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# Oracle Database Master Index: B
10g Release 2 (10.2)

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## Index Entries

  B*Tree index (XML DB Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (XML DB Developer's Guide)
    on a collection (XML DB Developer's Guide)
  B+trees (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
  B2B, definition, Glossary (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
  B2C, definition, Glossary (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
  BACK function (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #4] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #5] (OLAP DML Reference)
  BackColor property (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  background DML (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  background PL/SQL (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  [entry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    HTMLDB_PLSQL_JOB (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    using a process (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  background process
    crsd (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #4] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    evmd (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #4] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    ocssd (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #4] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    oprocd (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #4] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    startup after abnormal termination (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  background processes
  [entry #2] (Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Concepts)
  [entry #4] (Concepts)
    described (Concepts)
    description (2 Day DBA)
    diagrammed (Concepts)
    DMON (Data Guard Broker)
    FMON (Administrator's Guide)
    SMON (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    trace files for (Concepts)
  background thread trace files (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
  BACKGROUND_CORE_DUMP initialization parameter (Reference)
    setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
  BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST initialization parameter (Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  [entry #3] (Error Messages)
  [entry #4] (Reference)
    setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
  BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST parameter (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
  [entry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
  backing up
    Application Server environment (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    Automatic Storage Management files (2 Day DBA)
    databases (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    logical database objects (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  backout possibilities during migration (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX)
  backslash escape character (Text Reference)
  [entry #2] (Utilities)
  BACKUP
    and corrupt datafile blocks and MAXCORRUPT (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    ARCHIVELOG (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      DELETE ALL (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      DELETE INPUT (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    AS COPY
      and DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      and output filenames (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      FORMAT (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    FOR RECOVER OF COPY WITH TAG (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    image copy
      and output filenames (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    INCREMENTAL
      FROM SCN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      FROM SCN (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    INCREMENTAL FROM SCN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    output filenames
      image copies (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    PLUS ARCHIVELOG (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  Backup (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
  backup
    backup sets (2 Day DBA)
    consistent (2 Day DBA)
    crosschecking (2 Day DBA)
    [subentry #2] (2 Day DBA)
    database (New Features Guide)
    deleting expired backups (2 Day DBA)
    deleting obsolete backups (2 Day DBA)
    encryption (New Features Guide)
    expired (2 Day DBA)
    full backup of datafiles (2 Day DBA)
    image copies (2 Day DBA)
    inconsistent (2 Day DBA)
    incremental (New Features Guide)
    incremental backup of datafiles (2 Day DBA)
    making unavailable (2 Day DBA)
    managing (2 Day DBA)
    [subentry #2] (2 Day DBA)
    [subentry #3] (2 Day DBA)
    Oracle Database Recovery Manager
    Oracle-suggested backup strategy (2 Day DBA)
    overview (2 Day DBA)
    settings
      configuring (2 Day DBA)
    storage (New Features Guide)
    validating (2 Day DBA)
    whole database backup (2 Day DBA)
  backup and recovery
    definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  backup and recovery area
    specifying (2 Day DBA)
  BACKUP ANY TABLE system privilege (SQL Reference)
  BACKUP command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  [entry #3] (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    BACKUPSET option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    CURRENT CONTROLFILE option (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    DELETE ALL INPUT option (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    DELETE INPUT option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    FORMAT parameter (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    KEEP option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    NOT BACKED UP SINCE clause (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    PROXY ONLY option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    PROXY option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    SKIP OFFLINE option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    VALIDATE option (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  BACKUP CONTROLFILE clause
    ALTER DATABASE statement (Concepts)
    of ALTER DATABASE (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (SQL Reference)
    [subentry #3] (SQL Reference)
  BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE clause
    of ALTER DATABASE (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  BACKUP COPIES parameter
    CONFIGURE command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  Backup Domain Controller (BDC) (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #2] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
  [entry #3] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  backup encryption (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    dual-mode (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    overview (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    password (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    transparent (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  backup files (2 Day DBA)
  BACKUP INCREMENTAL FROM SCN command
    scenarios using (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  Backup Management
    in Enterprise Manager (New Features Guide)
  backup methods (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    comparison (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    feature comparison (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  backup mode
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
    ending with ALTER DATABASE END BACKUP (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    for online user-managed backups (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    instance failure (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  BACKUP networking parameter (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Net Services Reference)
  backup operations
    after failovers (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    after unrecoverable operations (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    configuring on a physical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    datafiles (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT option of the RMAN DUPLICATE command (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    offloading on the standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    primary databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    used by the broker (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    using RMAN (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  backup optimization
    configuring (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    definition (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    disabling (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    enabling (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    recovery window and (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    redundancy and (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    retention policies and (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  BACKUP OPTIMIZATION option
    of CONFIGURE (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  backup option (customizer harness) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  backup pieces
    definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  backup retention policy
    definition (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  backup scenarios
    disk-and-tape (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    disk-only (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  backup sets
    and Backup Unused Space Compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    and unused block compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    backing up (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    binary compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    configuring maximum size (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    crosschecking (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    duplexing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    errors during creation (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    failover during backups (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    how RMAN generates (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    limiting size (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    multiplexing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    naming (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    specifying maximum size (in bytes) (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    specifying number of (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    testing restore of (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    unused space compression (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  backup settings (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  Backup Solutions Program (BSP) (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  Backup Unused Space Compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
  BACKUP_TAPE_IO_SLAVES initialization parameter (Reference)
    setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
  backups
  [entry #2] (Security Guide)
    after creating new databases (Administrator's Guide)
    after structural changes to database (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    after upgrading (Upgrade Guide)
    and converting to cluster database (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows Platforms)
    [subentry #4] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    archived redo log (Concepts)
    archived redo logs (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      deletion after backing up (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    automatic log switch during (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    availability
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      altering with CHANGE command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    backup sets (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    backups of (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    binary compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    closed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    consistent (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      making using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      whole database (Concepts)
    control file
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    control file autobackups (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    control files (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #3] (Concepts)
      binary (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      trace files (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    correlating RMAN channels with (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    crosschecking (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    cumulative incremental (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #3] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    Data Pump Export utility (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    datafile
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    datafiles
      Backup Unused Space compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
      unused block compression (Backup and Recovery Reference)
    Date Pump Export utility (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    DBVERIFY utility (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    deleting (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    determining datafile status (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    duplexing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    effects of archiving on (Administrator's Guide)
    excluding tablespaces from backups (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    exempt from retention policy (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    expired
      deleting (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    failed RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    failover during BACKUP BACKUPSET (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    frequency (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    generating reports for (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    guidelines (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      Data Pump Export utility (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      frequency (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      often-used tablespaces (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      storing old backups (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      structural changes (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      unrecoverable objects (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    hung (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    image copies (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    inconsistent (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      making using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      whole database (Concepts)
