Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Introduction | p. xix |
Oracle9i New Features Exam Guide | |
Security Enhancements | p. 3 |
Privileged Connections | p. 5 |
Deprecation of Connect Internal | p. 5 |
Deprecation of Server Manager | p. 6 |
Stringent Default Security with the Database Creation Assistant (DBCA) | p. 7 |
Virtual Private Database (VPD) | p. 10 |
Policy Management Tool | p. 11 |
Secure Application Role | p. 11 |
Global Application Context | p. 15 |
Multiple Policies | p. 19 |
Partitioned Fine-Grained Access Control | p. 19 |
Fine-Grained Auditing (FGA) | p. 21 |
Audit Column | p. 23 |
Audit Event Handler | p. 24 |
Enhancements to Encryption | p. 25 |
Optional Security Products | p. 25 |
Oracle Label Security | p. 26 |
Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) | p. 26 |
Oracle Enterprise Login Assistant | p. 27 |
Chapter Summary | p. 29 |
Two-Minute Drill | p. 31 |
Fill-in-the-Blanks | p. 34 |
Chapter Questions | p. 35 |
Fill-in-the-Blank Answers | p. 37 |
Answers to Chapter Questions | p. 37 |
Availability Enhancements | p. 41 |
General High-Availability Technology | p. 42 |
Minimal I/O Recovery | p. 42 |
Fast-Start Time-Based Recovery Limit | p. 43 |
Oracle Flashback | p. 45 |
Resumable Space Allocation | p. 47 |
Export/Import Features | p. 49 |
Data Guard | p. 51 |
A Comprehensive Architectural Framework | p. 53 |
Data Availability Modes | p. 55 |
Database Role Transitions | p. 64 |
Archive Log Gaps | p. 71 |
Managed Recovery Process (MRP) | p. 72 |
Delayed Redo Logs | p. 73 |
Online Operations | p. 74 |
Rebuilding Indexes Online | p. 75 |
Using Index-Organized Tables (IOTs) Online | p. 76 |
Redefining Tables Online | p. 78 |
Validating the Structure with the Online Analyze Command | p. 80 |
Using the Server Parameter File (SPFILE) | p. 80 |
Replication Enhancements | p. 83 |
Adding New Masters Without Quiescing | p. 85 |
Row-Level System Change Numbers | p. 93 |
Materialized View's Fast Refresh Capability | p. 94 |
Object Replication | p. 97 |
Job Queue Initialization Parameters | p. 99 |
LogMiner | p. 100 |
DDL Statement Support | p. 101 |
Capability to Use an Online Dictionary | p. 102 |
DDL Tracking in the Dictionary | p. 103 |
Dictionary Staleness Detection | p. 103 |
Capability to Skip Log Corruptions | p. 103 |
LogMiner Viewer | p. 104 |
Chapter Summary | p. 110 |
Two-Minute Drill | p. 111 |
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions | p. 114 |
Chapter Questions | p. 115 |
Fill-in-the-Blank Answers | p. 117 |
Answers to Chapter Questions | p. 118 |
Manageability Enhancements | p. 121 |
Database Resource Manager | p. 122 |
Automatically Detecting and Preempting Long-Running Operations | p. 123 |
Automatically Limiting Resource Consumption | p. 123 |
Segment Management | p. 129 |
Automatic Global Index Management | p. 130 |
External Tables | p. 131 |
List Partitions | p. 134 |
Metadata Application Programming Interface (API) | p. 136 |
Automatic Segment Space Management | p. 138 |
Bitmap Join Indexes | p. 142 |
Scalable Session Management | p. 144 |
The Oracle Shared Server | p. 144 |
External Procedure Agents | p. 146 |
Multithreaded Heterogeneous Service (HS) Agents | p. 148 |
OCI Connection Pooling | p. 150 |
The Core Oracle Kernel Library | p. 152 |
File Management | p. 153 |
Creating and Managing OMFs | p. 153 |
Automatically Deleting Non-OMF Files Using SQL | p. 157 |
Default Temporary Tablespaces | p. 158 |
Tablespace Management | p. 160 |
Automatic Undo Management (AUM) | p. 160 |
Creating and Managing UNDO Tablespaces | p. 161 |
Multiple Block Sizes Within a Database | p. 164 |
Database Workspace Management | p. 166 |
The Workspace Manager Concept | p. 167 |
Creating and Managing Workspaces | p. 168 |
The Workspace Administrator Role | p. 174 |
Export and Import Considerations for Workspaces | p. 175 |
Memory Management | p. 176 |
Automatic and Dynamic Sizing of SQL Working Areas | p. 177 |
Views and Columns for SQL Execution Memory Management | p. 178 |
Allocating and Tracking Memory for Dynamic SGA | p. 180 |
Backup and Recovery | p. 182 |
Recovery Manager (RMAN) Manageability and Reliability Enhancements | p. 183 |
Trial Recovery | p. 186 |
Miscellaneous RMAN Enhancements | p. 187 |
Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) | p. 189 |
New Console Look and Feel | p. 189 |
Standalone Mode for the Console | p. 190 |
Integrated OEM Functionality | p. 194 |
HTML Reports | p. 199 |
User-Defined Events | p. 200 |
Chapter Summary | p. 201 |
Two-Minute Drill | p. 202 |
Fill-in-the-Blanks | p. 205 |
Chapter Questions | p. 206 |
Fill-in-the-Blank Answers | p. 208 |
Answers to Chapter Questions | p. 209 |
Performance and Scalability Enhancements | p. 211 |
Performance Enhancements | p. 212 |
Index Monitoring | p. 212 |
Skip Scan Index Access | p. 214 |
Cursor Sharing | p. 215 |
Cached Execution Plans | p. 217 |
First Rows Optimization | p. 218 |
Gathering System Statistics | p. 220 |
Real Application Clusters (RACs) | p. 223 |
Benefits of Oracle RACs | p. 223 |
RAC Architecture | p. 224 |
Resource Modes and Resource Roles | p. 225 |
Cache Fusion | p. 226 |
Shared Server-Side Initialization Parameter File | p. 227 |
Chapter Summary | p. 230 |
Two-Minute Drill | p. 231 |
Fill-in-the-Blanks | p. 234 |
Chapter Questions | p. 235 |
Fill-in-the-Blank Answers | p. 237 |
Answers to Chapter Questions | p. 237 |
Language Enhancements | p. 241 |
Enhancements SQL | p. 242 |
ISO/ANSI Standardization | p. 242 |
Constraints | p. 259 |
For Update Wait | p. 261 |
LOBs | p. 262 |
PL/SQL | p. 263 |
Enhancements to Globalization | p. 266 |
New Date and Time Datatypes | p. 267 |
Enhancements to Unicode | p. 271 |
Enhancements to Sorting | p. 272 |
The Character Set Scanner | p. 273 |
Byte and Character Semantics | p. 275 |
The Locale Builder | p. 276 |
Chapter Summary | p. 278 |
Two-Minute Drill | p. 279 |
Fill-in-the-Blanks | p. 282 |
Chapter Questions | p. 283 |
Fill-in-the-Blank Answers | p. 284 |
Answers to Chapter Questions | p. 285 |
Oracle9i Certified Professional New Features Practice Exams | |
OCP Oracle9i Upgrade Exam: New Features for Administrators | p. 289 |
Practice Exam 1 | p. 290 |
Practice Exam 2 | p. 304 |
Practice Exam 3 | p. 319 |
Answers to Practice Exam 1 | p. 333 |
Answers to Practice Exam 2 | p. 343 |
Answers to Practice Exam 3 | p. 353 |
Glossary | p. 365 |
Index | p. 383 |
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