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Tables of Contents for Oracle 8I
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1 Introduction

1 Data Models

2 Entity-Relationship Model

3 Relational Model

2 Relational Databases

4 SQL

5 Other Relational Languages

6 Integrity and Security

7 Relational-Database Design

3 Object-Based Databases and XML

8 Object-Oriented Databases

9 Object-Relational Databases

10 XML

4 Data Storage and Querying

11 Storage and File Structure

12 Indexing and Hashing

13 Query Processing

14 Query Optimization

5 Transaction Management

15 Transactions

16 Concurrency Control

17 Recovery System

6 Database System Architecture

18 Database System Architectures

19 Distributed Databases

20 Parallel Databases

7 Other Topics

21 Application Development and Administration

22 Advanced Querying and Information Retrieval

23 Advanced Data Types and New Applications

24 Advanced Transaction Processing

8 Case Studies

25 Oracle

26 IBM DB2 Universal Database

27 Microsoft SQL Server

Appendices

A Network Model (contents online)

B Hierarchical Model (contents online)

C Advanced Relational Design (contents online)