      whole database (Concepts)
    incremental (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      and block change tracking (SQL Reference)
      differential (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      differential (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    interrupted (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    keeping (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    keeping records (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    limiting I/O rate (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    listing files needed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    logical (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
      definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    long-term (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      changing status (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    methods
      feature comparison (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    multiple copies (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    NOARCHIVELOG mode, in (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    noncumulative incremental (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    obsolete
      batch deletes (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    offline (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    offline datafiles (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    offline tablespaces (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    online (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      Streams (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
    online datafiles (Concepts)
    online redo logs (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    online tablespaces (Concepts)
    optimizing (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    overview (Concepts)
    physical
      definition (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    planning before database creation (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    preparing a strategy (Upgrade Guide)
    read-only tablespaces (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    records of (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    recovering pre-RESETLOGS (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    recovery catalog (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    Recovery Manager (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    reporting objects needing backups (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    restartable (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    restoring dropped snapshots
      Import (Utilities)
    restoring user-managed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    RMAN error handling (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    server parameter file (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    server parameter files (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    specifying number of files in a backup set (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    split mirror (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    stored scripts (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    storing (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    Streams best practices (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
    tablespace (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    tags (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    techniques to avoid (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    testing RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #3] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using media manager (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    troubleshooting failed RMAN (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #3] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    types (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    types listed (Concepts)
    Updating standby databases with incrementals (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    user-managed (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      restoring (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    validating (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    verifying (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    whole database
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
      preparing for (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
      using RMAN (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  backups of database
    automatic, enabling (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    automatic, in advanced install method (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    flash_area_recovery directory (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    Oracle Database Recovery Manager (Client Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Client Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #4] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #5] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #6] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #7] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #8] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #9] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #10] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #11] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #12] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    [subentry #13] (Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #14] (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #15] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #16] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #17] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #18] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #19] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #20] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    [subentry #21] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #22] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #23] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #24] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    perform before upgrading (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  backups,vaulted (Backup and Recovery Reference)
  backupsets
    compressed (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  Backus-Naur Form syntax
    See syntax diagrams
  backward compatibility
    compatibility modes (JPublisher User's Guide)
    Oracle SQLJ, general (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    related option (JPublisher User's Guide)
    to Oracle8i (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  back-end of client/server architecture (Concepts)
  bad files
    specifying for SQL*Loader (Utilities)
  BAD parameter
    SQL*Loader command line (Utilities)
  Bad SQL
    configuring the database to show Bad SQL (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
  BADFILE parameter
    SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
  BADLINE option (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  Bag container (Spatial Resource Description Framework)
  band numbers (Spatial GeoRaster)
    bandBlockNumber attribute (Spatial GeoRaster)
  band reference system (BRS)
    description (Spatial GeoRaster)
  bandBlockNumber attribute of SDO_RASTER (Spatial GeoRaster)
  bands
    description (Spatial GeoRaster)
  bandwidth (Data Warehousing Guide)
    interconnect (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
  banners
    suppressing from DGMGRL command-line interface output (Data Guard Broker)
  base cubes
    representing hierarchies (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
  base dimensions
    finding values of (OLAP DML Reference)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  base directory
  [entry #2] (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  [entry #3] (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
    new database installation (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
    See Oracle base directory
    upgrading Enterprise Manager (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  BASE function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  base letters (Globalization Support Guide)
  [entry #2] (Globalization Support Guide)
  BASE procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  base Source
    definition (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
  base tables
    definition (Concepts)
  base types
    PL/SQL number types (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    PL/SQL types (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  base_letter attribute (Text Reference)
  [entry #2] (Text Reference)
  base_letter_type attribute (Text Reference)
  [entry #2] (Text Reference)
  BASE64_DECODE function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BASE64_ENCODE function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BASEDIM function
    base dimensions
      identifying (OLAP DML Reference)
  BASEFONT function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BASEFONT procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  baselines (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
  [entry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    change management and (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    dynamic metric (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    for metrics (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    metric (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    normalized views (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    performance (Performance Tuning Guide)
    preserved snapshot sets (Performance Tuning Guide)
    services and (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  BASEURI variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BASEVAL function (OLAP DML Reference)
  base-letter conversion (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  base-letter conversions (Text Reference)
  [entry #2] (Text Reference)
  base-letter conversions, overriding (Text Reference)
  Bash shell
    default user startup file (Client Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Client Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #4] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #5] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #6] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #7] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #8] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #9] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #10] (Companion CD Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #11] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #12] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #13] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #14] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #15] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #16] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #17] (Companion CD Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #18] (Companion CD Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #19] (Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #20] (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #21] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #22] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #23] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #24] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #25] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #26] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #27] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #28] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #29] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #30] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #31] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    setting shell limits on Linux x86 (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #4] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
  Basic
    TAF failover policy (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows Platforms)
    [subentry #4] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  Basic installation method
    about (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    computers with minimum memory (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    noninteractive installations (Transparent Gateway Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit))
    See also Advanced installation method
    silent or noninteractive installations (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    [subentry #4] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #5] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #6] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
    [subentry #7] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #8] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
    [subentry #9] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  Basic installation type
    noninteractive installations (Client Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Client Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #4] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #5] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #6] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #7] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #8] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #9] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #10] (Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #11] (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #12] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #13] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #14] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #15] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #16] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #17] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #18] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  basic loops (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  basic OCI package (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  basic readable standby database See simulating a standby database environment
  BASIC_LEXER (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  BASIC_LEXER object (Text Reference)
    supported character sets (Text Reference)
  BASIC_LEXER system-defined preference (Text Reference)
  BASIC_LEXER type
    example (Text Reference)
  BASIC_SECTION_GROUP object (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Text Reference)
  [entry #3] (Text Reference)
  [entry #4] (Text Reference)
  BASIC_STOPLIST type (Text Reference)
  BASIC_STORAGE object
    attributes for (Text Reference)
    defaults (Text Reference)
    example (Text Reference)
  BASIC_WORDLIST object
    attributes for (Text Reference)
    example (Text Reference)
  BasicPermission (Java Developer's Guide)
  BASURI XQUERY option (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  batch dequeuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  batch enqueuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  batch error mode (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  batch fetch
  [entry #2] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
