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10g Release 2 (10.2)

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Index Entries

B*Tree index (XML DB Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (XML DB Developer's Guide)
on a collection (XML DB Developer's Guide)
B+trees (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
B-tree indexes (Concepts)
     [entry #2] (Data Warehousing Guide)
     [entry #3] (Label Security Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #4] (Performance Tuning Guide)
bitmap indexes versus (Data Warehousing Guide)
compared with bitmap indexes (Concepts)
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
index-organized tables (Concepts)
B-tree indexing algorithm (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
B2B, definition (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
B2C, definition (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
BACK function (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #4] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #5] (OLAP DML Reference)
back-end of client/server architecture (Concepts)
background DML (Text Application Developer's Guide)
background PL/SQL (HTML DB User's Guide)
HTMLDB_PLSQL_JOB (HTML DB User's Guide)
using a process (HTML DB User's Guide)
background process
background processes
     [entry #2] (Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #3] (Concepts)
     [entry #4] (Concepts)
described (Concepts)
description (2 Day DBA)
diagrammed (Concepts)
DMON (Data Guard Broker)
FMON (Administrator's Guide)
trace files for (Concepts)
background thread trace files, A.3.1.1 (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
BACKGROUND_CORE_DUMP initialization parameter (Reference)
setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST initialization parameter (Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Error Messages)
     [entry #3] (Reference)
setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST initialization parameter, 1.6.1 (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST parameter, A.3.1.1 (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST parameter, A.3.2 (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
backing up
Automatic Storage Management files (2 Day DBA)
backslash escape character (Text Reference)
     [entry #2] (Utilities)
BACKUP
ARCHIVELOG (Backup and Recovery Basics)
DELETE ALL (Backup and Recovery Basics)
DELETE INPUT (Backup and Recovery Basics)
FOR RECOVER OF COPY WITH TAG (Backup and Recovery Basics)
INCREMENTAL
FROM SCN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
FROM SCN (Recovery Manager Reference)
INCREMENTAL FROM SCN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
PLUS ARCHIVELOG (Backup and Recovery Basics)
backup
backup sets (2 Day DBA)
consistent (2 Day DBA)
crosschecking (2 Day DBA)
     [subentry #2] (2 Day DBA)
database (New Features Guide)
deleting expired backups (2 Day DBA)
deleting obsolete backups (2 Day DBA)
encryption (New Features Guide)
expired (2 Day DBA)
full backup of datafiles (2 Day DBA)
image copies (2 Day DBA)
inconsistent (2 Day DBA)
incremental (New Features Guide)
incremental backup of datafiles (2 Day DBA)
making unavailable (2 Day DBA)
managing (2 Day DBA)
     [subentry #2] (2 Day DBA)
     [subentry #3] (2 Day DBA)
Oracle-suggested backup strategy (2 Day DBA)
overview (2 Day DBA)
settings
configuring (2 Day DBA)
storage (New Features Guide)
validating (2 Day DBA)
whole database backup (2 Day DBA)
backup and recovery
definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
backup and recovery area
specifying (2 Day DBA)
BACKUP ANY TABLE system privilege (SQL Reference)
BACKUP command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
     [entry #3] (Recovery Manager Reference)
BACKUPSET option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
CURRENT CONTROLFILE option (Backup and Recovery Basics)
DELETE ALL INPUT option (Backup and Recovery Basics)
DELETE INPUT option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
FORMAT parameter (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
KEEP option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
NOT BACKED UP SINCE clause (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
PROXY ONLY option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
PROXY option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
SKIP OFFLINE option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
VALIDATE option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
BACKUP CONTROLFILE clause
ALTER DATABASE statement (Concepts)
of ALTER DATABASE (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (SQL Reference)
     [subentry #3] (SQL Reference)
BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE clause
of ALTER DATABASE (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
BACKUP COPIES parameter
CONFIGURE command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
backup encryption (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
dual-mode (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
overview (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
password (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
transparent (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
backup files (2 Day DBA)
BACKUP INCREMENTAL FROM SCN command
scenarios using (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
Backup Management
in Enterprise Manager (New Features Guide)
backup methods (Backup and Recovery Basics)
comparison (Backup and Recovery Basics)
feature comparison (Backup and Recovery Basics)
backup mode
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
ending with ALTER DATABASE END BACKUP (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
for online user-managed backups (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
instance failure (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
BACKUP networking parameter (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Net Services Reference)
backup operations
after failovers (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
after unrecoverable operations (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
configuring on a physical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
data files (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT option of the RMAN DUPLICATE command (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
offloading on the standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
primary databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
used by the broker (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
using RMAN (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
backup optimization
configuring (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
definition (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
disabling (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
enabling (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
recovery window and (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
redundancy and (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
retention policies and (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
BACKUP OPTIMIZATION option
of CONFIGURE (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
backup option (customizer harness) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
backup pieces
definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
backup retention policy
definition (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
backup scenarios
disk-and-tape (Backup and Recovery Basics)
disk-only (Backup and Recovery Basics)
backup sets
and Backup Unused Space Compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
and unused block compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
backing up (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
binary compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
     [subentry #2] (Recovery Manager Reference)
configuring maximum size (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
crosschecking (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
duplexing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
errors during creation (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
failover during backups (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
how RMAN generates (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
limiting size (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
multiplexing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
naming (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
specifying maximum size (in bytes) (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
specifying number of (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
testing restore of (Backup and Recovery Basics)
unused space compression (Backup and Recovery Basics)
Backup Solutions Program (BSP) (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
Backup Unused Space Compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
backups
     [entry #2] (Security Guide)
after creating new databases (Administrator's Guide)
after structural changes to database (Backup and Recovery Basics)
after upgrading (Upgrade Guide)
archived redo log (Concepts)
archived redo logs (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
deletion after backing up (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
automatic log switch during (Backup and Recovery Basics)
availability
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
altering with CHANGE command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
backup sets (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
backups of (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
binary compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
     [subentry #2] (Recovery Manager Reference)
closed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
