Oracle9i offers some great tools to make it easy to view the execution plan and trace information for a SQL statement. Prior to Oracle8i, you had to create a plan table and execute special syntax ...

It is designed so that all application programs call the black box for data instead of writing SQL statements that are embedded into a program. The general idea behind such a contraption is that it ...

You can enter several non-SELECT SQL statements at one time, separated by semicolons. Do not end the final statement with a semicolon. Note: Using more than one statement and semicolons applies only ...

I'm willing to PayPal someone a few bucks if they can answer this. Or you can have my undying admiration and respect. Either one, fine with me.I have a database table that stores the cost of a ...