ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTROOUCTION PART 1 Oracle9i New Features Exam Guide 1 Security Enhancements Privileged Connections Deprecation of CONN ECT INTERNAL Deprecation of Server Manager Stringent Default Security with the Database Creation Assistant (DBCA) Virtual Private Database (VPD) Policy Management Tool Secure Application Role Global Application Context Multiple Policies Partitioned Fine-Grained Access Control Fine-Grained Auditing (FGA) Audit Column Audit Event Handler Enhancements to Encryption Optional Security Products Oracle Label Security Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) Oracle Enterprise Login Assistant Chapter Summary Two-Minute Drill Fill-in-the-Blanks Chapter Questions Fill-in-the-Blank Answers Answers to Chapter Questions 2 Availability Enhancements General High-Availability Technology Minimal I/O Recovery Fast-Start Time-Based Recovery Limit Oracle Flashback Resumable Space Allocation Export/Import Features Data Cuard A Comprehensive Architectural Framework Data Availability Modes Database Role Transitions Archive Log Gaps Managed Recovery Process (MRP) Delayed Redo Logs Online Operations Rebuilding Indexes Online Using Index-Organized Tables (IOTs) Online Redefining Tables Online. Validating the Structure with the Online Analyze Command Using the Server Parameter File (SPFILE) Replication Enhancements Adding New Masters Without Quiescing Row-Level System Change Numbers Materialized View's Fast Refresh Capability Object Replication Job Queue Initialization Parameters LogMiner OOL Statement Support Capability to Use an Online Dictionary DDL Tracking in the Dictionary Dictionary Staleness Detection Capability to Skip Log Corruptions LogMiner Viewer Chapter Summary Two-Minute Drill Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Chapter Questions Fill-in-the-Blank Answers Answers to Chapter Questions 3 Manageability Enhancements Database Resource Manager Automatically Detecting and Preempting Long-Running Operations Automatically Limiting Resource Consumption Segment Management Automatic Global Index Management External Tables List Partitions Metadata Application Programming Interface (API) Automatic Segment Space Management Bitmap join Indexes Scalable Session Management The Oracle Shared Server External Procedure Agents Multithreaded Heterogeneous Service (HS) Agents OCI Connection Pooling The Core Oracle Kernel Library File Management Creating and Managing OMFs Automatically Deleting Non-OMF Files Using SQL Default Temporary Tablespaces Tablespace Management Automatic Undo Management (AUM) Creating and Managing UNDO Tablespaces Multiple Block Sizes Within a Database Database Workspace Management The Workspace Manager Concept Creating and Managing Workspaces The Workspace Administrator Role Export and Import Considerations for Workspaces Memory Management Automatic and Dynamic Sizing of SQL Working Areas Views and Columns for SQL Execution Memory Management Allocating and Tracking Memory for Dynamic SGA Backup and Recovery Recovery Manager (RMAN) Manageability and Reliability Enhancements Trial Recovery Miscellaneous RMAN Enhancements Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) New Console Look and Feel Standalone Mode for the Console Integrated OEM Functionality HTML Reports User Defined Events Chapter Summary Two-Minute Drill Fill - in-the- B1anks Chapter Questions Fill-in-the-Blank Answers Answers to Chapter Questions 4 Performance and Scalability Enhancements Performance Enhancements Index Monitoring Skip Scan Index Access Cursor Sharing Cached Execution Plans First Rows Optimization Gathering System Statistics Real Application Clusters (RACs) Benefits of Orac1e RACs RAC Architecture Resource Modes and Resource Roles Cache Fusion Shared Server Side Initialization Parameter File Chapter Summary Two-Minute Orill Fill - in-the-Blanks Chapter Questions Fill-in-the-Blank Answers Answers to Chapter Questions 5 Language Enhancements Enhancements SQL ISO/ANSI Standardization Constraints FOR UPDATE WAIT LOBs PL/SQL Enhancements to Globalization New Date and Time Datatypes Enhancements to Unicode Enhancements to Sorting The Character Set Scanner Byte and Character Semantics The Locale Builder Chapter Summary Two-Minute Dri1l Fill-in-the-Blanks Chapter Questions Fill-in-the-Blank Answers Answers to Chapter Questions PART II Oracle9i Certified Professional New Features Practice Exams 6 OCP Oracle9i Upgrade Exam: New Features for Administrators Practice Exam 1 Practice Exam 2 Practice Exam 3 Answers to Practice Exam 1 Answers to Practice Exam 2 Answers to Practice Exam 3 Glossary Index