consistent (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
making using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
whole database (Concepts)
control file
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
control file autobackups (Backup and Recovery Basics)
control files (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #3] (Concepts)
binary (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
trace files (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
correlating RMAN channels with (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
crosschecking (Backup and Recovery Basics)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
cumulative incremental (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #3] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
Data Pump Export utility (Backup and Recovery Basics)
datafile
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
datafiles
Backup Unused Space compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
unused block compression (Recovery Manager Reference)
Date Pump Export utility (Backup and Recovery Basics)
DBVERIFY utility (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
deleting (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
determining datafile status (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
duplexing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
effects of archiving on (Administrator's Guide)
excluding tablespaces from backups (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
exempt from retention policy (Backup and Recovery Basics)
expired
deleting (Backup and Recovery Basics)
failed RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
failover during BACKUP BACKUPSET (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
frequency (Backup and Recovery Basics)
generating reports for (Backup and Recovery Basics)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
guidelines (Backup and Recovery Basics)
Data Pump Export utility (Backup and Recovery Basics)
frequency (Backup and Recovery Basics)
often-used tablespaces (Backup and Recovery Basics)
storing old backups (Backup and Recovery Basics)
structural changes (Backup and Recovery Basics)
unrecoverable objects (Backup and Recovery Basics)
hung (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
image copies (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
inconsistent (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
making using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
whole database (Concepts)
whole database (Concepts)
incremental (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
and block change tracking (SQL Reference)
differential (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
differential (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
interrupted (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
keeping (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
keeping records (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
limiting I/O rate (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
listing files needed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
logical (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
long-term (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
changing status (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
methods
feature comparison (Backup and Recovery Basics)
multiple copies (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
NOARCHIVELOG mode, in (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
noncumulative incremental (Backup and Recovery Basics)
obsolete
batch deletes (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
offline (Backup and Recovery Basics)
offline datafiles (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
offline tablespaces (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
online (Backup and Recovery Basics)
Streams (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
online datafiles (Concepts)
online redo logs (Backup and Recovery Basics)
online tablespaces (Concepts)
optimizing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
overview (Concepts)
physical
definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
planning before database creation (Backup and Recovery Basics)
preparing a strategy (Upgrade Guide)
read-only tablespaces (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
records of (Backup and Recovery Basics)
recovering pre-RESETLOGS (Backup and Recovery Basics)
recovery catalog (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
Recovery Manager (Backup and Recovery Basics)
reporting objects needing backups (Backup and Recovery Basics)
restartable (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
restoring dropped snapshots
Import (Utilities)
restoring user-managed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
RMAN error handling (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
server parameter files (Backup and Recovery Basics)
specifying number of files in a backup set (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
split mirror (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
stored scripts (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
storing (Backup and Recovery Basics)
tablespace (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
tags (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
techniques to avoid (Backup and Recovery Basics)
testing RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #3] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using media manager (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
troubleshooting failed RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #3] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
types (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
types listed (Concepts)
Updating standby databases with incrementals (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
user-managed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
restoring (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
validating (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
verifying (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
whole database
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
preparing for (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
backups,vaulted (Recovery Manager Reference)
backupsets
compressed (Backup and Recovery Basics)
BACKUP_TAPE_IO_SLAVES initialization parameter (Reference)
setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
Backus-Naur Form syntax
See syntax diagrams
backward compatibility
compatibility modes (JPublisher User's Guide)
Oracle SQLJ, general (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
related option (JPublisher User's Guide)
to Oracle8i (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
bad files
specifying for SQL*Loader (Utilities)
BAD parameter
SQL*Loader command line (Utilities)
BADFILE parameter
SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
BADLINE option (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
band numbers (Spatial GeoRaster)
bandBlockNumber attribute (Spatial GeoRaster)
band reference system (BRS)
description (Spatial GeoRaster)
bandBlockNumber attribute of SDO_RASTER (Spatial GeoRaster)
bands
description (Spatial GeoRaster)
bandwidth (Data Warehousing Guide)
banners
suppressing from DGMGRL command-line interface output (Data Guard Broker)
base cubes
representing hierarchies (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
base dimensions
finding values of (OLAP DML Reference)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
BASE function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
base letters (Globalization Support Guide)
     [entry #2] (Globalization Support Guide)
BASE procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
base Source
definition (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
base tables
definition (Concepts)
base types
PL/SQL number types (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
PL/SQL types (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
base-letter conversion (Text Application Developer's Guide)
base-letter conversions (Text Reference)
     [entry #2] (Text Reference)
base-letter conversions, overriding (Text Reference)
BASE64_DECODE function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BASE64_ENCODE function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BASEDIM function
base dimensions
identifying (OLAP DML Reference)
BASEFONT function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BASEFONT procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
baselines (Performance Tuning Guide)
performance (Performance Tuning Guide)
preserved snapshot sets (Performance Tuning Guide)
BASEURI variable, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BASEVAL function (OLAP DML Reference)
base_letter attribute (Text Reference)
     [entry #2] (Text Reference)
base_letter_type attribute (Text Reference)
     [entry #2] (Text Reference)
basic loops (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
basic OCI package, E.1.1 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
basic readable standby database See simulating a standby database environment
BasicPermission (Java Developer's Guide)
BASIC_LEXER (Text Application Developer's Guide)
BASIC_LEXER object (Text Reference)
supported character sets (Text Reference)
BASIC_LEXER system-defined preference (Text Reference)
BASIC_LEXER type
example (Text Reference)
BASIC_SECTION_GROUP object (Text Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Text Reference)
     [entry #3] (Text Reference)
     [entry #4] (Text Reference)
BASIC_STOPLIST type (Text Reference)
BASIC_STORAGE object
attributes for (Text Reference)
defaults (Text Reference)
example (Text Reference)
BASIC_WORDLIST object
attributes for (Text Reference)
