Oracle HTTP Server B12255-01 Administrator's Manual page 19

Convention Meaning
Horizontal ellipsis points indicate either:
...
I
I
Vertical ellipsis points indicate that we
.
have omitted several lines of code not
.
directly related to the example.
.
Other notation You must enter symbols other than
brackets, braces, vertical bars, and ellipsis
points as shown.
Italicized text indicates placeholders or
Italics
variables for which you must supply
particular values.
Uppercase typeface indicates elements
UPPERCASE
supplied by the system. We show these
terms in uppercase in order to distinguish
them from terms you define. Unless terms
appear in brackets, enter them in the
order and with the spelling shown.
However, because these terms are not
case sensitive, you can enter them in
lowercase.
Lowercase typeface indicates
lowercase
programmatic elements that you supply.
For example, lowercase indicates names
of tables, columns, or files.
Note: Some programmatic elements use a
mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase.
Enter these elements as shown.
That we have omitted parts of the
code that are not directly related to
the example
That you can repeat a portion of the
code
Example
CREATE TABLE ... AS subquery;
SELECT col1, col2, ... , coln FROM
employees;
SQL> SELECT NAME FROM V$DATAFILE;
NAME
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/fsl/dbs/tbs_01.dbf
/fs1/dbs/tbs_02.dbf
.
.
.
/fsl/dbs/tbs_09.dbf
9 rows selected.
acctbal NUMBER(11,2);
acct CONSTANT NUMBER(4) := 3;
CONNECT SYSTEM/system_password
DB_NAME = database_name
SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM
employees;
SELECT * FROM USER_TABLES;
DROP TABLE hr.employees;
SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM
employees;
sqlplus hr/hr
CREATE USER mjones IDENTIFIED BY ty3MU9;
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