Oracle® DatabaseReference

11g Release 2 (11.2)

E17110-04

August 2010

Oracle Database Reference, 11g Release 2 (11.2)

E17110-04

Copyright © 2002, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Primary Author: Tony Morales

Contributors: Nipun Agarwal, Rick Anderson, Mark Bauer, Neerja Bhatt, Tudor Bosman, George Candea, Wilson Chan, Sumanta Chatterjee, Eugene Chong, Connie Dialeris Green, Harvey Eneman, Bruce Ernst, Ira Greenberg, Steve Harris, Thuvan Hoang, Lilian Hobbs, Namit Jain, Hakkan Jakobsson, Bob Jenkins, Mark Johnson, Jonathan Klein, Sushil Kumar, Tirthankar Lahiri, Bill Lee, Yunrui Li, Juan Loaiza, Rich Long, Diana Lorentz, Catherine Luu, Neil MacNaughton, Ari Mozes, Gopal Mulagund, Subramanian Muralidhar, Ravi Murthy, Karuna Muthiah, Arvind Nithrakashyap, Ronald Obermarck, Kant Patel, Christopher Racicot, Mark Ramacher, Shankar Raman, Suvendu Ray, Ann Rhee, Kathy Rich, Vivian Schupmann, Debbie Steiner, Seema Sundara, Juan Tellez, Alex Tsukerman, Kothanda Umamageswaran, Randy Urbano, Steve Vivian, Eric Voss, Tak Wang, Steve Wertheimer, Andy Witkowski, Daniel Wong, Graham Wood, Brian Wright, Aravind Yalamanchi, Qin Yu, Mohamed Ziauddin

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Contents

Preface ................................................................................................................................................................ liii

Audience...................................................................................................................................................... liiiDocumentation Accessibility .................................................................................................................... liiiRelated Documents .................................................................................................................................... livConventions ................................................................................................................................................. lv

What's New in Oracle Database Reference?.............................................................................. lvii

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2) New Features ...................................................................... lviiOracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1) New Features ..................................................................... lviiiOracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1) New Features .............................................................................. lx

Part I Initialization Parameters

1 Initialization Parameters

Uses of Initialization Parameters .......................................................................................................... 1-1Types of Initialization Parameters ................................................................................................... 1-2

Derived Parameters .................................................................................................................... 1-2Operating System-Dependent Parameters.............................................................................. 1-2Variable Parameters.................................................................................................................... 1-2

Basic Initialization Parameters .............................................................................................................. 1-3Parameter Files.......................................................................................................................................... 1-3

Server Parameter Files ....................................................................................................................... 1-3Initialization Parameter Files............................................................................................................ 1-4

Specifying Values in an Initialization Parameter File............................................................ 1-4Changing Parameter Values in a Parameter File ................................................................................ 1-6

Parameters by Functional Category ................................................................................................ 1-6Modifiable Parameters ................................................................................................................... 1-12Displaying Current Parameter Values......................................................................................... 1-17Parameters You Should Not Specify in the Parameter File ...................................................... 1-17When Parameters Are Set Incorrectly .......................................................................................... 1-18

Reading the Parameter Descriptions ................................................................................................. 1-18Initialization Parameter Descriptions ............................................................................................... 1-19ACTIVE_INSTANCE_COUNT .......................................................................................................... 1-19AQ_TM_PROCESSES .......................................................................................................................... 1-20ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET .................................................................................................................. 1-20