    advantage of (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    example (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
    example of (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    number of rows returned (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
    number of rows returned by (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  Batch File (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)
  batch files, for sample programs (Pro*COBOL Getting Started for Windows)
  [entry #2] (Pro*COBOL Getting Started for Windows)
  batch inserts (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  batch jobs, authenticating users in (Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #3] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #5] (Security Guide)
  batch mode (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  batch mode, setting the NLS_LANG parameter (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
  [entry #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  [entry #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #5] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
  [entry #6] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  batch processing
    capture process best practices (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
    on a logical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  batch route requests (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    DTD (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    example (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  batch route responses
    DTD (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    example (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  batch selection
    for CHECK (New Features Guide)
    for DELETE (New Features Guide)
    for RESIZE (New Features Guide)
  batch updates
    batch limit (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    batchable and compatible statements (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    batching incompatible statements (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    canceling a batch (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    cautions (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    enabling and disabling (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    error conditions during execution (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    explicit and implicit batch execution (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    overview (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    update counts (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    using implicit execution contexts (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    with respect to recursive call-ins (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  batch updates--see update batching
  batch value
    checking value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    connection batch value, setting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    connection vs. statement value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    default value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    overriding value (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    statement batch value, setting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  batch_route_request element (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  BatchSQLException
    methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BatchSQLException class (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BatchUpdateException (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  Bayes' Theorem (Data Mining Concepts)
  BC datetime format element (SQL Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
  BEA WebLogic
    extensions to Grid Control (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    Oracle ecosystem and (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    picture of Server Cluster page (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    support for (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  Beacons (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
    Collaboration Suite (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    configuring firewalls to allow ICMP traffic (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
    introduction (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    monitoring Web Applications over HTTPS (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
    services and (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  bearing
    point at (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  Before attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  BEFORE clause
    of CREATE TRIGGER (SQL Reference)
  Before Each Row attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  Before List Elements attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  BEFORE triggers
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
  [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
    complex security authorizations (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    correlation names and (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    defined (Concepts)
    derived column values (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    specifying (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    when fired (Concepts)
  before you perform a switchover (Data Guard Broker)
  before you use DGMGRL (Data Guard Broker)
  beforeFirst() method (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  BEGIN
    block structure (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    start of executable part (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    start of executable PL/SQL block (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    syntax (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BEGIN BACKUP clause
    ALTER TABLESPACE statement (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    of ALTER DATABASE (SQL Reference)
    of ALTER TABLESPACE (SQL Reference)
  BEGIN command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    disabling (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BEGIN_DISCRETE_TRANSACTION procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BEGIN_INSTANTIATION procedure (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
  [entry #2] (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
  BEGIN_LOAD procedure (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
  [entry #2] (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
  BEGIN_REQUEST function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BEGIN_TABLE_REORGANIZATION (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
  BeginBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
  BEGINCREATE static procedure
    of ANYDATA TYPE (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    of ANYDATASET TYPE (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    of ANYTYPE TYPE (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BEGINDATA parameter
    SQL*Loader control file (Utilities)
  BEGINDATE (OLAP DML Reference)
  BeginDDL procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
  beginning backup of (SQL Reference)
  BeginResolve procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
  BeginTrans method (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  behavior of ExecuteScalar method for REF CURSOR (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
  Behavior, EMCLI (Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface)
  benchmarking workloads (Performance Tuning Guide)
  benefits
    Data Guard (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    Data Guard broker (Data Guard Broker)
    high availability (Data Guard Broker)
    in database data mining (Data Mining Concepts)
    logical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    of a rolling upgrade (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    Oracle COM Automation (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)
    physical standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    scalability (Data Guard Broker)
    standby redo logs versus archived redo logs (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    with Real Application Clusters (Data Guard Broker)
  benefits of
    cloning an Oracle database instance (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    cloning an Oracle home (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    extending Enterprise Manager (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    Information Publisher (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    Oracle Grid (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    Oracle Grid Control (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  benefits of agentDownload script (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  benefits of Oracle Advanced Security (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
  Bequeath protocol (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
  BEQUEATH_DETACH networking parameter (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Net Services Reference)
  best practices
    locating information on OTN, Preface (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    Oracle Technology Network (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    Streams replication (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      alert log (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply errors (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply errors (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply process configuration (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply process operation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply process parallelism (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      apply user (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      archive log threads (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      automate configuration (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      backups (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      batch processing (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      capture (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      capture process configuration (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      capture process operation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      capture process parallelism (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      capture process queue (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      checkpoint retention (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      conflict resolution (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      data dictionary build (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      database configuration (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      database operation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      DDL replication (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      destination database (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      global name (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      heartbeat table (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      instantiation SCN (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      prepare for instantiation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      propagation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      propagation latency (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      queue-to-queue propagation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      RAC databases (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      removing (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      restarting propagation (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      SDU (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      source database (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      statistics collection (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      storage (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      Streams administrator (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      STRMMON (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
      supplemental logging (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
  BetterDate (custom Java class) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  BETWEEN clause
    FORALL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BETWEEN comparison operator (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    expressions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BFILE (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
    accessing data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    class (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    creating and populating columns (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    datatype (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #3] (SQL Reference)
    defined (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    introduction (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    locators (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL Reference)
      getting from a result set (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
      getting from callable statement (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
      passing to callable statements (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
      passing to prepared statements (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    manipulating data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    maximum size (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    reading data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  Bfile class (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BFILE class, See JDBC
  BFILE column (Text Application Developer's Guide)
    indexing (Text Application Developer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Text Reference)
  BFILE columns
    exporting (Utilities)
    importing (Utilities)
  BFILE data
    loading into LOBs (Globalization Support Guide)
  BFILE data types
    in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  BFILE datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
  [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #4] (Utilities)
  BFILE locator, selecting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  BFILE mapping to .NET Framework (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)
  BFILE objects
    propagating (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  BFILE security (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
  BFILENAME function (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  [entry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  [entry #3] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  [entry #4] (SQL Quick Reference)
  [entry #5] (SQL Reference)
  BFILES (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    definition (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
    security (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  BFILEs
