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23
2006
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What is the difference between

entity and attribute?
GeekAdmin

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To put the definition of an entity is an entity is a single

person, place, or thing about which data can be stored.
That is in other words for example when one wants to
store information about STUDENT then it has details like
studentno, student name, address for communication,
phone number, class of the student and so on. All of these
details together is placed in the entity or table called as
STUDENT....
rishabh
Jan 29th, 2016

Attributes are the properties of entity, i.e, Every

entity has some attributes.
magedabd
Apr 10th, 2010

The question is: " is the attribute instance." The

attribute itself is not an instance but the value
"Exforsys" stored in the attribute is aninstance.

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JUL

02
2010
05:23 AM

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SQL Commands to Manipulate

Oracle Database Structures
samarendra161

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Which is the subset of SQL commands used to manipulate

Oracle database structures, including tables?
test
Jan 5th, 2016

DDL is used to define database structure (cerate ,

alter, drop, truncate)
DML is used to manipulate data ( select, insert,
update, delete)
So DDL is used to manipulate database
sri ram reddy
Nov 14th, 2015

Alter command manipulates Oracle database

structures including tables

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NOV

17
2015
03:27 AM

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Object and Relational View

sreenu

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Explain the difference between object view and relational

view.

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Diptiman
Dec 21st, 2015

A "Relational View" is the projection of the data

using simple relational tables like: CREATE OR
REPLACE VIEW relational_view (employee_name,
department_name) AS SELECT employee_name,
department_na...

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OCT

03
2006
05:03 AM

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Create a query that will display the

total no.of employees and, of that
total, the no.of employees hired in
1995,1996,1997, and 1998. create
appropriate column headings.
adarsh_sp

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RAVI
Dec 8th, 2015

Code
1.

SELECTTO_CHAR(HIREDATE,YYYY),COUNT(*)FROMEMPGROUPBYTO_CHAR(HIREDATE,YYYY)HAVINGTO_CHA

YaserAbbasi
Sep 25th, 2015

Late by couple of years but here you go"oracle8

SELECT COUNT(*) as "Total" ,SUM(CASE
TO_CHAR(HIRE_DATE,YYYY) WHEN 1995 THEN 1
ELSE 0 END) as "1995", SUM(CASE
TO_CHAR(HIRE_DATE,YYY...

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JAN

08
2007

Truncate command in oracle is DDL

command or DML command ? give
the answer with descirptive reason
which is and why?
nareshgupta12

10:26 PM

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SRI RAM REDDY

Nov 14th, 2015

Truncate is DDL command, not a DML command

When we issue Truncate on a database table, the
records are deleted from the table, and structure
remains same. Once we issue truncate on a table,
the record...
Akshatha
Dec 25th, 2014

Truncate is DDL. Auto commits the transaction.

Also, truncating a table can reset the high water
mark if REUSE storage clause is not used.

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JUN

14
2010
03:31 AM

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GROUP BY Performance
ravikumar.drk

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Which one will give best performance between GROUP BY

function in Oracle and GROUP BY function in Crystal
Reports? Explain
Shyam
Oct 22nd, 2015

The Group BY in Oracle will give best performance,

because Group By is not a function for Oracle.

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JUL

26
2006
02:45 AM

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What is the difference between

rownum,rowid
senthil

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rishipahuja

Member Since Aug-2006 |

Aug 6th, 2006

rowid has a physical significance i.e you can read

a row if you know rowid. It is complete physical
address of a row.
While rownum is temporary serial number
allocated to each returned row during query
execution.
vinay
Sep 20th, 2015

It it will be re-assigned to a different row when

inserted by Oracle.
Arif
Jul 3rd, 2015

I have one doubt like you said that rowid is

automatically created when we add a row(record)
then what happens to rowid
when we delete that record?

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OCT

10

What is difference between COM &

DCOM?
satish

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2005
Balaji

04:42 AM

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Aug 5th, 2015

The way for accessing a remote object.

maqk
Jan 2nd, 2006

What's the Difference between COM and DCOM?

Obviously, the difference is that DCOM is
distributed but COM is not. To be more precise,
there are three main elements added to COM: The
way for creating a ...

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SEP

08

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What is normalization? What is the

advantage of normalization?
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2005
Subrat

08:29 AM

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Jul 28th, 2015

It is a Process to obtain a database design that

allows for efficient access and storage of data. This
process use reduce data redundancy and the
chances of data becoming inconsistent.
rama
May 11th, 2015

Normalization is the process of dividing the data

into separate tables because of dividing data into
tables avoiding the data redundancy(duplications)

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AUG

28
2014

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What is the difference between

trigger and constraints ?
narasingha baral

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01:28 AM

munny

Triggers are the stored procedures that are fired

when an DB event occur where as Constraints are
the checks or the rules that are enforced on data
columns to maintain the data integrity. Both can
be...

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Jul 24th, 2015

Samudrala
Jan 30th, 2015

Constraints are the rules enforced on data

columns on table. These are used to limit the type
of data that can go into a table. This ensures the
accuracy and reliability of the data in the database.
C...

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OCT

02
2006
03:46 PM

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Can any one tell me how the get the

datafile when my controlfile is lost
and i have created a new controlfile.
and the information about the
datafile is present in the previous
controlfile which is corrupt and
deleted. and there is no backup of
the datafile is present
parthokonar1

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SATHEES KUMAR
Jul 1st, 2015

Control file is a small binary file that record the

physical structure of the database like datafile and
redolog file location, timestamp,scn and used for
recover purpose all so but have no datafile backup
then you cant recover the database.
Rushil
Sep 17th, 2014

Hi, Can anyone explain what is data file and

control file.