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ASM_DISKGROUPS ........................................................................................................................... 1-21ASM_DISKSTRING............................................................................................................................. 1-22ASM_POWER_LIMIT .......................................................................................................................... 1-22ASM_PREFERRED_READ_FAILURE_GROUPS .......................................................................... 1-23AUDIT_FILE_DEST.............................................................................................................................. 1-23AUDIT_SYS_OPERATIONS .............................................................................................................. 1-24AUDIT_SYSLOG_LEVEL.................................................................................................................... 1-24AUDIT_TRAIL ...................................................................................................................................... 1-25BACKGROUND_CORE_DUMP ....................................................................................................... 1-26BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST ........................................................................................................ 1-26BACKUP_TAPE_IO_SLAVES ............................................................................................................. 1-27BITMAP_MERGE_AREA_SIZE......................................................................................................... 1-28BLANK_TRIMMING ........................................................................................................................... 1-28CIRCUITS ............................................................................................................................................... 1-29CLIENT_RESULT_CACHE_LAG ...................................................................................................... 1-29CLIENT_RESULT_CACHE_SIZE ...................................................................................................... 1-29CLUSTER_DATABASE ........................................................................................................................ 1-30CLUSTER_DATABASE_INSTANCES .............................................................................................. 1-30CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS .......................................................................................................... 1-31COMMIT_LOGGING.......................................................................................................................... 1-32COMMIT_POINT_STRENGTH ........................................................................................................ 1-32COMMIT_WAIT ................................................................................................................................... 1-33COMMIT_WRITE ................................................................................................................................. 1-33COMPATIBLE ........................................................................................................................................ 1-34CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME ...................................................................................... 1-35CONTROL_FILES ................................................................................................................................. 1-35CONTROL_MANAGEMENT_PACK_ACCESS............................................................................. 1-36CORE_DUMP_DEST............................................................................................................................ 1-37CPU_COUNT ......................................................................................................................................... 1-37CREATE_BITMAP_AREA_SIZE........................................................................................................ 1-38CREATE_STORED_OUTLINES ........................................................................................................ 1-38CURSOR_BIND_CAPTURE_DESTINATION................................................................................ 1-39CURSOR_SHARING ........................................................................................................................... 1-40CURSOR_SPACE_FOR_TIME ........................................................................................................... 1-40DB_nK_CACHE_SIZE.......................................................................................................................... 1-41DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS ........................................................................................................................ 1-42DB_BLOCK_CHECKING.................................................................................................................... 1-43DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM .................................................................................................................. 1-43DB_BLOCK_SIZE ................................................................................................................................. 1-44DB_CACHE_ADVICE.......................................................................................................................... 1-45DB_CACHE_SIZE ................................................................................................................................. 1-46DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST ................................................................................................................... 1-46DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n ............................................................................................ 1-47DB_DOMAIN ........................................................................................................................................ 1-47DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT ..................................................................................... 1-48DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT ............................................................................................................. 1-49DB_FILES................................................................................................................................................ 1-50

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DB_FLASH_CACHE_FILE .................................................................................................................. 1-50DB_FLASH_CACHE_SIZE.................................................................................................................. 1-51DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET .................................................................................... 1-51DB_KEEP_CACHE_SIZE..................................................................................................................... 1-52DB_LOST_WRITE_PROTECT ........................................................................................................... 1-52DB_NAME .............................................................................................................................................. 1-53DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST ............................................................................................................. 1-53DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE.................................................................................................. 1-54DB_RECYCLE_CACHE_SIZE ............................................................................................................ 1-54DB_SECUREFILE .................................................................................................................................. 1-55DB_ULTRA_SAFE................................................................................................................................. 1-56DB_UNIQUE_NAME ........................................................................................................................... 1-56DB_UNRECOVERABLE_SCN_TRACKING .................................................................................. 1-57DB_WRITER_PROCESSES................................................................................................................. 1-57DBWR_IO_SLAVES.............................................................................................................................. 1-58DDL_LOCK_TIMEOUT ...................................................................................................................... 1-58DEFERRED_SEGMENT_CREATION .............................................................................................. 1-59DG_BROKER_CONFIG_FILEn ......................................................................................................... 1-59DG_BROKER_START.......................................................................................................................... 1-60DIAGNOSTIC_DEST .......................................................................................................................... 1-60DISK_ASYNCH_IO.............................................................................................................................. 1-61DISPATCHERS ...................................................................................................................................... 1-61DISTRIBUTED_LOCK_TIMEOUT................................................................................................... 1-64DML_LOCKS ......................................................................................................................................... 1-65DST_UPGRADE_INSERT_CONV .................................................................................................... 1-65ENABLE_DDL_LOGGING................................................................................................................. 1-66EVENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 1-67FAL_CLIENT .......................................................................................................................................... 1-67FAL_SERVER ......................................................................................................................................... 1-68FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET ........................................................................................................ 1-68FAST_START_PARALLEL_ROLLBACK.......................................................................................... 1-68FILE_MAPPING .................................................................................................................................... 1-69FILEIO_NETWORK_ADAPTERS ..................................................................................................... 1-69FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS................................................................................................................ 1-70FIXED_DATE ......................................................................................................................................... 1-70GCS_SERVER_PROCESSES............................................................................................................... 1-70GLOBAL_CONTEXT_POOL_SIZE ................................................................................................... 1-71GLOBAL_NAMES ................................................................................................................................ 1-71GLOBAL_TXN_PROCESSES ............................................................................................................. 1-72HASH_AREA_SIZE .............................................................................................................................. 1-72HI_SHARED_MEMORY_ADDRESS ............................................................................................... 1-73HS_AUTOREGISTER .......................................................................................................................... 1-73IFILE......................................................................................................................................................... 1-74INSTANCE_GROUPS .......................................................................................................................... 1-74INSTANCE_NAME............................................................................................................................... 1-75INSTANCE_NUMBER ......................................................................................................................... 1-75INSTANCE_TYPE ................................................................................................................................. 1-76