    accessing (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    as stored function results (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    BFILE support (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    converting to CLOB or NCLOB (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    creating an object in object cache (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    DBMS_LOB read-only procedures (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    DBMS_LOB, offset and amount parameters in bytes (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    external datatype (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    hard links and symbolic links not allowed (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    locators (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    maximum number of open (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    [subentry #3] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    maximum size (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    multithreaded server (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    multithreaded server mode (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    not affected by LOB storage properties (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    OCI functions to read/examine values (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    OCI read-only functions (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    opening and closing using JDBC (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    operating system files, and (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O)
      opening/closing methods (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
      properties (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
      read-only methods (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    Pro*C/C++ precompiler statements (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    Pro*COBOL precompiler embedded SQL statements (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    reading with DBMS_LOB (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    rules for using (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    security (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    [subentry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    storage devices (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    storing any operating system file (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    streaming APIs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    using JDBC to read/examine (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    using Pro*C/C++ precompiler to open and close (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  bfiles (Security Guide)
  BFILE-buffering, See JDBC
  BG_JOB_ID attribute (Security Guide)
  BGSOUND function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BGSOUND procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BI administrative user name (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
  [entry #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  BI administrative username (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  BI Beans
    described (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
    relational data source (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
    relational data sources (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
    See also OLAP API
  bidirected links (Spatial Topology and Network Data Models)
  big bang rollout strategy (Performance Tuning Guide)
  BIG function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIG procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BigDecimal
    mapping (for attributes) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
    support (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  BigDecimal mapping
    corresponding Java types (JPublisher User's Guide)
    overview (JPublisher User's Guide)
  BigDecimal mapping (for attributes) (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  bigfile tablespaces
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
  [entry #3] (Concepts)
    benefits (Concepts)
    considerations (Concepts)
    creating (Administrator's Guide)
    creating temporary (Administrator's Guide)
    description (Administrator's Guide)
    setting database default (Administrator's Guide)
  BIGINT data type (Transparent Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  big-endian data
    external tables (Utilities)
  BIG-IP
    see load balancer switches
  BILINEAR resampling method (Spatial GeoRaster)
  bin boundaries (Data Mining Concepts)
    computing (Data Mining Concepts)
  bin directory (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BIN_GEOMETRY function (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  BIN_LAYER procedure (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  BIN_TO_NUM function (SQL Quick Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
  binary attribute (Text Reference)
  [entry #2] (Text Reference)
  binary compression of backup sets (Backup and Recovery Reference)
  [entry #2] (Backup and Recovery Reference)
  binary configuration file (Data Guard Broker)
  binary data
    BFILEs (Concepts)
    BLOBs (Concepts)
    RAW and LONG RAW (Concepts)
  BINARY data type (Transparent Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #2] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for HP Tru64 UNIX)
  [entry #3] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #4] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for IBM AIX)
  [entry #5] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  [entry #6] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for Windows)
  binary data, non-character (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  binary documents
    filtering (Text Reference)
  BINARY format column value (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Text Reference)
  binary large object, see BLOB
  Binary Large Objects (BLOBs), recommendations for (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  binary large objects. See BLOB
  binary operators (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
  binary portability of profiles (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  binary sorts (Globalization Support Guide)
    case-insensitive and accent-insensitive (Globalization Support Guide)
    example (Globalization Support Guide)
  BINARY_DEGREE data types
    in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  BINARY_DOUBLE (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BINARY_DOUBLE clause
    ACCEPT command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    VARIABLE command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_DOUBLE datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
  [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE datatypes
    for computation-intensive programs (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT clause
    ACCEPT command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    VARIABLE command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT data types
    in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  BINARY_FLOAT datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
  [entry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT_INFINITY
    constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT_MAX_NORMAL
    constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT_MAX_SUBNORMAL
    constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT_MIN_NORMAL
    constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT_MIN_SUBNORMAL
    constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_FLOAT_NAN
    constant (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_INTEGER datatype (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    compared to PLS_INTEGER, Preface (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    new features, Preface (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BINARY_INTEGER. See also PLS_INTEGER
  bind arrays
    determining size of for SQL*Loader (Utilities)
    minimizing SQL*Loader memory requirements (Utilities)
    minimum requirements (Utilities)
    size with multiple SQL*Loader INTO TABLE statements (Utilities)
    specifying maximum size (Utilities)
    specifying number of rows (Utilities)
    SQL*Loader performance implications (Utilities)
  bind descriptor (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #4] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #5] (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
    definition of (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    descriptor areas (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
    information in (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  bind descriptor area (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
  bind descriptor, information in (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
  bind descriptors
    information in (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  bind functions (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  bind handle
    attributes (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    description (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  bind operation (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    associations made (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    example (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    initializing variables (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    LOBs (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    named datatypes (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    named versus positional (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    OCI array interface (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    OCI_DATA_AT_EXEC mode (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    PL/SQL (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    positional versus named (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    REF CURSOR variables (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    REFs (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    steps used (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  bind operations
    in bind operations (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    out bind operations (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  bind order
    Windows network (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows Platforms)
  Bind Package Stored Procedure
    DB2/400 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  BIND privilege
    DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  bind privilege
    configuration worksheet (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/400 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  bind queries
    executing using pass-through SQL (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  bind SQLDA
  [entry #2] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
    purpose of (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Pro*PL/1 Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide)
  bind variable (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
  [entry #2] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
  bind variables
  [entry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  [entry #3] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  [entry #4] (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  [entry #5] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #6] (Performance Tuning Guide)
  [entry #7] (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #8] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #9] (Security Guide)
    creating (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    displaying (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    displaying automatically (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    in PL/SQL blocks (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    in SQL statements (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    in the COPY command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    input host variables (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    known restrictions, SQL limitations (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    native SQL passthrough (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    object types (Application Developer's Guide - Object-Relational Features)
    peeking (Performance Tuning Guide)
    restrictions (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    SQL passthrough (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    using in PL/SQL procedures (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    using in regions (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    with query rewrite (Data Warehousing Guide)
    XPath rewrite (XML DB Developer's Guide)
  bind variables, used with LOB locators in OCI (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  BIND_ARRAY procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_INOUT_VARIABLE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_INOUT_VARIABLE procedure (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  BIND_INOUT_VARIABLE_RAW Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_OUT_VARIABLE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_OUT_VARIABLE procedure (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  BIND_OUT_VARIABLE_RAW Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_VARIABLE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_VARIABLE procedure (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  BIND_VARIABLE procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_VARIABLE_RAW Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BIND_VARIABLES function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BINDADD authority (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  BINDADD authority, binding packages on DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  BINDADD privilege
    configuration worksheet (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  BindAddress (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
  BINDAGENT privilege
    configuration worksheet (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  BINDING
    command-line option (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
  binding (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
  [entry #4] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #5] (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
    arrays (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    buffer expansion (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    clearBindValues() (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
    definition of (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
    early (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
    late (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
    OCINumber (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    PL/SQL Associative Array (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
    PL/SQL placeholders (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    summary (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  binding and defining CLOB and NCLOB data in OCI (Globalization Support Guide)
  binding and defining SQL CHAR datatypes in OCI (Globalization Support Guide)
  binding and defining SQL NCHAR datatypes in OCI (Globalization Support Guide)
  BINDING clause