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MAR

29

Answer Question

Can you explain what is DUAL table

in oracle ?
Sundra

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2006
shadiq

11:49 PM

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Jun 25th, 2015

Insert into dual values (Y); will work i guess, only

thing is you need a sufficient privilege...
Also Dual can have 1000 columns and only one
row.
subrahmanyam pattapu
Jul 19th, 2011

Dual is default table in oracle .it contains single

row and single column.All the Character functions
and number functions and date functions
execution done in this Dual table.

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NOV

02
2014
07:10 AM

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Finding errors from Pl/SQL package

uma

Oracle Basics Interview Questions

How to check errors from plsql package not by log file not
by "show err"from sql * plus provided concurrent program
name

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prakash
Jun 8th, 2015

Using dbms_utility.format_error_mask function will

be used to get errors from that package.
Karthik Sai
Feb 2nd, 2015

Using exception / dbms output are the best and

easier methods

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OCT

11
2007

Answer Question

What steps server process has to

take to execute an update
statement.
Rohit Mathur

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09:09 AM

anjum

When update statement fires data will be loaded

into buffer from data files and keeps the old image
into undo tablespace and modifies the data in
buffer once you commit modified data will be
written to data files if you rollback data from
undotablespace it will read and writes to the data
files.

May 1st, 2015

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premk
Dec 23rd, 2009

When a user issues a update statement the server

process checks for weather the same type of
command is executed recently or not if that
command is executed very recently then it directly
proceed to t...

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FEB

24
2015
09:49 AM

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Difference between IS and AS in

oracle
shankar

Oracle Basics Interview Questions

What is the difference between IS and AS in Oracle

PL/SQL..?
Nupur
Apr 24th, 2015

In plsql there is no difference.

pabitra praharaj
Mar 26th, 2015

IS is used in to filter which value is null or not null.

AS is used in for ALIAS

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MAR

27
2006
05:36 AM

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What is the difference between ALL

and ANY in ORACLE?can any one
explain with example?
abhimanu.singh

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Samudrala
Jan 30th, 2015

ANY The ANY comparison condition is used to

compare a value to a list or subquery. It must be
preceded by =, !=, >, ANY (2000, 3000, 4000);
EMPNO SAL ---------- ---------- 7...
Samudrala
Jan 30th, 2015

ALL The ALL comparison condition is used to

compare a value to a list or subquery. It must be
preceded by =, !=, >, ALL (2000, 3000, 4000);
EMPNO SAL ---------- ---------- 783...

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SEP

16
2005

Answer Question

In Oracle varchar2 takes dynamic

space for storage then why char is
still in oracle?
Beena

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06:57 PM

Vijay Shewale

The reason behind char is still in oracle that is

some of the table and objects are stored in oracle
in char data types. to support that data types for
that it is still in oracle. one more thing that ...

Sep 11th, 2014

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Paras
Feb 23rd, 2013

To Provide backward compatibility. i.e. program

written in older version of Oracle might have CHAR
used in it. The newer version should be
compatible with it. Thats why CHAR is still there in
Oracle ..

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AUG

27
2005
07:26 AM

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What is the difference between

primary key, unique key, surrogate
key?
Oracle Basics Interview Questions

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Kolta Sam

Member Since Jul-2011 |

Jul 10th, 2011

Primary Key:
It is a visible key
It generated by user or application.
It could be changed by the user or application.
It could be queried
It used to form a relation between tables
It shouldnt contain null value
It resemble table row
It is a unique identifier for a table object.
It contains only one key
It could contain numeric and strings characters.
It is an unique key which each row contain a
distinct different key.
Example for it is a customer_Id.
It always starts by number one and second is two
and so on but can starts with a different number.
Could created on one or more columns
No duplicate records
Secondary Key:
It used to form a relation between tables.
It is alternate table key.
It used to search data with primary key
It could contains null value
It could contains more than one secondary key
for each table
Created only on one columns
No duplicate records
It creates index clustered by default
Surrogate Key:
It is invisible key for the user or the application.
It resembles database entity.
It generated by the system so it is invisible for
user and application.
It shouldnt contain null values
Only one surrogate key for each data entity
Its value is unique system wide.
Its value is never manipulated by the user or the
application.
It never reused
It is frequently sequential number
It called synthetic key, an entity identifier, a
system-generated key, a database sequence
number, a factless key, a technical key, or an
arbitrary unique identifier
No duplicate records
gagandeepp
Aug 21st, 2014

Null values can be used more than one times in

the unique key column .....because null is not equal
to null or null is not equal to zero or null is not
equal to space..............
Kote
Mar 26th, 2014

Primary key does not accept any null value but

unique key accepts null value for each row of
Unique columns. Kote

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09
2005
08:23 AM

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What is the diffrence between and

constraints and triggers?
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rc
Aug 15th, 2014

CONSTRAINTS:= 1.it will check the existing data

and feature data. 2.we cant change the constraint
behavior these are predefined. 3.constraint are
not support the object tables. 4.constraints can
crea...
vishnuvardhanarao
Nov 14th, 2012

Check constraints it cant work multiple tables

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26
2008

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BASECONV.CONVDATA
Satish_Chaudhary_2113
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What is the function

BASECONV.CONVDATA(FILED_01,ARG_1,ARG_2) used for ?

10:39 AM

nagarjuna

Baseconv.convdata is the conversion of some

encrypted data to numeric data. the conversion
values depends on the arguments u are passing
for the function

May 2nd, 2014

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