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JAVA_JIT_ENABLED ........................................................................................................................... 1-76JAVA_MAX_SESSIONSPACE_SIZE ................................................................................................. 1-77JAVA_POOL_SIZE ................................................................................................................................ 1-77JAVA_SOFT_SESSIONSPACE_LIMIT ............................................................................................. 1-78JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES ................................................................................................................. 1-78LARGE_POOL_SIZE ............................................................................................................................ 1-79LDAP_DIRECTORY_ACCESS ........................................................................................................... 1-80LDAP_DIRECTORY_SYSAUTH ....................................................................................................... 1-81LICENSE_MAX_SESSIONS ............................................................................................................... 1-81LICENSE_MAX_USERS ...................................................................................................................... 1-82LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING.................................................................................................... 1-82LISTENER_NETWORKS .................................................................................................................... 1-83LOCAL_LISTENER .............................................................................................................................. 1-83LOCK_NAME_SPACE ......................................................................................................................... 1-84LOCK_SGA ............................................................................................................................................ 1-84LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG.................................................................................................................. 1-85LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST........................................................................................................................ 1-86LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n ................................................................................................................... 1-87LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_STATE_n..................................................................................................... 1-90LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST ..................................................................................................... 1-91LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT................................................................................................................. 1-92LOG_ARCHIVE_LOCAL_FIRST ...................................................................................................... 1-93LOG_ARCHIVE_MAX_PROCESSES ............................................................................................... 1-94LOG_ARCHIVE_MIN_SUCCEED_DEST ....................................................................................... 1-94LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE .................................................................................................................... 1-95LOG_BUFFER ........................................................................................................................................ 1-96LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL ..................................................................................................... 1-97LOG_CHECKPOINT_TIMEOUT ...................................................................................................... 1-98LOG_CHECKPOINTS_TO_ALERT .................................................................................................. 1-99LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT.......................................................................................................... 1-99MAX_DISPATCHERS ........................................................................................................................ 1-100MAX_DUMP_FILE_SIZE .................................................................................................................. 1-100MAX_ENABLED_ROLES.................................................................................................................. 1-101MAX_SHARED_SERVERS ............................................................................................................... 1-101MEMORY_MAX_TARGET ............................................................................................................... 1-102MEMORY_TARGET ........................................................................................................................... 1-102NLS_CALENDAR ............................................................................................................................... 1-103NLS_COMP .......................................................................................................................................... 1-104NLS_CURRENCY................................................................................................................................ 1-105NLS_DATE_FORMAT........................................................................................................................ 1-105NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE ................................................................................................................. 1-106NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY.................................................................................................................. 1-106NLS_ISO_CURRENCY ...................................................................................................................... 1-106NLS_LANGUAGE .............................................................................................................................. 1-107NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS .......................................................................................................... 1-107NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP ............................................................................................................ 1-108NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS.................................................................................................... 1-108