    of CREATE OPERATOR (SQL Reference)
  BINDING command-line option (SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide)
  binding host variables (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  Binding property (Data Guard Broker)
  binding the DRDA package
    authority of user ID and password
      DB2/400 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
      DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
      DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
      DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    backward compatibility (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    configuring the gateway on DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    configuring the gateway on DRDA Server (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    configuring the host (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    DB2/400 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/OS390 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    DB2/VM (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    gateway pre-binding checklist (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    on DB2/UDB (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    upgrading from version 3 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  binding, bulk
    definition (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  binding_clause (SQL Quick Reference)
  bindings (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
    adding to an operator (SQL Reference)
    dropping from an operator (SQL Reference)
  binds
    See also INSERT statements and UPDATE statements
  BINDSIZE parameter
    SQL*Loader command line (Utilities)
    [subentry #2] (Utilities)
  bind-by-identifier option (sqlj -bind-by-identifier) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  binning (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #4] (Data Mining Concepts)
  [entry #5] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    bin boundaries (Data Mining Concepts)
    categorical (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    equi-width (Data Mining Concepts)
    for O-cluster (Data Mining Concepts)
    most frequent items (Data Mining Concepts)
    numerical (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    quantile (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    spatial (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
      See also bins (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  bins
    assigning (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    computing (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    tiled (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  bioinformatics (Data Mining Concepts)
  BIT data type (Transparent Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #2] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for HP Tru64 UNIX)
  [entry #3] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #4] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for IBM AIX)
  [entry #5] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  [entry #6] (Transparent Gateway for Sybase Administrator's Guide for Windows)
  bit vectors
    converting to numbers (SQL Reference)
  BIT_AND function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  [entry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #3] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX)
  BIT_COMPLEMENT function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  [entry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #3] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX)
  BIT_OR function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  [entry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #3] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX)
  BIT_XOR function (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  [entry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  [entry #3] (Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX)
  BITAND function (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL Quick Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
  BITMAP clause
    of CREATE INDEX (SQL Reference)
  bitmap indexes (Concepts)
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
  [entry #3] (Concepts)
  [entry #4] (Data Warehousing Guide)
  [entry #5] (Performance Tuning Guide)
  [entry #6] (SQL Reference)
    and Intra-Partition DML (New Features Guide)
    cardinality (Concepts)
    creating join indexes (SQL Reference)
    inlist iterator (Performance Tuning Guide)
    nulls and (Concepts)
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
    [subentry #3] (Data Warehousing Guide)
    on joins (Performance Tuning Guide)
    on partitioned tables (Data Warehousing Guide)
    parallel query and DML (Concepts)
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
    [subentry #3] (Concepts)
    [subentry #4] (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [subentry #5] (Data Warehousing Guide)
    when to use (Performance Tuning Guide)
  bitmap join indexes (Data Warehousing Guide)
  bitmap tablespace management (Concepts)
  bitmap_join_index_clause (SQL Quick Reference)
  BITMAP_MERGE_AREA_SIZE initialization parameter (Reference)
    setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
  bitmaps
    to manage free space (Concepts)
  bits, adding (OLAP DML Reference)
  bit-length support (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  blackout time periods
    defining (2 Day DBA)
  blackouts (2 Day DBA)
    command-line interface and (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    controlling with emctl (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
    examples (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
    functionality of (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
    setting up (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  BLANK command (OLAP DML Reference)
  blank GeoRaster objects (Spatial GeoRaster)
  blank line
    in PL/SQL blocks (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    in SQL commands (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    preserving in SQL commands (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  blank lines in reports (OLAP DML Reference)
  blank nodes
    constructor for reusing (Spatial Resource Description Framework)
    RDF (Spatial Resource Description Framework)
  blank padding
    specifying in format models (SQL Reference)
    suppressing (SQL Reference)
  blank padding, in multi-byte character strings (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
  BLANK_TRIMMING initialization parameter (Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Reference)
    setting with ALTER SYSTEM (SQL Reference)
  BLANK_TRIMMING parameter (Globalization Support Guide)
  blanks
    loading fields consisting of blanks (Utilities)
    SQL*Loader BLANKS parameter for field comparison (Utilities)
    trailing (Utilities)
    trimming (Utilities)
      external tables (Utilities)
    whitespace (Utilities)
  blanks in text values, stripping (OLAP DML Reference)
  BLANKS parameter
    SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
  BLANKSTRIP function (OLAP DML Reference)
  blank-padding semantics (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BLAS Level 1 (Vector-Vector Operations) Subprograms (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS Level 2 (Matrix-Vector Operations) Subprograms (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS Level 3 (Matrix-Matrix Operations) Subprograms (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_ASUM Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_AXPY Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_COPY Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_DOT Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_GBMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_GEMM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_GEMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_GER Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_IAMAX Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_NRM2 Functions (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_ROT Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_ROTG Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SBMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SCAL Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SPMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SPR Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SPR2 Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SWAP Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SYMM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SYMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SYR Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SYR2 Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_SYRK Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TBMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TBSV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TPMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TPSV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TRMM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TRMV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TRSM Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAS_TRSV Procedures (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLAST
  [entry #2] (Data Mining Concepts)
    data sets (Data Mining Administrator's Guide)
    demo program (Data Mining Administrator's Guide)
    example (Data Mining Concepts)
    NCBI (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
    ODM (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
    output (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
    query example (Data Mining Concepts)
    query results (Data Mining Concepts)
    sample data (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
    table functions (Data Mining Administrator's Guide)
    variants in ODM (Data Mining Concepts)
  BLAST table functions
    summary of (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  BLASTN (Data Mining Concepts)
  BLASTN_ALIGN table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  BLASTN_MATCH table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  BLASTP (Data Mining Concepts)
  BLASTP_ALIGN table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  BLASTP_MATCH table function (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  BLASTX (Data Mining Concepts)
  BLOB (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #4] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    class (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    creating and populating (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    creating columns (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    datatype (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    direct download (HTTP Server mod_plsql User's Guide)
    document table definition (HTTP Server mod_plsql User's Guide)
    EMPTY_BLOB function (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)
    getting locators (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    interface changes (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    introduction (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    locators
      getting from result set (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
      selecting (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    manipulating data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    populating columns (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    reading data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    writing data (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  Blob class (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  [entry #2] (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BLOB column (Text Application Developer's Guide)
    indexing (Text Application Developer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Text Reference)
    loading example (Text Reference)
  BLOB data
    raster block data (Spatial GeoRaster)
  BLOB data types
    in logical standby databases (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  BLOB datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  [entry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
    transactional support (SQL Reference)
  BLOB support (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  BLOB_ARG procedure (Advanced Replication Management API Reference)
  BLOBs
    class, See JDBC
    creating indexes (Globalization Support Guide)
    datatype (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    DBMS_LOB, offset and amount parameters in bytes (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    external datatype (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    modify using DBMS_LOB (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    size limit with PL/SQL prodcedures (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
    using JDBC to modify (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    using JDBC to read/examine BLOB values (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    using oracle.sql.BLOB methods to modify (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  BLOBs (binary large objects) (Concepts)
    datatype (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BLOB-buffering, See JDBC
  block and character device names (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
  [entry #2] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
  [entry #3] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  [entry #4] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  [entry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  [entry #6] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  [entry #7] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  block change tracking (Backup and Recovery Basics)
    enabling and disabling (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  Block cipher, Preface (Security Guide)
  block cleanout (Performance Tuning Guide)
  block corruptions
    stored in V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
  block data subprogram, used by precompiler (Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers)
  block declaration
    syntax (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  block device
    device name (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #4] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #5] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #6] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #7] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #8] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #9] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #10] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #11] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #12] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #13] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #14] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #15] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #16] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    device name on HP-UX (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    device name on Solaris (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #4] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #5] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #6] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
