SQL*Plus

SQL*Plus, introduced in Chapter 9, is Oracle’s primary interface to the database, and allows the execution of SQL and PL/SQL as well as providing formatting and operational control. Our discussion of SQL*Plus in this book is intended only as a quick reference. For a complete discussion of this tool, see Jonathan Gennick’s Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly & Associates, 1999).

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