example (Text Reference)
BASURI XQUERY option, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
batch dequeuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
batch enqueuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
batch error mode (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
batch fetch
     [entry #2] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #3] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
example (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
number of rows returned (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
batch jobs, authenticating users in (Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #3] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #4] (Security Guide)
batch jobs, authenticating users in, 3.1.1 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
batch mode, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
batch processing
on a logical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
batch route requests (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
DTD (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
example (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
batch route responses
DTD (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
example (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
batch selection
for CHECK (New Features Guide)
for DELETE (New Features Guide)
for RESIZE (New Features Guide)
batch updates
batch limit (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
batchable and compatible statements (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
batching incompatible statements (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
canceling a batch (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
cautions (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
enabling and disabling (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
error conditions during execution (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
explicit and implicit batch execution (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
overview (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
update counts (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
using implicit execution contexts (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
with respect to recursive call-ins (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
batch updates--see update batching
batch value
checking value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
connection batch value, setting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
connection vs. statement value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
default value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
overriding value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
statement batch value, setting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
BatchSQLException
methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BatchSQLException class (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BatchUpdateException (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
batch_route_request element (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
Bayes' Theorem (Data Mining Concepts)
BC datetime format element (SQL Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
bearing
point at (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
Before attribute (HTML DB User's Guide)
BEFORE clause
of CREATE TRIGGER (SQL Reference)
Before Each Row attribute (HTML DB User's Guide)
Before List Elements attribute (HTML DB User's Guide)
BEFORE triggers
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
     [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
complex security authorizations (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
correlation names and (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
defined (Concepts)
derived column values (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
specifying (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
when fired (Concepts)
before you perform a switchover (Data Guard Broker)
before you use DGMGRL (Data Guard Broker)
beforeFirst() method (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
BEGIN
block structure (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
start of executable part (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
start of executable PL/SQL block (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
syntax (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BEGIN BACKUP clause
ALTER TABLESPACE statement (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
of ALTER DATABASE (SQL Reference)
of ALTER TABLESPACE (SQL Reference)
BEGIN command, 4.5 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BeginBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
BEGINCREATE static procedure
of ANYDATA TYPE (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
of ANYDATASET TYPE (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
of ANYTYPE TYPE (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BEGINDATA parameter
SQL*Loader control file (Utilities)
BEGINDATE (OLAP DML Reference)
BeginDDL procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
beginning backup of (SQL Reference)
BeginResolve procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
BEGIN_DISCRETE_TRANSACTION procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BEGIN_INSTANTIATION procedure (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
     [entry #2] (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
BEGIN_LOAD procedure (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
     [entry #2] (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
BEGIN_REQUEST function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BEGIN_TABLE_REORGANIZATION (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
benchmarking workloads (Performance Tuning Guide)
benefits
Data Guard (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
Data Guard broker (Data Guard Broker)
high availability (Data Guard Broker)
in database data mining (Data Mining Concepts)
logical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
of a rolling upgrade (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
physical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
scalability (Data Guard Broker)
standby redo logs versus archived redo logs (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
with Real Application Clusters (Data Guard Broker)
benefits of Oracle Advanced Security (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
Bequeath protocol (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
BEQUEATH_DETACH networking parameter (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Net Services Reference)
best practices
locating information on OTN (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
Oracle Technology Network (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BetterDate (custom Java class) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
BETWEEN clause
FORALL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BETWEEN comparison operator (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
expressions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BFILE
accessing data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
class (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
creating and populating columns (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
datatype (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [subentry #3] (SQL Reference)
defined (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
introduction (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
locators (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (SQL Reference)
getting from a result set (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
getting from callable statement (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
passing to callable statements (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
passing to prepared statements (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
manipulating data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
maximum size (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
reading data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
Bfile class (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BFILE class, See JDBC
BFILE column (Text Application Developer's Guide)
indexing (Text Application Developer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Text Reference)
BFILE columns
exporting (Utilities)
importing (Utilities)
BFILE data
loading into LOBs (Globalization Support Guide)
BFILE data types
in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
BFILE datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
     [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #4] (Utilities)
BFILE locator, selecting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
BFILE objects
propagating (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
BFILE security (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
BFILE-buffering, See JDBC
BFILENAME function (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [entry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [entry #3] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [entry #4] (SQL Quick Reference)
     [entry #5] (SQL Reference)
BFILES
definition (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BFILEs
accessing (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
as stored function results (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
BFILE support (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
converting to CLOB or NCLOB (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
creating an object in object cache (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