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NLS_SORT............................................................................................................................................ 1-109NLS_TERRITORY ............................................................................................................................... 1-109NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT .......................................................................................................... 1-110NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT .................................................................................................. 1-111O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY ............................................................................................. 1-111OBJECT_CACHE_MAX_SIZE_PERCENT..................................................................................... 1-112OBJECT_CACHE_OPTIMAL_SIZE ................................................................................................ 1-112OLAP_PAGE_POOL_SIZE ................................................................................................................ 1-113OPEN_CURSORS ............................................................................................................................... 1-113OPEN_LINKS ...................................................................................................................................... 1-113OPEN_LINKS_PER_INSTANCE ..................................................................................................... 1-114OPTIMIZER_CAPTURE_SQL_PLAN_BASELINES.................................................................... 1-115OPTIMIZER_DYNAMIC_SAMPLING .......................................................................................... 1-115OPTIMIZER_FEATURES_ENABLE ................................................................................................ 1-115OPTIMIZER_INDEX_CACHING.................................................................................................... 1-117OPTIMIZER_INDEX_COST_ADJ ................................................................................................... 1-117OPTIMIZER_MODE .......................................................................................................................... 1-118OPTIMIZER_SECURE_VIEW_MERGING ................................................................................... 1-119OPTIMIZER_USE_INVISIBLE_INDEXES .................................................................................... 1-119OPTIMIZER_USE_PENDING_STATISTICS ................................................................................ 1-120OPTIMIZER_USE_SQL_PLAN_BASELINES ............................................................................... 1-120OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX .................................................................................................................... 1-120OS_ROLES............................................................................................................................................ 1-121PARALLEL_ADAPTIVE_MULTI_USER ........................................................................................ 1-122PARALLEL_AUTOMATIC_TUNING ............................................................................................ 1-122PARALLEL_DEGREE_LIMIT........................................................................................................... 1-123PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY........................................................................................................ 1-123PARALLEL_EXECUTION_MESSAGE_SIZE ................................................................................ 1-124PARALLEL_FORCE_LOCAL ............................................................................................................ 1-125PARALLEL_INSTANCE_GROUP ................................................................................................... 1-125PARALLEL_IO_CAP_ENABLED..................................................................................................... 1-126PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS............................................................................................................ 1-126PARALLEL_MIN_PERCENT ............................................................................................................ 1-127PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS............................................................................................................. 1-128PARALLEL_MIN_TIME_THRESHOLD ........................................................................................ 1-128PARALLEL_SERVERS_TARGET..................................................................................................... 1-129PARALLEL_THREADS_PER_CPU ................................................................................................. 1-129PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET ......................................................................................................... 1-130PLSCOPE_SETTINGS........................................................................................................................ 1-130PLSQL_CCFLAGS .............................................................................................................................. 1-131PLSQL_CODE_TYPE.......................................................................................................................... 1-132PLSQL_DEBUG ................................................................................................................................... 1-132PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL .............................................................................................................. 1-133PLSQL_V2_COMPATIBILITY.......................................................................................................... 1-134PLSQL_WARNINGS .......................................................................................................................... 1-134PRE_PAGE_SGA ................................................................................................................................. 1-135PROCESSES ......................................................................................................................................... 1-136

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QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED ........................................................................................................ 1-136QUERY_REWRITE_INTEGRITY..................................................................................................... 1-137RDBMS_SERVER_DN ....................................................................................................................... 1-138READ_ONLY_OPEN_DELAYED..................................................................................................... 1-138RECOVERY_PARALLELISM ........................................................................................................... 1-139RECYCLEBIN....................................................................................................................................... 1-139REDO_TRANSPORT_USER ............................................................................................................ 1-140REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE.............................................................................................. 1-140REMOTE_LISTENER ......................................................................................................................... 1-141REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE............................................................................................. 1-141REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT................................................................................................................. 1-142REMOTE_OS_ROLES........................................................................................................................ 1-142REPLICATION_DEPENDENCY_TRACKING ............................................................................. 1-143RESOURCE_LIMIT ............................................................................................................................ 1-143RESOURCE_MANAGER_CPU_ALLOCATION .......................................................................... 1-144RESOURCE_MANAGER_PLAN ..................................................................................................... 1-144RESULT_CACHE_MAX_RESULT ................................................................................................... 1-145RESULT_CACHE_MAX_SIZE.......................................................................................................... 1-145RESULT_CACHE_MODE ................................................................................................................. 1-146RESULT_CACHE_REMOTE_EXPIRATION ................................................................................. 1-146RESUMABLE_TIMEOUT.................................................................................................................. 1-146ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS ................................................................................................................. 1-147SEC_CASE_SENSITIVE_LOGON .................................................................................................. 1-148SEC_MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS..................................................................................... 1-148SEC_PROTOCOL_ERROR_FURTHER_ACTION ....................................................................... 1-149SEC_PROTOCOL_ERROR_TRACE_ACTION ............................................................................ 1-149SEC_RETURN_SERVER_RELEASE_BANNER ............................................................................ 1-150SERIAL_REUSE................................................................................................................................... 1-150SERVICE_NAMES .............................................................................................................................. 1-151SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS ..................................................................................................... 1-152SESSION_MAX_OPEN_FILES ........................................................................................................ 1-152SESSIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 1-153SGA_MAX_SIZE ................................................................................................................................. 1-153SGA_TARGET ..................................................................................................................................... 1-154SHADOW_CORE_DUMP ................................................................................................................. 1-155SHARED_MEMORY_ADDRESS .................................................................................................... 1-155SHARED_POOL_RESERVED_SIZE ............................................................................................... 1-156SHARED_POOL_SIZE....................................................................................................................... 1-156SHARED_SERVER_SESSIONS ....................................................................................................... 1-157SHARED_SERVERS ........................................................................................................................... 1-158SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES .......................................................................................................... 1-158SMTP_OUT_SERVER ........................................................................................................................ 1-159SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE...................................................................................................... 1-159SORT_AREA_SIZE ............................................................................................................................. 1-160SPFILE ................................................................................................................................................... 1-161SQL_TRACE......................................................................................................................................... 1-162SQL92_SECURITY .............................................................................................................................. 1-162

