Oracle database design and architecture

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	Review: Oracle's 11g R2 database has some good and bad SearchOracle.com | 23 Sep 2009 ARTICLE - Oracle made no major architectural enhancements to the 11g R2 database, but it made some useful changes and added some clunkers, too.

	Oracle releases new database, says 11g upgrade will cut costs SearchOracle.com | 01 Sep 2009 ARTICLE - Oracle released its new 11g R2 database today. But will users embark on an Oracle 11g upgrade? And why should they?

	Oracle database in the cloud floated at Harvard lab SearchOracle.com | 01 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - A lab at Harvard Medical School is one of the first customers to test Oracle cloud computing, an initiative Oracle announced last week.

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	Can I install an Oracle client on Windows 7? 28 Oct 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - Learn why you would be unable to install an Oracle client on Windows 7 for Oracle 10g, and whether you could install the Oracle 11g client on Windows in this tip from an Oracle expert.

	How to use V$SEGMENT_STATISTICS to find the most accessed Oracle table 28 Oct 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - Learn how to use the V$SEGMENT_STATISTICS view to find the most accessed table in an Oracle database with this query from Oracle expert Brian Peasland.

	How to use the Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) 26 Oct 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - Oracle expert Brian Peasland explains in what scenarios to use the Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant and more about the Oracle DBUA in this expert tip.

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	The MySQL open source database in the enterprise Frank Ohlhorst, SearchOracle.com Contributor | 13 Nov 2009 GUIDE - The MySQL open source database is not a head-to-head competitor with the SQL database offerings of Oracle, IBM and Microsoft, but many have discovered its hidden advantages.

	Diving deeper into the SQL database features Frank Ohlhorst, SearchOracle.com Contributor | 13 Nov 2009 GUIDE - There are dozens of SQL database features for Oracle, IBM and Microsoft that have advantages and disadvantages that must be sorted through. This guide should help.

	Breaking down the contenders in the SQL database market Frank Ohlhorst, SearchOracle.com Contributor | 13 Nov 2009 GUIDE - In this chapter we take a look at the relative strengths and weaknesses in the SQL database offerings of The Big Three in the SQL database market: Oracle, IBM and Microsoft.

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	What managers should consider when starting a database scaling project Published by: SerachOracle.com | 11 Nov 2009 PODCAST - Learn about database scaling from Oracle consultant Don Burleson, who discusses the goals, costs and challenges of scaling an Oracle database in this podcast.

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	flexfield 05 Jul 2004 WORD - In an Oracle environment, a flexfield is a database field that has flexibility built into it so that users can define reporting structures that are relevant to their specific organizations. Two types of flexfields are ...

	row 27 Oct 2003 WORD - In a database, a row (sometimes called a record) is the set of fields within a table that are relevant to a specific entity. For example, in a table called customer contact information, a row would likely contain fields such ...

	extent 05 Jul 2003 WORD - 1) An extent is a set of contiguous blocks allocated in a database. In the Oracle database program, the first set of contiguous blocks, set up automatically when a segment is created, is called the initial extent. After the ...

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