DBMS_LOB read-only procedures (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
DBMS_LOB, offset and amount parameters in bytes (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
external datatype (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
hard links and symbolic links not allowed (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
locators (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
maximum number of open (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [subentry #3] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
maximum size (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
multithreaded server (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
multithreaded server mode (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
not affected by LOB storage properties (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
OCI functions to read/examine values (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
OCI read-only functions (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
opening and closing using JDBC (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
operating system files, and (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O)
opening/closing methods (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
properties (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
read-only methods (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
Pro*C/C++ precompiler statements (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
Pro*COBOL precompiler embedded SQL statements (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
reading with DBMS_LOB (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
rules for using (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
security (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
storage devices (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
storing any operating system file (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
streaming APIs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
using JDBC to read/examine (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
using Pro*C/C++ precompiler to open and close (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
bfiles (Security Guide)
BFILES, 16.1.2 (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
BGSOUND function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BGSOUND procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BG_JOB_ID attribute (Security Guide)
BI Beans
described (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
relational data source (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
relational data sources (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
See also OLAP API
bidirected links (Spatial Topology and Network Data Models)
big bang rollout strategy (Performance Tuning Guide)
BIG function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIG procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
big-endian data
external tables (Utilities)
BigDecimal
mapping (for attributes) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
support (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
BigDecimal mapping
corresponding Java types (JPublisher User's Guide)
overview (JPublisher User's Guide)
BigDecimal mapping (for attributes) (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
bigfile tablespaces
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
     [entry #3] (Concepts)
benefits (Concepts)
considerations (Concepts)
creating (Administrator's Guide)
creating temporary (Administrator's Guide)
description (Administrator's Guide)
setting database default (Administrator's Guide)
BILINEAR resampling method (Spatial GeoRaster)
bin boundaries (Data Mining Concepts)
computing (Data Mining Concepts)
bin directory (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
binary attribute (Text Reference)
     [entry #2] (Text Reference)
binary compression of backup sets (Recovery Manager Reference)
     [entry #2] (Recovery Manager Reference)
binary configuration file (Data Guard Broker)
binary data
BFILEs (Concepts)
BLOBs (Concepts)
RAW and LONG RAW (Concepts)
binary documents
filtering (Text Reference)
BINARY format column value (Text Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Text Reference)
binary large object, see BLOB
binary large objects. See BLOB
binary operators (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
binary portability of profiles (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
binary sorts (Globalization Support Guide)
case-insensitive and accent-insensitive (Globalization Support Guide)
example (Globalization Support Guide)
BINARY_DEGREE data types
in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
BINARY_DOUBLE (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BINARY_DOUBLE clause
BINARY_DOUBLE datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
     [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE datatypes
for computation-intensive programs (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT clause
BINARY_FLOAT data types
in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
BINARY_FLOAT datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
     [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT_INFINITY
constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT_MAX_NORMAL
constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT_MAX_SUBNORMAL
constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT_MIN_NORMAL
constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT_MIN_SUBNORMAL
constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_FLOAT_NAN
constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_INTEGER datatype (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
compared to PLS_INTEGER (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
new features (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BINARY_INTEGER. See also PLS_INTEGER
bind arrays
determining size of for SQL*Loader (Utilities)
minimizing SQL*Loader memory requirements (Utilities)
minimum requirements (Utilities)
size with multiple SQL*Loader INTO TABLE statements (Utilities)
specifying maximum size (Utilities)
specifying number of rows (Utilities)
SQL*Loader performance implications (Utilities)
bind descriptor (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
descriptor areas (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
bind descriptor area (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
bind descriptor, 13.10.1 (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
bind descriptor, 15.2.1 (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
bind descriptor, information in (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
bind descriptors
information in (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
bind functions (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
bind handle
attributes (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
description (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
bind operation (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #3] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
associations made (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
example (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
initializing variables (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
LOBs (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
named datatypes (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
named versus positional (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
OCI array interface (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
OCI_DATA_AT_EXEC mode (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
PL/SQL (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
positional versus named (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
REF cursor variables (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
REFs (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
steps used (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
bind operations
in bind operations (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
out bind operations (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
bind queries
executing using pass-through SQL (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
bind SQLDA
     [entry #2] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
purpose of (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
bind variable (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
     [entry #2] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
bind variables
     [entry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide)
     [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #4] (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [entry #5] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #6] (Security Guide)
object types (Application Developer's Guide - Object-Relational Features)
peeking (Performance Tuning Guide)
using in PL/SQL procedures (HTML DB User's Guide)
using in regions (HTML DB User's Guide)
with query rewrite (Data Warehousing Guide)
XPath rewrite (XML DB Developer's Guide)
bind variables, 5.13 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
bind variables, used with LOB locators in OCI (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
bind-by-identifier option (sqlj -bind-by-identifier) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
BindAddress (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
BINDING
command-line option (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
binding (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
     [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #4] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
arrays (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
buffer expansion (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
