Table of Contents

1: Oracle9i-An Introduction to Oracle9i New Features (DBA & Developer) 2: Basic Index Principles (Beginner Developer and Beginner DBA) 3: Disk I/O and Fragmentation (DBA) 4: Tuning the Database with Initialization Parameters (DBA) 5: Enterprise Manager and Tuning Pack (DBA and Developer) 6: Using EXPLAIN, TRACE, TKPROF, and STORED OUTLINES (Developer & DBA) 7: Basic Hint Syntax (Developer and DBA) 8: Query Tuning (Developer and Beginner DBA) 9: Table Joins and Other Advanced Tuning 10: Using PL/SQL to Enhance Performance (Developer and DBA) 11: Using Parallel Features to Improve Performance (DBA) 12: The V$ Views (Developer & DBA) 13: The X$ Tables (Advanced DBA) 14: Using STATSPACK to Tune Waits and Latches (Advanced DBA) 15: Performing a Quick System Review (DBA) 16: Monitoring the System Using UNIX Utilities (DBA) A: Key init.ora Parameters (DBA) B: The V$ Views (DBA and Developer) C: The X$ Tables (DBA)

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