Oracle – An Introduction

An Oracle database is a collection of data and this is used for storing and retrieving related information. Oracle Database is the first database designed for enterprise computing. Oracle is a fourth...

What is the use of truncate command?

Truncate command will delete all records and the most important thing to make note of truncate command is since truncate command cannot be rolled back one must make sure to take proper backup of tabl...

What is DECODE function used for?

DECODE is used to decode a CHAR or VARCHAR2 or NUMBER into any of several different character strings or numbers based on value. That is DECODE does a value-by-value substitution. For every value tha...

Explain about TNSPING

You can also use tnsping utility on command prompt to check Oracle Net connectivity. Follow these steps to check the connection to particular SID.