clearBindValues() (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
early (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
late (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
OCINumber (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
PL/SQL placeholders (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
summary (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
binding and defining CLOB and NCLOB data in OCI (Globalization Support Guide)
binding and defining SQL CHAR datatypes in OCI (Globalization Support Guide)
binding and defining SQL NCHAR datatypes in OCI (Globalization Support Guide)
BINDING clause
of CREATE OPERATOR (SQL Reference)
BINDING command-line option (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
binding host variables (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
Binding property (Data Guard Broker)
binding, bulk
definition (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
bindings
adding to an operator (SQL Reference)
dropping from an operator (SQL Reference)
binding_clause (SQL Quick Reference)
binds
See also INSERT statements and UPDATE statements
BINDSIZE parameter
SQL*Loader command line (Utilities)
     [subentry #2] (Utilities)
BIND_ARRAY procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_INOUT_VARIABLE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_INOUT_VARIABLE procedure (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
BIND_INOUT_VARIABLE_RAW Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_OUT_VARIABLE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_OUT_VARIABLE procedure (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
BIND_OUT_VARIABLE_RAW Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_VARIABLE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_VARIABLE procedure (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
BIND_VARIABLE procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_VARIABLES function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIND_VARIABLE_RAW Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
binning (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #3] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #4] (Data Mining Concepts)
     [entry #5] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
bin boundaries (Data Mining Concepts)
categorical (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
equi-width (Data Mining Concepts)
for O-cluster (Data Mining Concepts)
most frequent items (Data Mining Concepts)
numerical (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
quantile (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
spatial (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
See also bins (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
bins
assigning (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
computing (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
tiled (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
BIN_GEOMETRY function (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
BIN_LAYER procedure (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
BIN_TO_NUM function (SQL Quick Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
bioinformatics (Data Mining Concepts)
bit vectors
converting to numbers (SQL Reference)
bit-length support, 6.2 (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
BITAND function (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL Quick Reference)
     [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
BITMAP clause
of CREATE INDEX (SQL Reference)
bitmap indexes (Concepts)
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
     [entry #3] (Concepts)
     [entry #4] (Data Warehousing Guide)
     [entry #5] (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [entry #6] (SQL Reference)
and Intra-Partition DML (New Features Guide)
cardinality (Concepts)
creating join indexes (SQL Reference)
inlist iterator (Performance Tuning Guide)
nulls and (Concepts)
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
     [subentry #3] (Data Warehousing Guide)
on joins (Performance Tuning Guide)
on partitioned tables (Data Warehousing Guide)
parallel query and DML (Concepts)
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
     [subentry #3] (Concepts)
     [subentry #4] (Data Warehousing Guide)
     [subentry #5] (Data Warehousing Guide)
when to use (Performance Tuning Guide)
bitmap join indexes (Data Warehousing Guide)
bitmap tablespace management (Concepts)
bitmaps
to manage free space (Concepts)
bitmap_join_index_clause (SQL Quick Reference)
BITMAP_MERGE_AREA_SIZE initialization parameter (Reference)
setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
bits, adding (OLAP DML Reference)
BIT_AND function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIT_COMPLEMENT function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIT_OR function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BIT_XOR function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
blackout time periods
defining (2 Day DBA)
blackouts (2 Day DBA)
BLANK command (OLAP DML Reference)
blank GeoRaster objects (Spatial GeoRaster)
blank line
blank lines in reports (OLAP DML Reference)
blank padding
specifying in format models (SQL Reference)
suppressing (SQL Reference)
blank padding, in multi-byte character strings (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
blank-padded comparison semantics (SQL Reference)
blank-padding semantics (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
blanks
loading fields consisting of blanks (Utilities)
SQL*Loader BLANKS parameter for field comparison (Utilities)
trailing (Utilities)
trimming (Utilities)
external tables (Utilities)
whitespace (Utilities)
blanks in text values, stripping (OLAP DML Reference)
BLANKS parameter
SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
BLANKSTRIP function (OLAP DML Reference)
BLANK_TRIMMING initialization parameter (Administrator's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Reference)
setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
BLANK_TRIMMING parameter (Globalization Support Guide)
BLAS Level 1 (Vector-Vector Operations) Subprograms (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS Level 2 (Matrix-Vector Operations) Subprograms (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS Level 3 (Matrix-Matrix Operations) Subprograms (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAST
     [entry #2] (Data Mining Concepts)
example (Data Mining Concepts)
NCBI (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
ODM (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
output (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
query example (Data Mining Concepts)
query results (Data Mining Concepts)
sample data (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
sample programs (Data Mining Administrator's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Data Mining Administrator's Guide)
table functions (Data Mining Administrator's Guide)
variants in ODM (Data Mining Concepts)
BLAST table functions
summary of (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BLASTN (Data Mining Concepts)
BLASTN_ALIGN table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BLASTN_MATCH table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BLASTP (Data Mining Concepts)
BLASTP_ALIGN table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BLASTP_MATCH table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BLASTX (Data Mining Concepts)
BLAS_ASUM Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_AXPY Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_COPY Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_DOT Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_GBMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_GEMM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_GEMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_GER Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_IAMAX Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_NRM2 Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_ROT Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_ROTG Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SBMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SCAL Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SPMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SPR Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SPR2 Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SWAP Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SYMM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SYMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SYR Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SYR2 Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_SYRK Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TBMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TBSV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TPMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TPSV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TRMM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TRMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TRSM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLAS_TRSV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLOB (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #3] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
class (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
creating and populating (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
creating columns (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
datatype (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
EMPTY_BLOB function (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
getting locators (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
interface changes (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
introduction (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
