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  1. How to create DSN.. Explain
  2. What is the difference between SQL, DDL, and DML
  3. What are inner join and outer join
  4. What are joins? how many types of joins are there
  5. What are Triggers
  6. What are stored procedures
  7. What are indexes, how many types of index's are there and what are they
  8. Define 'view' advantage
  9. What are the components of Physical database structure of Oracle Database
  10. What are the components of Logical database structure of ORACLE database
  11. What is a Tablespace
  12. What is SYSTEM tablespace and When is it Created
  13. Explain the relationship among Database, Tablespace and Data file
  14. What is schema
  15. What are Schema Objects
  16. Can objects of the same Schema reside in different tablespaces
  17. Can a Tablespace hold objects from different Schemes
  18. What is a View
  19. Do View contain Data
  20. Can a View based on another View
  21. What are the advantages of Views
  22. What is a Sequence
  23. What is a Synonym
  24. What are the types of Synonyms
  25. What is a Private Synonyms
  26. What is a Public Synonyms
  27. What are synonyms used for
  28. What is an Index
  29. How are Indexes Update
  30. What are Clusters
  31. What is cluster Key
  32. What is Index Cluster
  33. What is Hash Cluster
  34. When can Hash Cluster used
  35. What is Database Link
  36. What are the types of Database Links
  37. What is Private Database Link
  38. What is Public Database Link
  39. What is Network Database link
  40. What is Data Block
  41. How to define Data Block size
  42. What is Row Chaining
  43. What is an Extent
  44. What is a Segment
  45. What are the different type of Segments
  46. What is a Data Segment
  47. What is an Index Segment
  48. What is Rollback Segment
  49. What are the uses of Rollback Segment
  50. What is a Temporary Segment
  51. What is a Data File
  52. What are the Characteristics of Data Files
  53. What is a Redo Log
  54. What is the function of Redo Log
  55. What is the use of Redo Log Information
  56. What does a Control file Contain
  57. What is the use of Control File
  58. What is a Data Dictionary
  59. What is an Integrity Constrains
  60. When does a Transaction end
  61. Define Transaction
  62. What is the main diff between Subquery and a Join
  63. What are the factors causing the reparsing of SQL statements in SGA
  64. What is mean by Program Global Area (PGA)
  65. What is a Shared SQL pool
  66. What is SGA ? How it is different from Ver 6.0 and Ver 7.0
  67. What is a deadlock ? Explain
  68. What are the basic element of Base configuration of an oracle Database
  69. What is a cluster Key
  70. What is clusters
  71. What is an Index ? How it is implemented in Oracle Database
  72. What is a Schema
  73. What is Parallel Server
  74. What is a Database instance ? Explain
  75. What is the difference between normal and corelated subqueries
  76. What is a materialised view
  77. What are virtual columns
  78. What is the difference between implicit index and explicit index
  79. Can we create more than one index on particular column
  80. Can we create index on views
  81. What is the difference between column level constraints and table level constraints
  82. What is the use of ondelete cascade
  83. What is the use of composite key constraint
  84. What are pseudocolumns
  85. How many different types of indexes we have in oracle
  86. What is the use of rank function
  87. What is the difference between simple view and complex view
  88. Can we create more than one constraint to column
  89. What are the disadvantages of hierarchical database over RDBMS
  90. In Oracle 9i what does "i" Stands for
  91. What is the maximum number of CHECK constraints that can be defined on a column
  92. What are the Limitations of a CHECK Constraint
  93. What is self-referential integrity constraint
  94. Describe Referential Integrity
  95. What are the Referential actions supported by FOREIGN KEY integrity constraint
  96. What is difference between UNIQUE constraint and PRIMARY KEY constraint
  97. Describe the different type of Integrity Constraints supported by ORACLE
  98. Can an Integrity Constraint be enforced on a table if some existing table
  99. What is SAVE POINT
  100. What is Read-Only Transaction
  101. What is the function of Optimizer
  102. What are the different approaches used by Optimizer in choosing an execution plan
  103. What are the factors that affect OPTIMIZER in choosing an Optimization approach
  104. What are the values that can be specified for OPTIMIZER MODE Parameter
  105. What is the effect of setting the value of OPTIMIZER_MODE to 'RULE'
  106. Will the Optimizer always use COST-based approach if OPTIMIZER_MODE is set to "Cost"
  107. What is a heap related to database
  108. What is currency type in database
  109. What is DTS and purpose of DTS
  110. Write a simple Store procedure and pass parameter to it
  111. Query to get max and second max in oracle in one query
  112. Query to retrieve record for a many to many relationship
  113. Difference between sub query and nested query
  114. Draw E-R diagram for many to many relationship
  115. What is E-R diagram
  116. How do you rate yourself in oracle and sql server
  117. What is COST-based approach to optimization
  118. What is RULE-based approach to optimization
  119. What is Hash Index
  120. What is Reduced List of Values
  121. What are the different windows events activated at runtime
  122. What is difference between Cartesian join & cross join even they give same result
  123. What is unique key
  124. What is foreign key
  125. What is primary key
  126. What is index
  127. Which sql command we can use to get a print out from oracle
  128. What is the syntax of ALTER command
  129. What is the syntax of DROP command
  130. What is the syntax of CREATE command
  131. What is the syntax of DELETE command
  132. What is the syntax of UPDATE command
  133. What is the syntax of INSERT command
  134. What is the syntax of SELECT command
  135. What is referential integrity
  136. Which clause we are not used in where clause
  137. What is difference between foreign key and reference key
  138. What is the difference between primary key & foreign key
  139. What is Index and different types of Indexes
  140. What is the bitmap index
  141. How you find out version of installed workflow
  142. How many triggers we can create on a table
  143. What is autonomous transaction
  144. Explain Difference between view and index
  145. What is meant by magic query
  146. What are the built-in functions used for sending Parameters to forms
  147. Does a Before form trigger fire when the parameter form is suppressed
  148. Difference between primary key and unique key
  149. Is the After report trigger fired if the report execution fails ?
  150. What are the values that can be specified for OPTIMIZER_GOAL parameter of the ALTER
  151. What is the effect of setting the value "ALL_ROWS" for OPTIMIZER_GOAL parameter
  152. What is the effect of setting the value "CHOOSE" for OPTIMIZER_GOAL, parameter
  153. What is the effect of setting the value 'FIRST_ROWS' for OPTIMIZER_GOAL parameter
  154. What is the effect of setting the 'RULE' for OPTIMIZER_GOAL parameter of the ALTER
  155. What is the difference between oracle 8i,9i,11i
  156. How client makes connection with server in client/server architecture
  157. What are the main diff. between oracle 7.3 and oracle 8i
  158. For web applications from which version of Oracle is suitable
  159. What is the Symbol use for Inner Join
  160. How do you switch from an init.ora file to a spfile
  161. When the procedures or packages become invalidate
  162. How do you use trigger to create mutating state of table
  163. What is the difference between TRUNCATE and DELETE command in SQL
  164. Is Oracle 7.3 is a single user or multi user. Is it possible to use this as a backend
  165. How shall we differentiate between primary key and foriegn key
  166. How can you rebuild an index
  167. How would you determine who has added a row to a table
  168. What view would you use to determine free space in a tablespace