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SQLTUNE_CATEGORY..................................................................................................................... 1-163STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST........................................................................................................... 1-163STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT................................................................................................. 1-164STAR_TRANSFORMATION_ENABLED ...................................................................................... 1-164STATISTICS_LEVEL .......................................................................................................................... 1-165STREAMS_POOL_SIZE .................................................................................................................... 1-166TAPE_ASYNCH_IO ............................................................................................................................ 1-167THREAD ............................................................................................................................................... 1-167TIMED_OS_STATISTICS ................................................................................................................. 1-168TIMED_STATISTICS ......................................................................................................................... 1-168TRACE_ENABLED ............................................................................................................................. 1-169TRACEFILE_IDENTIFIER ................................................................................................................ 1-169TRANSACTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 1-170TRANSACTIONS_PER_ROLLBACK_SEGMENT...................................................................... 1-171UNDO_MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................. 1-171UNDO_RETENTION ......................................................................................................................... 1-172UNDO_TABLESPACE........................................................................................................................ 1-172USE_INDIRECT_DATA_BUFFERS................................................................................................. 1-173USER_DUMP_DEST .......................................................................................................................... 1-173UTL_FILE_DIR .................................................................................................................................... 1-174WORKAREA_SIZE_POLICY............................................................................................................ 1-174XML_DB_EVENTS ............................................................................................................................. 1-175

Part II Static Data Dictionary Views

2 Static Data Dictionary Views: ALL_ALL_TABLES to ALL_OUTLINES

About Static Data Dictionary Views..................................................................................................... 2-1Oracle Replication Views .................................................................................................................. 2-1Oracle Workspace Manager Views ................................................................................................. 2-3Recovery Catalog Views ................................................................................................................... 2-4

Static Data Dictionary View Descriptions........................................................................................... 2-5ALL_ALL_TABLES .................................................................................................................................. 2-5ALL_APPLY ............................................................................................................................................... 2-8ALL_APPLY_CHANGE_HANDLERS ................................................................................................. 2-9ALL_APPLY_CONFLICT_COLUMNS ............................................................................................. 2-10ALL_APPLY_DML_HANDLERS ....................................................................................................... 2-10ALL_APPLY_ENQUEUE ...................................................................................................................... 2-11ALL_APPLY_ERROR............................................................................................................................ 2-12ALL_APPLY_ERROR_MESSAGES ................................................................................................... 2-12ALL_APPLY_EXECUTE ....................................................................................................................... 2-13ALL_APPLY_KEY_COLUMNS .......................................................................................................... 2-13ALL_APPLY_PARAMETERS .............................................................................................................. 2-14ALL_APPLY_PROGRESS .................................................................................................................... 2-14ALL_APPLY_TABLE_COLUMNS...................................................................................................... 2-15ALL_ARGUMENTS.............................................................................................................................. 2-16ALL_ASSEMBLIES ............................................................................................................................... 2-17