locators
getting from result set (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
selecting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
manipulating data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
populating columns (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
reading data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
writing data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
Blob class (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
     [entry #2] (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BLOB column (Text Application Developer's Guide)
indexing (Text Application Developer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Text Reference)
loading example (Text Reference)
BLOB data
raster block data (Spatial GeoRaster)
BLOB data types
in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
BLOB datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
     [entry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
transactional support (SQL Reference)
BLOB support (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
BLOB-buffering, See JDBC
BLOBs
class, See JDBC
creating indexes (Globalization Support Guide)
datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
DBMS_LOB, offset and amount parameters in bytes (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
external datatype (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
modify using DBMS_LOB (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
size limit with PL/SQL prodcedures (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
using JDBC to modify (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
using JDBC to read/examine BLOB values (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
using oracle.sql.BLOB methods to modify (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
BLOBs (binary large objects) (Concepts)
datatype (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BLOB_ARG procedure (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
block change tracking (Backup and Recovery Basics)
enabling and disabling (Backup and Recovery Basics)
Block cipher (Security Guide)
block cleanout (Performance Tuning Guide)
block corruptions
stored in V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
block data subprogram, used by precompiler (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
block declaration
syntax (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
block directives (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
block media recovery (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
guidelines (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
overview (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
block mode conversions
block size
choosing (Performance Tuning Guide)
configuring (2 Day DBA)
optimal (Performance Tuning Guide)
block size, A.1.5 (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
block validation (New Features Guide)
block-level recovery (Concepts)
blocking keyword
for importFrom storageParam parameter (Spatial GeoRaster)
     [subentry #2] (Spatial GeoRaster)
for storageParam parameter (Spatial GeoRaster)
blocking modes (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
blocking operations
tuning queries with (Text Application Developer's Guide)
blocking transactions (Concepts)
blockMBR attribute of SDO_RASTER (Spatial GeoRaster)
BLOCKQUOTECLOSE function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLOCKQUOTECLOSE procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLOCKQUOTEOPEN function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLOCKQUOTEOPEN procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BLOCKRECOVER command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
     [entry #3] (Recovery Manager Reference)
blocks
anonymous (Concepts)
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
BEGIN (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
database (Concepts)
DECLARE (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
END (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
EXCEPTION (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
label (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
links to examples (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
nesting (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
PCM lock (Reference)
PL/SQL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
redo log (Reference)
size (Reference)
     [subentry #2] (Reference)
     [subentry #3] (Reference)
     [subentry #4] (Reference)
structure (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
syntax (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
blocks, PL/SQL
BLOCKSIZE clause
of CREATE TABLESPACE (Administrator's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (SQL Reference)
blockSize keyword for storageParam (Spatial GeoRaster)
BLOCKTERMINATOR, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BMARGIN option (OLAP DML Reference)
BMP image format
support by GeoRaster (Spatial GeoRaster)
BMPF image format (interMedia Reference)
BMPRLE image compression format (interMedia Reference)
BNDDFCLP variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDFCRCP variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDFMT variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDH-CUR-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDH-MAX-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDH-VNAME variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDI variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDI-CUR-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDI-MAX-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDI-VNAME variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDV variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDVLN variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNDDVTYP variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
BNF
See syntax diagrams
BODY
CREATE PACKAGE SQL statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
CREATE TYPE SQL statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
with SQL CREATE PACKAGE statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
body
cursor (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
function (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
functions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
package (Java Developer's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
packages (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
procedure (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
SQL object type (Java Developer's Guide)
BODY clause
of ALTER PACKAGE (SQL Reference)
BODY clause, 3.5.1.5 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
body of package
definition (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
BODY option, 3.5.1.5 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BODYCLOSE function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BODYCLOSE procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BODYOPEN function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BODYOPEN procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BOLD clause, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BOLD function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BOLD procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
Boolean
assigning values (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
expressions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
literals (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
Boolean constants (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
Boolean data type (OLAP DML Reference)
BOOLEAN datatype (Concepts)
     [entry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
Boolean expressions (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
creating (OLAP DML Reference)
defined (OLAP DML Reference)
example of (OLAP DML Reference)
involving NA values (OLAP DML Reference)
operators (OLAP DML Reference)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
values (OLAP DML Reference)
Boolean message property (JMS)
getting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
setting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
Boolean OLAP API data type (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
Boolean operators
evaluation order (OLAP DML Reference)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
table of (OLAP DML Reference)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
Boolean parameters, restrictions (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
BOOLEAN type (PL/SQL) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
Boolean values (OLAP DML Reference)
spelling of false values (OLAP DML Reference)
spelling of true values (OLAP DML Reference)
boosted model (Data Mining Concepts)
BOOTSTRAP parameter in ORAPARAM.INI (Managing Oracle Software Using Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch)
BOOTSTRAP_SIZE parameter in ORAPARAM.INI (Managing Oracle Software Using Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch)
bottlenecks
elimination (Performance Tuning Guide)
fixing (Performance Tuning Guide)
identifying (Performance Tuning Guide)
memory (Performance Tuning Guide)
resource (Performance Tuning Guide)
bottom-N reporting (SQL Reference)
     [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
     [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
bound fillers (Utilities)
boundaries parameter
Database Character Set Scanner (Globalization Support Guide)
boundary
of area (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
of line string (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
of multiline string (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
of polygon (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
boundary control of Web crawling (Ultra Search User's Guide)