  block device discovery on Automatic Storage Management (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
  [entry #2] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
  [entry #3] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
  [entry #4] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
  block directives (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
  Block Get Rate (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)
  block media recovery (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    guidelines (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
    overview (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  block mode conversions
    statistics for (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
  block size
  [entry #2] (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
    adjusting (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
    choosing (Performance Tuning Guide)
    configuring (2 Day DBA)
    optimal (Performance Tuning Guide)
  block validation (New Features Guide)
  Block Visits Per Transaction (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)
  blocking keyword
    for importFrom storageParam parameter (Spatial GeoRaster)
    [subentry #2] (Spatial GeoRaster)
    for storageParam parameter (Spatial GeoRaster)
  blocking modes (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  blocking operations
    tuning queries with (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  blocking sessions, hang analysis feature (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  blocking transactions (Concepts)
  blockMBR attribute of SDO_RASTER (Spatial GeoRaster)
  BLOCKQUOTECLOSE function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLOCKQUOTECLOSE procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLOCKQUOTEOPEN function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLOCKQUOTEOPEN procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BLOCKRECOVER command (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Backup and Recovery Reference)
  blocks
    anonymous (Concepts)
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
    associated with instance (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    BEGIN (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    database (Concepts)
    DECLARE (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    END (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    EXCEPTION (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    label (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    links to examples (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    nesting (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    PCM lock (Reference)
    PL/SQL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    redo log (Reference)
    size (Reference)
    [subentry #2] (Reference)
    [subentry #3] (Reference)
    [subentry #4] (Reference)
    structure (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    syntax (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  blocks, PL/SQL
    continuing (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    editing in buffer (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    editing with system editor (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    entering and executing (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing current in buffer (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    saving current (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    setting character used to end (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    stored in SQL buffer (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    timing statistics (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    within SQL commands (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BLOCKSIZE clause
    of CREATE TABLESPACE (Administrator's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (SQL Reference)
  blockSize keyword for storageParam (Spatial GeoRaster)
  BLOCKTERMINATOR (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  block-level recovery (Concepts)
  BMARGIN option (OLAP DML Reference)
  BMP image format
    support by GeoRaster (Spatial GeoRaster)
  BMPF image format (interMedia Reference)
  BMPRLE image compression format (interMedia Reference)
  BNDDFCLP variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDFCRCP variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDFMT variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDH-CUR-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDH-MAX-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDH-VNAME variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDI variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDI-CUR-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDI-MAX-VNAMEL variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDI-VNAME variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDV variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDVLN variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNDDVTYP variable (SQLDA) (Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide)
  BNF
    See syntax diagrams
  BODY
    CREATE PACKAGE SQL statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #3] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    CREATE TYPE SQL statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    with SQL CREATE PACKAGE statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  body
    cursor (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    function (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    functions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    package (Java Developer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    packages (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    procedure (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    SQL object type (Java Developer's Guide)
  BODY clause
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    of ALTER PACKAGE (SQL Reference)
  body of package
    definition (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  BODY option (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BODYCLOSE function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BODYCLOSE procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BODYOPEN function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BODYOPEN procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BOLD clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BOLD function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BOLD procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  Boolean
    assigning values (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    expressions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    literals (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  Boolean constants (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  Boolean data type (OLAP DML Reference)
  BOOLEAN datatype (Concepts)
  [entry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  Boolean expressions (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    creating (OLAP DML Reference)
    defined (OLAP DML Reference)
    example of (OLAP DML Reference)
    involving NA values (OLAP DML Reference)
    operators (OLAP DML Reference)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
    values (OLAP DML Reference)
  Boolean message property (JMS)
    getting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    setting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  Boolean OLAP API data type (OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API)
  Boolean operators
    evaluation order (OLAP DML Reference)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
    table of (OLAP DML Reference)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  Boolean parameters, restrictions (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  BOOLEAN type (PL/SQL) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  Boolean values (OLAP DML Reference)
    spelling of false values (OLAP DML Reference)
    spelling of true values (OLAP DML Reference)
  boosted model (Data Mining Concepts)
  BOOTSTRAP parameter in ORAPARAM.INI (Universal Installer and OPatch User's Guide for Windows and UNIX)
  BOOTSTRAP_SIZE parameter in ORAPARAM.INI (Universal Installer and OPatch User's Guide for Windows and UNIX)
  Borland Delphi (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  bottlenecks
    elimination (Performance Tuning Guide)
    fixing (Performance Tuning Guide)
    identifying (Performance Tuning Guide)
    memory (Performance Tuning Guide)
    resource (Performance Tuning Guide)
  bottom-N reporting (SQL Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
  bound class (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  bound fillers (Utilities)
  boundaries parameter
    Database Character Set Scanner (Globalization Support Guide)
  boundary
    of area (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    of line string (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    of multiline string (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    of polygon (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  boundary control of Web crawling (Ultra Search Administrator's Guide)
  boundary rule (Ultra Search Administrator's Guide)
  bounding rectangle
    minimum (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  Bourne shell
  [entry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX)
    default user startup file (Client Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #3] (Client Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #4] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #5] (Client Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #6] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #7] (Client Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #8] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #9] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #10] (Companion CD Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #11] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #12] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #13] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #14] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #15] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #16] (Companion CD Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #17] (Companion CD Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #18] (Companion CD Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #19] (Installation Guide for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit))
    [subentry #20] (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #21] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #22] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #23] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #24] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #25] (Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System (x86-64))
    [subentry #26] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #27] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #28] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    [subentry #29] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for AIX)
    [subentry #30] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit))
    [subentry #31] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    DISPLAY (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    ORACLE_HOME (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    setting ORACLE_HOME variable (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    setting shell limits on Linux x86 (Installation Guide for Linux Itanium)
    [subentry #2] (Installation Guide for Linux on POWER)
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for Linux x86)
    [subentry #4] (Installation Guide for Linux x86-64)
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux)
    TMP (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  BR function
    of HTF package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BR procedure
    of HTP package (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  brace escape character (Text Reference)
  brackets
    altering precedence (Text Reference)
    [subentry #2] (Text Reference)
    grouping character (Text Reference)
  branch
    about (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    creating (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #3] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    [subentry #4] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  branch blocks (Concepts)
  branch qualifier (distributed transactions) (JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference)
  branches
    detaching (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    resuming (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  branching
    about (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    action (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    branch action (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    branch point (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Branch Point list (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    making conditional (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    on load, before header (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    on submit, after processing (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    on submit, before computation (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    on submit, before processing (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    on submit, before validation (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    using buttons (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  branching in programs (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #4] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #5] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #6] (OLAP DML Reference)
  breadcrumb menu (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  breadcrumb menus
    navigating (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  Breadcrumb Option Control
    After Last attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Before First attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Current Page Breadcrumb Option attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  breadcrumb template (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Breadcrumb Entry Control (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Breadcrumb Template Subscription (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Identification (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Template Attributes (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Template Style attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  breadcrumbs (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    about (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    adding entries (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    adding to a page (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    creating (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    creating dynamic (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    navigating (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    navigations (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    reports, History (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    reports, Utilization (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    shared components (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  BREAK action
