columns, and views Other Static Data Dictionary Views Export/Import Gateways Oracle Parallel Server/Real Application Clusters Remote procedure calls Snapshots SQL*Loader direct path Tablespace point-in-time recovery Dynamic Data Dictionary Views Availability of Dynamic Data Dictionary Views How Dynamic Data Dictionary Views Are Built Global Dynamic Data Dictionary Views (GV Views) Commonly Used Dynamic Data Dictionary Views Advanced Queuing Configuration Data dictionary cache Database Instance Locks and latches Multi-Threaded Server/Shared Servers Oracle Parallel Server/Real Application Clusters Parallel Query Recovery Replication Resource allocation Security Session System Global Area SQL SQL*Loader direct path System environment