boundary rule (Ultra Search User's Guide)
bounding rectangle
minimum (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
BR function
of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BR procedure
of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
brace escape character (Text Reference)
brackets
altering precedence (Text Reference)
     [subentry #2] (Text Reference)
grouping character (Text Reference)
branch
creating (HTML DB User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide)
branch blocks (Concepts)
branch qualifier (distributed transactions) (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
branches
detaching (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
resuming (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
branching
about (HTML DB User's Guide)
branch action (HTML DB User's Guide)
branch point (HTML DB User's Guide)
Branch Point list (HTML DB User's Guide)
making conditional (HTML DB User's Guide)
on load, before header (HTML DB User's Guide)
on submit, after processing (HTML DB User's Guide)
on submit, before computation (HTML DB User's Guide)
on submit, before processing (HTML DB User's Guide)
on submit, before validation (HTML DB User's Guide)
using buttons (HTML DB User's Guide)
branching in programs (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #4] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #5] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #6] (OLAP DML Reference)
breadcrumb menu (HTML DB User's Guide)
breadcrumb menus
navigating (HTML DB User's Guide)
BREAK action
break columns, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
break columns, 6.2 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BREAK command (OLAP DML Reference)
BREAK command, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BREAK command, 6.2 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
break definition
BREAKPOINT_INFO Record Type (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BREAKS clause, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BREAKS clause, 6.2.5 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
broadcast
distribution value (Performance Tuning Guide)
broadcasting
definition (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
broader term operators
example (Text Reference)
broader term query feedback (Text Reference)
BROKEN procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
broker (Concepts)
command-line interface (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
components (Data Guard Broker)
configuration (Data Guard Broker)
Data Guard configuration file (Data Guard Broker)
defined (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
drc* log files (Data Guard Broker)
graphical user interface (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
installation (Data Guard Broker)
introduction (Data Guard Broker)
managing databases (Data Guard Broker)
user interfaces (Data Guard Broker)
broker configurations (Data Guard Broker)
add an existing RAC standby database (Data Guard Broker)
benefits (Data Guard Broker)
changing roles (Data Guard Broker)
components (Data Guard Broker)
creating (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #4] (Data Guard Broker)
Data Guard configuration file (Data Guard Broker)
database objects (Data Guard Broker)
database profiles (Data Guard Broker)
disabling databases (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
effects of removing metadata from (Data Guard Broker)
enabling (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
enabling databases (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #4] (Data Guard Broker)
enabling fast-start failover (Data Guard Broker)
health (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
instance objects (Data Guard Broker)
life cycle (Data Guard Broker)
management (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #4] (Data Guard Broker)
monitoring (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
objects (Data Guard Broker)
Oracle Net Services configuration (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
overview (Data Guard Broker)
properties (Data Guard Broker)
protection modes (Data Guard Broker)
removing (Data Guard Broker)
setting protection mode (Data Guard Broker)
status modes (Data Guard Broker)
supported (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
     [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
using SHOW CONFIGURATION to verify fast-start failover (Data Guard Broker)
verifying (Data Guard Broker)
browser certificates, using with Oracle Wallet Manager (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
browser, web, 7.1.1 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BrowserMatch (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
BROWSER_LANGUAGE substitution string (HTML DB User's Guide)
BROWSE_WORDS procedure (Text Reference)
browsing words in index (Text Reference)
BRS (band reference system)
description (Spatial GeoRaster)
BSP. See Backup Solutions Program (BSP)
BT function (Text Reference)
BT operator (Text Reference)
BTG function (Text Reference)
BTG operator (Text Reference)
BTI function (Text Reference)
BTI operator (Text Reference)
BTITLE clause, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BTITLE command, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BTITLE command, 6.3.1 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BTP function (Text Reference)
BTP operator (Text Reference)
bucket numbers, retrieving (OLAP DML Reference)
buff (Concepts)
buffer area (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
buffer busy wait events (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [entry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
actions (Performance Tuning Guide)
buffer cache
contention (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [subentry #3] (Performance Tuning Guide)
flushing (SQL Reference)
hit ratio (Performance Tuning Guide)
reducing buffers (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [subentry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
Buffer Cache Advisor
     [entry #2] (Concepts)
description (2 Day DBA)
buffer cache size
and Data Pump operations involving Streams (Utilities)
buffer cache support, extended, C.1 (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
buffer cache, 1.3.1 (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
buffer caches (Concepts)
database (Concepts)
     [subentry #2] (Concepts)
definition (Concepts)
extended buffer cache (32-bit) (Concepts)
multiple buffer pools (Concepts)
BUFFER clause, 12 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BUFFER clause, 5.1.1 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
BUFFER clause, 5.2 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
buffer expansion during binding (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
buffer flushing, described (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
buffer manager, 8.3 (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
     [entry #2] (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
BUFFER parameter
Export utility (Utilities)
Import utility (Utilities)
BUFFER parameter, A.1.7 (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
buffer pools (Concepts)
default cache (Performance Tuning Guide)
hit ratio (Performance Tuning Guide)
KEEP (Performance Tuning Guide)
KEEP cache (Performance Tuning Guide)
multiple (Performance Tuning Guide)
RECYCLE cache (Performance Tuning Guide)
buffer sizes
BUFFER variable, C.6 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
buffer, 4.1.1 (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
buffer-cache paging activity
buffered messages
about (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
dequeuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
options (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
enqueuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
exception handling (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
flow control (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
listen_delivery_mode (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
MSG_STATE parameter (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
notification (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
ordering (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
propagation (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
queue-to-queue propagation (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
restrictions (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
tuning (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
types supported (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
views (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
visibility (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
with Messaging Gateway (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
with Oracle JMS (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
with Real Application Clusters (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
buffered messaging (New Features Guide)
     [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
     [entry #3] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
buffered queues (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
     [entry #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
     [entry #3] (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
monitoring (Streams Concepts and Administration)
apply processes (Streams Concepts and Administration)
capture processes (Streams Concepts and Administration)
propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
buffering
disable
internal persistent LOBs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
enable
internal persistent LOBs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
flush
internal persistent LOBs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