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ALL_ASSOCIATIONS ......................................................................................................................... 2-18ALL_AUDIT_POLICIES ...................................................................................................................... 2-18ALL_AUDIT_POLICY_COLUMNS .................................................................................................. 2-20ALL_AW_PS ........................................................................................................................................... 2-20ALL_AWS................................................................................................................................................ 2-20ALL_BASE_TABLE_MVIEWS............................................................................................................ 2-21ALL_CAPTURE...................................................................................................................................... 2-22ALL_CAPTURE_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTES .......................................................................................... 2-23ALL_CAPTURE_PARAMETERS ....................................................................................................... 2-24ALL_CAPTURE_PREPARED_DATABASE...................................................................................... 2-24ALL_CAPTURE_PREPARED_SCHEMAS ....................................................................................... 2-25ALL_CAPTURE_PREPARED_TABLES ............................................................................................ 2-26ALL_CATALOG..................................................................................................................................... 2-27ALL_CHANGE_PROPAGATION_SETS.......................................................................................... 2-27ALL_CHANGE_PROPAGATIONS ................................................................................................... 2-27ALL_CHANGE_SETS .......................................................................................................................... 2-28ALL_CHANGE_SOURCES ................................................................................................................. 2-28ALL_CHANGE_TABLES ..................................................................................................................... 2-29ALL_CLUSTER_HASH_EXPRESSIONS ......................................................................................... 2-29ALL_CLUSTERS.................................................................................................................................... 2-30ALL_COL_COMMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 2-31ALL_COL_PENDING_STATS ............................................................................................................ 2-31ALL_COL_PRIVS.................................................................................................................................. 2-32ALL_COL_PRIVS_MADE ................................................................................................................... 2-33ALL_COL_PRIVS_RECD .................................................................................................................... 2-33ALL_COLL_TYPES ............................................................................................................................... 2-34ALL_CONS_COLUMNS ..................................................................................................................... 2-34ALL_CONS_OBJ_COLUMNS............................................................................................................ 2-35ALL_CONSTRAINTS .......................................................................................................................... 2-35ALL_CONTEXT ..................................................................................................................................... 2-37ALL_CUBE_ATTR_VISIBILITY......................................................................................................... 2-38ALL_CUBE_ATTRIBUTES .................................................................................................................. 2-38ALL_CUBE_BUILD_PROCESSES ..................................................................................................... 2-39ALL_CUBE_CALCULATED_MEMBERS ......................................................................................... 2-39ALL_CUBE_DIM_LEVELS.................................................................................................................. 2-40ALL_CUBE_DIM_MODELS ............................................................................................................... 2-40ALL_CUBE_DIM_VIEW_COLUMNS .............................................................................................. 2-41ALL_CUBE_DIM_VIEWS ................................................................................................................... 2-41ALL_CUBE_DIMENSIONALITY ...................................................................................................... 2-42ALL_CUBE_DIMENSIONS ................................................................................................................ 2-42ALL_CUBE_HIER_LEVELS ................................................................................................................ 2-43ALL_CUBE_HIER_VIEW_COLUMNS ............................................................................................. 2-43ALL_CUBE_HIER_VIEWS .................................................................................................................. 2-44ALL_CUBE_HIERARCHIES ............................................................................................................... 2-45ALL_CUBE_MEASURES ..................................................................................................................... 2-46ALL_CUBE_VIEW_COLUMNS ......................................................................................................... 2-46ALL_CUBE_VIEWS .............................................................................................................................. 2-47

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ALL_CUBES ........................................................................................................................................... 2-47ALL_DB_LINKS .................................................................................................................................... 2-48ALL_DEF_AUDIT_OPTS .................................................................................................................... 2-48ALL_DEPENDENCIES ........................................................................................................................ 2-49ALL_DEQUEUE_QUEUES.................................................................................................................. 2-50ALL_DIM_ATTRIBUTES .................................................................................................................... 2-50ALL_DIM_CHILD_OF ......................................................................................................................... 2-51ALL_DIM_HIERARCHIES ................................................................................................................. 2-51ALL_DIM_JOIN_KEY .......................................................................................................................... 2-52ALL_DIM_LEVEL_KEY ....................................................................................................................... 2-52ALL_DIM_LEVELS............................................................................................................................... 2-52ALL_DIMENSIONS ............................................................................................................................. 2-53ALL_DIRECTORIES ............................................................................................................................ 2-53ALL_EDITION_COMMENTS............................................................................................................ 2-53ALL_EDITIONING_VIEW_COLS .................................................................................................... 2-54ALL_EDITIONING_VIEW_COLS_AE............................................................................................. 2-54ALL_EDITIONING_VIEWS ............................................................................................................... 2-55ALL_EDITIONING_VIEWS_AE ....................................................................................................... 2-55ALL_EDITIONS .................................................................................................................................... 2-56ALL_ENCRYPTED_COLUMNS......................................................................................................... 2-56ALL_ERRORS ........................................................................................................................................ 2-57ALL_ERRORS_AE ................................................................................................................................ 2-58ALL_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_TABLES ...................................................................................... 2-58ALL_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_VARS .......................................................................................... 2-59ALL_EVALUATION_CONTEXTS ..................................................................................................... 2-59ALL_EXTERNAL_LOCATIONS ........................................................................................................ 2-60ALL_EXTERNAL_TABLES ................................................................................................................. 2-60ALL_FILE_GROUP_EXPORT_INFO ................................................................................................ 2-61ALL_FILE_GROUP_FILES .................................................................................................................. 2-62ALL_FILE_GROUP_TABLES.............................................................................................................. 2-62ALL_FILE_GROUP_TABLESPACES................................................................................................. 2-63ALL_FILE_GROUP_VERSIONS........................................................................................................ 2-63ALL_FILE_GROUPS............................................................................................................................. 2-64ALL_HISTOGRAMS............................................................................................................................ 2-64ALL_IDENTIFIERS .............................................................................................................................. 2-64ALL_IND_COLUMNS ......................................................................................................................... 2-65ALL_IND_EXPRESSIONS .................................................................................................................. 2-66ALL_IND_PARTITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 2-66ALL_IND_PENDING_STATS ............................................................................................................ 2-69ALL_IND_STATISTICS ....................................................................................................................... 2-69ALL_IND_SUBPARTITIONS ............................................................................................................. 2-70ALL_INDEXES....................................................................................................................................... 2-72ALL_INDEXTYPE_ARRAYTYPES .................................................................................................... 2-76ALL_INDEXTYPE_COMMENTS ...................................................................................................... 2-76ALL_INDEXTYPE_OPERATORS ...................................................................................................... 2-77ALL_INDEXTYPES ............................................................................................................................... 2-77ALL_INTERNAL_TRIGGERS............................................................................................................ 2-78

