What view(s) do you use to associate a user's SQLPLUS session with his o/s process?

2543

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What spfile/init.ora file parameter exists to force the CBO to make the execution path of a given statement use an index, even if the index scan may appear to be calculated as more costly?

2678

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Assuming today is Monday, how would you use the DBMS_JOB package to schedule the execution of a given procedure owned by SCOTT to start Wednesday at 9AM and to run subsequently every other day at 2AM.

2149

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What do the 9i dbms_standard.sql_txt() and dbms_standard.sql_text() procedures do?

2405

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In which dictionary table or view would you look to determine at which time a snapshot or MVIEW last successfully refreshed?

2715

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How would you best determine why your MVIEW couldn't FAST REFRESH?

2356

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How does propagation differ between Advanced Replication and Snapshot Replication (read-only)?

2027

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Which dictionary view(s) would you first look at to understand or get a high-level idea of a given Advanced Replication environment?

1901

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How would you extract DDL of a table without using a GUI tool?

2484

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Database is hung. Old and new user connections alike hang on impact. What do you do? Your SYS SQLPLUS session IS able to connect.

2036

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Database crashes. Corruption is found scattered among the file system neither of your doing nor of Oracle's. What database recovery options are available? Database is in archive log mode.

2273

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Illustrate how to determine the amount of physical CPUs a Unix Box possesses (LINUX and/or Solaris).

1972

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Provide an example of a shell script which logs into SQLPLUS as SYS, determines the current date, changes the date format to include minutes & seconds, issues a drop table command, displays the date again, and finally exits.

1989

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Why does Oracle not permit the use of PCTUSED with indexes?

2936

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What would you do with an "in-doubt" distributed transaction?

1883

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