In the world of database architecture, the need to dynamically create complex objects conflicts with the demand for subsecond response time. Oracle's answer to this dilemma is the materialized view.

Oracle9i includes numerous data structures to improve the speed of Oracle SQL queries. Taking advantage of the low cost of disk storage, Oracle9i includes many new indexing algorithms that ...

I have a column of data with values resembling this: HL7_Result_for_Message_ID_123Q324343.hl7 I need to grab that ID number (in bold), the challenge being that it can be any and all lengths. I have ...

Now that you understand the basic structure of a SQL application, let's dissect the basis of information retrieval: the query. For many techies, especially those that focus on systems administration, ...

For a complete description of the PROC SQL statements, see SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility Statements. CONNECT statement, see The following section describes the ORACLE-specific arguments that you ...

SQL is a convenient way to manage and query your data, but badly written queries can tie up your database. Here are seven common SQL traps and how to avoid them. Database developers have it tough.

Oracle SQL Developer allows you to connect and manage databases. It is probably the easiest way to run any query as it gives the result in a tabular format. However, we have also noticed that, in some ...