This Oracle/SQL tutorial provides a detailed introduction to the SQL query language and the Oracle Relational Database Management System. Further information about Oracle and SQL can be found under www.db.cs.ucdavis.edu/dbs. References to other SQL Tutorials and Oracle related material can be found

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In common with its parent company, Oracle Japan – one of the great hopes for the supplier – has report a decline in both profits and revenues for the last fiscal year. Oracle Japan posted a non-consolidated net profit of 17.62 billion yen in 2001/02, down down 3.8 per cent from the previ

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Ancient Greeks made pilgrimages to the oracle at Delphi, seeking wisdom from the deities. Today, they’d just hop on the Internet. The Web is rife with information, but can you trust just any Web site for the advice you need? No way. The information you stumble across online may be slante

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Oracle Corporation has expanded support of its product line for Linux, including the newly-shipped Release 2 of Oracle9i Database, Application Server and the Oracle9i Developer Suite. As a result, Oracle customers throughout the Middle East will now be better equipped to develop and deploy enterpris

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