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What is difference between DNS & GNS ?
What are the advantages & disadvantages of both two.
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What is the use of Redo Log Information ?
The Information in a redo log file is used only to recover the database from a system or media failure prevents database data from being written to a database's data files.
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Describe Referential Integrity ?
A rule defined on a column (or set of columns) in one table that allows the insert or update of a row only if the value for the column or set of columns (the dependent value) matches a value in a column of a related table (the referenced value). It also specifies the type of data manipulation allowed on referenced data and the action to be performed on dependent data as a result of any action on referenced...
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Explain the relationship among Database, Tablespace and Data file.
Each databases logically divided into one or more tablespaces one or more data files are explicitly created for each tablespace.
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What is schema?
A schema is collection of database objects of a User.
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What is a Data Segment ?
Each Non-clustered table has a data segment. All of the table's data is stored in the extents of its data segment. Each cluster has a data segment. The data of every table in the cluster is stored in the cluster's data segment.
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What is the difference between SID and Global Database Name ?
SID (System Identifier) : A SID (almost) uniquely identifies an instance. Actually, $ORACLE_HOME, $ORACLE_SID and $HOSTNAME identify an instance uniquely. The SID is 64 characters, or less; at least on Oracle 9i. The system identifier is included in the CONNECT_DATA parts of the connect descriptors in a tnsnames.ora file. The SID defaults to the database name. Global Database Name...
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Identify Database Size
How will you identify database size when you create a database first time?
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What is Database Link ?
A database link is a named object that describes a "path" from one database to another.
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Physical architecture of oracle
How we can determine the physical architecture of oracle?
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High water mark
What is high watermark in oracle ?
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Log Sequence Number and Checkpoint ID
What is the difference between log sequence number and checkpoint id? How it is used for instance recovery?
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What is a View ?
A view is a virtual table. Every view has a Query attached to it. (The Query is a SELECT statement that identifies the columns and rows of the table(s) the view uses.)
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SMON Process Instance Failure
How does the SMON process performs recovery after instance failure?
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DBWn Processes
Which parameter specifies the number of DBWn processes?
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What are the components of Physical database structure of Oracle Database?.
ORACLE database is comprised of three types of files. One or more Data files, two are more Redo Log files, and one or more Control files.
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