    of WHENEVER (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  break columns (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    inserting space when value changes (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    specifying multiple (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    suppressing duplicate values in (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BREAK command (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    and SQL ORDER BY clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    clearing BREAKS (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    displaying column values in titles (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    DUPLICATES clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    inserting space after every row (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    inserting space when break column changes (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing current break definition (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    ON column clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    ON expr clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    ON REPORT clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    ON ROW clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    printing "grand" and "sub" summaries (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    printing summary lines at ends of reports (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    removing definition (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    SKIP clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    SKIP PAGE clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    specifying multiple break columns (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    suppressing duplicate values (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    used in conjunction with COMPUTE (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    used in conjunction with SET COLSEP (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    used to format a REFCURSOR variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    used with COMPUTE (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #5] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  break definition
    listing current (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    removing current (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BREAKPOINT_INFO Record Type (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BREAKS clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  broadcast
    distribution value (Performance Tuning Guide)
  broadcasting
    definition (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  broader term operators
    example (Text Reference)
  broader term query feedback (Text Reference)
  BROKEN procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  broker (Concepts)
    command-line interface (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    components (Data Guard Broker)
    configuration (Data Guard Broker)
    Data Guard configuration file (Data Guard Broker)
    defined (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    drc* log files (Data Guard Broker)
    graphical user interface (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    installation (Data Guard Broker)
    introduction (Data Guard Broker)
    managing databases (Data Guard Broker)
    user interfaces (Data Guard Broker)
  broker configurations (Data Guard Broker)
    add an existing RAC standby database (Data Guard Broker)
    benefits (Data Guard Broker)
    changing roles (Data Guard Broker)
    components (Data Guard Broker)
    creating (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #4] (Data Guard Broker)
    Data Guard configuration file (Data Guard Broker)
    database objects (Data Guard Broker)
    database profiles (Data Guard Broker)
    disabling databases (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    effects of removing metadata from (Data Guard Broker)
    enabling (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    enabling databases (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #4] (Data Guard Broker)
    enabling fast-start failover (Data Guard Broker)
    health (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    instance objects (Data Guard Broker)
    life cycle (Data Guard Broker)
    management (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #4] (Data Guard Broker)
    monitoring (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    objects (Data Guard Broker)
    Oracle Net Services configuration (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    overview (Data Guard Broker)
    properties (Data Guard Broker)
    protection modes (Data Guard Broker)
    removing (Data Guard Broker)
    setting protection mode (Data Guard Broker)
    status modes (Data Guard Broker)
    supported (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    [subentry #3] (Data Guard Broker)
    using SHOW CONFIGURATION to verify fast-start failover (Data Guard Broker)
    verifying (Data Guard Broker)
  BROWSE_WORDS procedure (Text Reference)
  browser
    requirement (HTML DB Installation Guide)
  browser certificates, using with Oracle Wallet Manager (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
  browser certifications (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  [entry #2] (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  browser, web (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BROWSER_LANGUAGE substitution string (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  BrowserMatch (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
  browsers for Grid Control (Enterprise Manager Installation and Basic Configuration)
  browsing words in index (Text Reference)
  BRS (band reference system)
    description (Spatial GeoRaster)
  BSP. See Backup Solutions Program (BSP)
  BT function (Text Reference)
  BT operator (Text Reference)
  BTG function (Text Reference)
  BTG operator (Text Reference)
  BTI function (Text Reference)
  BTI operator (Text Reference)
  BTITLE clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BTITLE command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    aligning title elements (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    BOLD clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    CENTER clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    COL clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    FORMAT clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    indenting titles (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    LEFT clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    OFF clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    old form (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    printing blank lines before bottom title (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    referencing column value variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    RIGHT clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    SKIP clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    suppressing current definition (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    TAB clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    TTITLE command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BTP function (Text Reference)
  BTP operator (Text Reference)
  bucket numbers, retrieving (OLAP DML Reference)
  buff (Concepts)
  buffer (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    appending text to a line in (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    clearing your screen (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    delete a single line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    delete the current line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    delete the last line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    deleting a range of lines (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    deleting a single line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    deleting all lines (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    deleting lines from (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    deleting the current line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    deleting the last line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    executing contents (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    inserting new line in (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing a range of lines (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing a single line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing all lines (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing contents (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing the current line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    listing the last line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    loading into system editor (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    saving contents (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    screen area (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    SQL (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  buffer area (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  buffer busy wait events (Performance Tuning Guide)
  [entry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    actions (Performance Tuning Guide)
  buffer cache
  [entry #2] (Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration)
  [entry #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    contention (Performance Tuning Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    [subentry #3] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    extended, limitations (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
    flushing (SQL Reference)
    hit ratio (Performance Tuning Guide)
    instance recovery (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    reducing buffers (Performance Tuning Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    tuning (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  Buffer Cache Advisor
  [entry #2] (Concepts)
    description (2 Day DBA)
  buffer cache size
    and Data Pump operations involving Streams (Utilities)
    tuning (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  buffer cache support, extended (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  buffer caches (Concepts)
    database (Concepts)
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
    definition (Concepts)
    extended buffer cache (32-bit) (Concepts)
    multiple buffer pools (Concepts)
  BUFFER clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  buffer expansion during binding (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  buffer flushing, described (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
  buffer manager (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  [entry #2] (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  BUFFER parameter (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
    Export utility (Utilities)
    Import utility (Utilities)
  buffer pools (Concepts)
    default cache (Performance Tuning Guide)
    hit ratio (Performance Tuning Guide)
    KEEP (Performance Tuning Guide)
    KEEP cache (Performance Tuning Guide)
    multiple (Performance Tuning Guide)
    RECYCLE cache (Performance Tuning Guide)
  buffer sizes
    IPC, adjusting for Real Application Clusters (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
  BUFFER variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
  BUFFER_POOL parameter
    description (Administrator's Guide)
    of STORAGE clause (SQL Reference)
  BUFFER_POOL_KEEP initialization parameter (Concepts)
  BUFFER_POOL_KEEP parameter (interMedia User's Guide)
  BUFFER_POOL_RECYCLE initialization parameter (Concepts)
  BUFFER_POOL_RECYCLE parameter (interMedia User's Guide)
  buffered messages
    about (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    dequeuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
      options (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    enqueuing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    exception handling (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    flow control (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    listen_delivery_mode (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    MSG_STATE parameter (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    notification (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    ordering (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    propagation (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    queue-to-queue propagation (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    restrictions (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    tuning (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    types supported (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    views (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    visibility (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    with Messaging Gateway (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    with Oracle JMS (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    with Real Application Clusters (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  buffered messaging (New Features Guide)
  [entry #2] (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  [entry #3] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
  buffered queues (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  [entry #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
  [entry #3] (Streams Replication Administrator's Guide)
    monitoring (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      apply processes (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      capture processes (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
      propagations (Streams Concepts and Administration)
  buffering
    disable
      internal persistent LOBs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    enable
      internal persistent LOBs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    flush
      internal persistent LOBs (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
    LOB (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
    LOB buffering subsystem (Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects)
  buffering LOB operations (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  buffers
    buffer cache in SGA (Administrator's Guide)
    calculating for export (Utilities)
    database buffer cache
      incremental checkpoint (Concepts)
    multiple rows (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
    redo log (Concepts)
    redo log, definition (Concepts)
    space required by
      VARCHAR data in SQL*Loader (Utilities)
    specifying with SQL*Loader BINDSIZE parameter (Utilities)
  buffer-cache paging activity
    controlling (Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems)
  bug
    bugs fixed in release 10.1.0.2.0 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    debugging
      debug library (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
      drc values in the DRDA software (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
