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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1. Introducing Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Evolution of the Relational Database 2
The Oracle Database Family 7
Summary of Oracle Database Features 9
Database Application Development Features 9
Database Connection Features 13
Distributed Database Features 17
Data Movement Features 18
Database Performance Features 20
Database Management Features 23
Database Security Features 27
Oracle Development Tools 28
Embedded Databases 31
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