Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "Drop the MYSTATS table."

A block of code is set as follows:

SELECT 
  C.CUST_FIRST_NAME, C.CUST_LAST_NAME
FROM sh.CUSTOMERS C
WHERE C.CUST_YEAR_OF_BIRTH = 1949;

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

SELECT 
  C.CUST_FIRST_NAME, C.CUST_LAST_NAME
FROM sh.CUSTOMERS C
WHERE C.CUST_YEAR_OF_BIRTH = 1949;

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

CONNECT sh@TESTDB/sh

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you ...

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