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ALL_JAVA_ARGUMENTS.................................................................................................................. 2-78ALL_JAVA_CLASSES ........................................................................................................................... 2-79ALL_JAVA_COMPILER_OPTIONS .................................................................................................. 2-80ALL_JAVA_DERIVATIONS ................................................................................................................ 2-80ALL_JAVA_FIELDS............................................................................................................................... 2-81ALL_JAVA_IMPLEMENTS ................................................................................................................. 2-82ALL_JAVA_INNERS ............................................................................................................................. 2-82ALL_JAVA_LAYOUTS.......................................................................................................................... 2-83ALL_JAVA_METHODS ....................................................................................................................... 2-84ALL_JAVA_NCOMPS........................................................................................................................... 2-85ALL_JAVA_RESOLVERS ..................................................................................................................... 2-85ALL_JAVA_THROWS .......................................................................................................................... 2-86ALL_JOBS ............................................................................................................................................... 2-86ALL_JOIN_IND_COLUMNS ............................................................................................................. 2-87ALL_LIBRARIES ................................................................................................................................... 2-87ALL_LOB_PARTITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 2-88ALL_LOB_SUBPARTITIONS............................................................................................................. 2-90ALL_LOB_TEMPLATES ...................................................................................................................... 2-92ALL_LOBS .............................................................................................................................................. 2-93ALL_LOG_GROUP_COLUMNS ....................................................................................................... 2-95ALL_LOG_GROUPS ............................................................................................................................ 2-95ALL_MEASURE_FOLDER_CONTENTS......................................................................................... 2-96ALL_MEASURE_FOLDERS ............................................................................................................... 2-96ALL_METHOD_PARAMS .................................................................................................................. 2-97ALL_METHOD_RESULTS.................................................................................................................. 2-98ALL_MINING_MODEL_ATTRIBUTES .......................................................................................... 2-98ALL_MINING_MODEL_SETTINGS ............................................................................................... 2-99ALL_MINING_MODELS.................................................................................................................. 2-100ALL_MVIEW_AGGREGATES ......................................................................................................... 2-101ALL_MVIEW_ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 2-102ALL_MVIEW_COMMENTS............................................................................................................. 2-103ALL_MVIEW_DETAIL_PARTITION.............................................................................................. 2-103ALL_MVIEW_DETAIL_RELATIONS............................................................................................. 2-104ALL_MVIEW_DETAIL_SUBPARTITION ..................................................................................... 2-105ALL_MVIEW_JOINS.......................................................................................................................... 2-105ALL_MVIEW_KEYS ........................................................................................................................... 2-106ALL_MVIEW_LOGS .......................................................................................................................... 2-107ALL_MVIEW_REFRESH_TIMES .................................................................................................... 2-107ALL_MVIEWS ..................................................................................................................................... 2-108ALL_NESTED_TABLE_COLS .......................................................................................................... 2-111ALL_NESTED_TABLES..................................................................................................................... 2-113ALL_OBJ_COLATTRS ....................................................................................................................... 2-113ALL_OBJECT_TABLES ...................................................................................................................... 2-114ALL_OBJECTS ..................................................................................................................................... 2-117ALL_OBJECTS_AE ............................................................................................................................. 2-117ALL_OPANCILLARY ......................................................................................................................... 2-118ALL_OPARGUMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 2-119