LOB buffering subsystem (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
buffering LOB operations (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
buffers
buffer cache in SGA (Administrator's Guide)
calculating for export (Utilities)
database buffer cache
incremental checkpoint (Concepts)
multiple rows (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
redo log (Concepts)
redo log, definition (Concepts)
space required by
VARCHAR data in SQL*Loader (Utilities)
specifying with SQL*Loader BINDSIZE parameter (Utilities)
BUFFER_POOL parameter
description (Administrator's Guide)
of STORAGE clause (SQL Reference)
BUFFER_POOL_KEEP initialization parameter (Concepts)
BUFFER_POOL_KEEP parameter (interMedia User's Guide)
BUFFER_POOL_RECYCLE initialization parameter (Concepts)
BUFFER_POOL_RECYCLE parameter (interMedia User's Guide)
BUILD DEFERRED clause
of CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (SQL Reference)
BUILD IMMEDIATE clause
of CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (SQL Reference)
build methods (Data Warehousing Guide)
build number (OLAP DML Reference)
build options (HTML DB User's Guide)
     [entry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide)
creating (HTML DB User's Guide)
reports (HTML DB User's Guide)
Build Options attribute (HTML DB User's Guide)
BUILD procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
     [entry #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
     [entry #3] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
build results (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
build status (HTML DB User's Guide)
changing in Administration Services (HTML DB User's Guide)
managing (HTML DB User's Guide)
BUILDER process (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
building OCI applications on Unix (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BuildSettings object (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
     [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BuildTask object (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
BUILD_CHAIN_ROWS_TABLE procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
build_clause (SQL Quick Reference)
BUILD_EXCEPTIONS_TABLE procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
     [entry #2] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
     [entry #3] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BUILD_PART_INDEX procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
BUILD_SAFE_REWRITE_EQUIVALENCE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
Built-in Action Handler (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
Built-in Action Handler, XSQL (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
built-in functions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
built-in substitution strings (HTML DB User's Guide)
builtintypes option (JPublisher User's Guide)
builtintypes option (JPublisher -builtintypes) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
bulk
fetches (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
returns (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
bulk binding
definition (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
bulk binds (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
DML statements (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
FOR loops (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
SELECT statements (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
usage (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
BULK clause
with COLLECT (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BULK COLLECT clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
checking whether no results are returned (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
DELETE statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
FETCH (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
retrieving DML results (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
retrieving query results with (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
RETURNING clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
returning multiple rows (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
SELECT INTO (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
using LIMIT clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
     [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
using ROWNUM pseudocolumn (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
using SAMPLE clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
using with FORALL statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
bulk data loading methods (interMedia User's Guide)
bulk fetches
optimizing data transfers using (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
bulk loading (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
     [entry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
BeginBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
bypassing validation (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
EndBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
RollbackBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
bulk loading of spatial data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
bulk SQL
in dynamic SQL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
using to reduce loop overhead (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
bulk updates (Advanced Replication)
BULK_EXCEPTIONS cursor attribute
ERROR_CODE field (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
ERROR_INDEX field (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
example (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
handling FORALL exceptions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
using ERROR_CODE field with SQLERRM (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
BULK_ROWCOUNT cursor attribute
affected by FORALL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
business intelligence
queries (Data Warehousing Guide)
business logic (Performance Tuning Guide)
     [entry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
business registry
through Web Services wizard (New Features Guide)
business rules
enforcing in application code (Concepts)
enforcing using stored procedures (Concepts)
enforcing with constraints
advantages of (Concepts)
violation of (Data Warehousing Guide)
Business-to-Business, definition (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
Business-to-Consumer, definition (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
button (HTML DB User's Guide)
about (HTML DB User's Guide)
branching (HTML DB User's Guide)
creating (HTML DB User's Guide)
     [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide)
creating multiple at once (HTML DB User's Guide)
displaying conditionally (HTML DB User's Guide)
names (HTML DB User's Guide)
template (HTML DB User's Guide)
button template (HTML DB User's Guide)
Template Subscription (HTML DB User's Guide)
Template Text (HTML DB User's Guide)
Button Template attribute (HTML DB User's Guide)
buttons
BY ACCESS clause
of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
BY proxy clause
of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
BY REF phrase (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
BY SESSION clause
of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
BY user clause
of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
by-reference parameter passing (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
by-value parameter passing (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
bypassing rows (Text Application Developer's Guide)
bypassing validation (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
BYTE character semantics (Advanced Replication)
     [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
     [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
BYTE length semantics (SQL Reference)
byte manipulation functions (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #4] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #5] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #6] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #7] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #8] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [entry #9] (OLAP DML Reference)
byte message property (JMS)
getting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
setting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
byte order (Utilities)
big-endian (Utilities)
little-endian (Utilities)
specifying in SQL*Loader control file (Utilities)
byte order marks (Utilities)
precedence
for first primary datafile (Utilities)
for LOBFILEs and SDFs (Utilities)
suppressing checks for (Utilities)
Byte Ordering, E.1.6 (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
BYTE qualifier for column lengths (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
byte semantics (Concepts)
     [entry #2] (Globalization Support Guide)
     [entry #3] (Globalization Support Guide)
bytecode
defined (Java Developer's Guide)
definition (Java Developer's Guide)
verification (Java Developer's Guide)
verifier (Java Developer's Guide)
BYTEINT datatype (Utilities)
BYTEORDER parameter
SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
BYTEORDERMARK parameter
SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
bytes (OLAP DML Reference)
finding location in text expression (OLAP DML Reference)
functions for (OLAP DML Reference)
     [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
     [subentry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
Bytes class (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
BYTES column
PLAN_TABLE table (Performance Tuning Guide)
BytesMessage
about
(Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
creating
(Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
example
(Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)