Oracle Server Manager Release 2.3.2 Addendum

Conventions Used in This Addendum

The following sections explain the conventions used in this addendum.

Syntax Diagrams

The syntax diagrams in this addendum show the complete syntax for the Server Manager commands. Syntax diagrams are composed of these items:

Keywords Keywords are words that have special meanings. In the syntax diagrams in this addendum, keywords appear in uppercase. When you specify them, they can be in uppercase or lowercase, but they must be used exactly as they appear in the syntax diagram.

Parameters Parameters act as place holders in syntax diagrams. They appear in lowercase. Parameters are usually names of schema objects, Oracle datatypes, or expressions. When you see a parameter in a syntax diagram, you should substitute an object or expression of the appropriate type. Note that parameter names appear in italics in the text of this addendum.

Graphic Components Syntax diagrams use lines and arrows to show syntactic structure. The following list shows combinations of lines and arrows and their meanings within railroad diagrams:

Examples

This addendum also contains examples. This is an example of a SELECT statement:

SELECT * FROM emp

Note that the text of examples appears in a different font than the text of the addendum.

Examples in this addendum follow these case conventions:

Keywords, such as CREATE and NUMBER, appear in uppercase.

Names of database objects and their parts, such as emp and empno, appear in lowercase.

However, in the text of this addendum, names of database objects and their parts appear in uppercase.

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Additional Information: Operating System-Specific Documentation Where necessary, this addendum refers you to your operating system-specific Oracle documentation for additional information.

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