      drc values used by Oracle Support Services (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
      setting trace parameters (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
      setting trace parameters (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
      SQL tracing (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
      SQL tracing reduces gateway performance (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    number 205538 (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    number 205538, known restrictions, SQL limitations (Transparent Gateway for DRDA Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
  bugs
    bypassing a bug in IDMS-DC (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX)
    fixed in previous releases (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX)
    fixed in this release (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX)
  build (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)
  BUILD DEFERRED clause
    of CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (SQL Reference)
  BUILD IMMEDIATE clause
    of CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW (SQL Reference)
  build methods (Data Warehousing Guide)
  build number (OLAP DML Reference)
  build options (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  [entry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  [entry #3] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    creating (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    reports (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    view options (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  Build Options attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  BUILD procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  [entry #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
  [entry #3] (Streams Concepts and Administration)
  build results (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  build status (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    changing as an administrator (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    changing in Administration Services (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    managing (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  BUILD_CHAIN_ROWS_TABLE procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  build_clause (SQL Quick Reference)
  BUILD_EXCEPTIONS_TABLE procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
  [entry #2] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  [entry #3] (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BUILD_PART_INDEX procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BUILD_SAFE_REWRITE_EQUIVALENCE Procedure (PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference)
  BUILDER process (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
  building
    assemblies (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)
    [subentry #2] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)
  building OCI applications on Unix (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BuildSettings object (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  [entry #2] (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  BuildTask object (Data Mining Application Developer's Guide)
  builtintypes option (JPublisher User's Guide)
  builtintypes option (JPublisher -builtintypes) (SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference)
  Built-in Action Handler (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
  Built-in Action Handler, XSQL (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
  built-in functions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  built-in substitution strings (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  [entry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  bulk
    fetches (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    returns (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  bulk binding
    definition (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  bulk binds (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    DML statements (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    FOR loops (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    SELECT statements (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    usage (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  BULK clause
    with COLLECT (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BULK COLLECT clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    checking whether no results are returned (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    DELETE statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    FETCH (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    retrieving DML results (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    retrieving query results with (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    RETURNING clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    returning multiple rows (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    SELECT INTO (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    using LIMIT clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    using ROWNUM pseudocolumn (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    using SAMPLE clause (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    using with FORALL statement (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  bulk collect feature (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide)
  bulk data loading methods (interMedia User's Guide)
  Bulk Edit Item Help report (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  bulk fetches
    optimizing data transfers using (Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide)
  bulk loading (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
  [entry #2] (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
    BeginBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
    bypassing validation (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
    EndBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
    RollbackBulkLoading procedure (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
  bulk loading of spatial data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
  bulk SQL
    in dynamic SQL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    using to reduce loop overhead (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  bulk updates (Advanced Replication)
  BULK_EXCEPTIONS cursor attribute
    ERROR_CODE field (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    ERROR_INDEX field (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    example (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    handling FORALL exceptions (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
    using ERROR_CODE field with SQLERRM (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  BULK_ROWCOUNT cursor attribute
    affected by FORALL (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  bundle
    checking (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #2] (Client Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #3] (Installation Guide for hp-ux Itanium)
    [subentry #4] (Installation Guide for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit))
    [subentry #5] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit))
  Business Components for Java (BC4J) (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
  [entry #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  [entry #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
  [entry #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
  business intelligence
    queries (Data Warehousing Guide)
  business logic (Performance Tuning Guide)
  [entry #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
  business needs and Grid Control (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
  business registry
    through Web Services wizard (New Features Guide)
  business rules
    enforcing in application code (Concepts)
    enforcing using stored procedures (Concepts)
    enforcing with constraints
      advantages of (Concepts)
    violation of (Data Warehousing Guide)
  Business-to-Business, definition, Glossary (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
  Business-to-Consumer, definition, Glossary (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
  button (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    about (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    branching (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    creating (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #3] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    [subentry #4] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    creating multiple at once (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    displaying conditionally (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    names (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    template (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  button template (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    Button Template (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Template Subscription (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
    Template Text (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
    [subentry #2] (HTML DB User's Guide (2.0))
  Button Template attribute (HTML DB User's Guide (1.6))
  buttons
    cancel (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #5] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #6] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #7] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    clear screen (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    close (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    deinstall products (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    execute (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    help (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #3] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [subentry #4] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    installed products (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    load script (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    location (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    log in (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [subentry #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    no (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    remove (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    save as (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    save script (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    yes (Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for UNIX)
    [subentry #2] (Procedural Gateway for Websphere MQ Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
  BY ACCESS clause
    of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
  BY proxy clause
    of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
  BY REF phrase (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  BY SESSION clause
    of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
  BY user clause
    of AUDIT (SQL Reference)
  bypassing rows (Text Application Developer's Guide)
  bypassing validation (Application Developer's Guide - Rules Manager and Expression Filter)
  BYTE character semantics (Advanced Replication)
  [entry #2] (SQL Reference)
  [entry #3] (SQL Reference)
  BYTE data type (Transparent Gateway for Informix Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #2] (Transparent Gateway for Informix Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  [entry #3] (Transparent Gateway for Ingres II Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #4] (Transparent Gateway for Ingres II Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  [entry #5] (Transparent Gateway for Teradata Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #6] (Transparent Gateway for Teradata Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  [entry #7] (Transparent Gateway for Teradata Administrator's Guide for Windows)
  BYTE length semantics (SQL Reference)
  byte manipulation functions (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #4] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #5] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #6] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #7] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #8] (OLAP DML Reference)
  [entry #9] (OLAP DML Reference)
  byte message property (JMS)
    getting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    setting (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  byte order (Utilities)
    big-endian (Utilities)
    little-endian (Utilities)
    specifying in SQL*Loader control file (Utilities)
  byte order marks (Utilities)
    precedence
      for first primary datafile (Utilities)
      for LOBFILEs and SDFs (Utilities)
    suppressing checks for (Utilities)
  Byte Ordering (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide)
  BYTE qualifier for column lengths (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
  byte semantics (Concepts)
  [entry #2] (Globalization Support Guide)
  [entry #3] (Globalization Support Guide)
  BYTE VARYING data type (Transparent Gateway for Ingres II Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #2] (Transparent Gateway for Ingres II Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  bytecode
    defined (Java Developer's Guide)
    definition (Java Developer's Guide)
    verification (Java Developer's Guide)
    verifier (Java Developer's Guide)
  BYTEINT data type (Transparent Gateway for Teradata Administrator's Guide for HP-UX)
  [entry #2] (Transparent Gateway for Teradata Administrator's Guide for Solaris Operating System (SPARC))
  [entry #3] (Transparent Gateway for Teradata Administrator's Guide for Windows)
  BYTEINT datatype (Utilities)
  BYTEORDER parameter
    SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
  BYTEORDERMARK parameter
    SQL*Loader utility (Utilities)
  bytes (OLAP DML Reference)
    finding location in text expression (OLAP DML Reference)
    functions for (OLAP DML Reference)
    [subentry #2] (OLAP DML Reference)
    [subentry #3] (OLAP DML Reference)
  Bytes class (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
    methods (Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide)
  BYTES column
    PLAN_TABLE table (Performance Tuning Guide)
  BYTES in DBA_DATA_FILES (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)
  BytesMessage
    about (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    creating (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
    example (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
  by-reference parameter passing (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  by-value parameter passing (PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference)
  B-tree indexes (Concepts)
  [entry #2] (Data Warehousing Guide)
  [entry #3] (Label Security Administrator's Guide)
  [entry #4] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    bitmap indexes versus (Data Warehousing Guide)
    compared with bitmap indexes (Concepts)
    [subentry #2] (Concepts)
    index-organized tables (Concepts)
  B-tree indexing algorithm (Data Cartridge Developer's Guide)

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