SQL*Plus changes frequently. Each new version brings with it new commands, and new options to use with old commands. Most of the examples in this book use SQL*Plus 8.0. A few use SQL*Plus 2.3, and the ones in Chapter 10, use Oracle8i and SQL*Plus 8.1. You should be able to apply the information in this book to any reasonably current version of the product. If you have any doubts about whether or not a command will work with the specific version of SQL*Plus you are using, check the SQL*Plus User’s Guide and Reference manual for that version.
A note is in order on operating systems. Throughout the book, references are made to the “Windows” operating system. Whenever you see the term “Windows” used, please understand it to mean Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows 98, or whatever other flavor of Windows might exist.
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