1. Introduction
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- SQL. Language constructions. DDL, DML, DCL and query
  sublanguages. SQL usage in Oracle.  PL/SQL. Datatypes.
  ROWIDs. Integrity constraints. DB triggers, procedures,
  packages. Mechanism for constraint checking. Indexes. Disabling
  and enabling triggers.

- Transactions. Commit and rollback.

- Oracle's approach to client-server computing. Oracle software
  on server and client sides (RDBMS+TOOLS).

- SQL*Net V1 and SQL*Net V2.

- Data dictionary. SYS and SYSTEM users.  DBA_, USER_, ALL_
  tables. Dynamic performance V_$... tables.

- USER and SYSDATE variables.

- Steps of SQL statement processing.  PL/SQL on client and
  server sides. Two task and one task architecture.

- Oracle tools survey. Application tools and end-user (decision
  support) tools. Character mode application tools on server and
  client sides.  GUI based bitmapped tools. CDE1 and CDE2.
  CASE. Tools for MS-Windows.  DBA tools. EXPort and IMPort,
  SQL*Loader and SQL*Plus.  Third-party tools.