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ALL_OPBINDINGS............................................................................................................................ 2-119ALL_OPERATOR_COMMENTS ..................................................................................................... 2-120ALL_OPERATORS.............................................................................................................................. 2-120ALL_OUTLINE_HINTS..................................................................................................................... 2-121ALL_OUTLINES.................................................................................................................................. 2-121

3 Static Data Dictionary Views: ALL_PART_COL_STATISTICS to DATABASE_PROPERTIES

ALL_PART_COL_STATISTICS ............................................................................................................. 3-1ALL_PART_HISTOGRAMS .................................................................................................................. 3-2ALL_PART_INDEXES ............................................................................................................................. 3-3ALL_PART_KEY_COLUMNS................................................................................................................ 3-5ALL_PART_LOBS .................................................................................................................................... 3-5ALL_PART_TABLES ................................................................................................................................ 3-8ALL_PARTIAL_DROP_TABS............................................................................................................. 3-11ALL_PENDING_CONV_TABLES ..................................................................................................... 3-11ALL_PLSQL_OBJECT_SETTINGS ................................................................................................... 3-11ALL_POLICIES...................................................................................................................................... 3-12ALL_POLICY_CONTEXTS ................................................................................................................. 3-13ALL_POLICY_GROUPS ...................................................................................................................... 3-14ALL_PROCEDURES............................................................................................................................. 3-14ALL_PROPAGATION .......................................................................................................................... 3-15ALL_PUBLISHED_COLUMNS.......................................................................................................... 3-16ALL_QUEUE_SCHEDULES................................................................................................................ 3-16ALL_QUEUE_SUBSCRIBERS ............................................................................................................ 3-18ALL_QUEUE_TABLES ......................................................................................................................... 3-18ALL_QUEUES ........................................................................................................................................ 3-19ALL_REFRESH ...................................................................................................................................... 3-20ALL_REFRESH_CHILDREN .............................................................................................................. 3-21ALL_REFRESH_DEPENDENCIES.................................................................................................... 3-21ALL_REFS ............................................................................................................................................... 3-22ALL_REGISTERED_MVIEWS ........................................................................................................... 3-22ALL_REGISTRY_BANNERS .............................................................................................................. 3-23ALL_REWRITE_EQUIVALENCES .................................................................................................... 3-23ALL_RULE_SET_RULES ..................................................................................................................... 3-24ALL_RULE_SETS .................................................................................................................................. 3-24ALL_RULES............................................................................................................................................ 3-25ALL_SCHEDULER_CHAIN_RULES ................................................................................................ 3-25ALL_SCHEDULER_CHAIN_STEPS ................................................................................................. 3-26ALL_SCHEDULER_CHAINS ............................................................................................................. 3-27ALL_SCHEDULER_CREDENTIALS ................................................................................................ 3-28ALL_SCHEDULER_DB_DESTS ........................................................................................................ 3-28ALL_SCHEDULER_DESTS ................................................................................................................ 3-29ALL_SCHEDULER_EXTERNAL_DESTS ........................................................................................ 3-29ALL_SCHEDULER_FILE_WATCHERS ............................................................................................ 3-30ALL_SCHEDULER_GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE ................................................................................... 3-31ALL_SCHEDULER_GROUP_MEMBERS........................................................................................ 3-31

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ALL_SCHEDULER_GROUPS ............................................................................................................ 3-31ALL_SCHEDULER_JOB_ARGS ........................................................................................................ 3-32ALL_SCHEDULER_JOB_CLASSES .................................................................................................. 3-33ALL_SCHEDULER_JOB_DESTS....................................................................................................... 3-33ALL_SCHEDULER_JOB_LOG ........................................................................................................... 3-34ALL_SCHEDULER_JOB_RUN_DETAILS ....................................................................................... 3-35ALL_SCHEDULER_JOBS.................................................................................................................... 3-36ALL_SCHEDULER_NOTIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 3-39ALL_SCHEDULER_PROGRAM_ARGS.......................................................................................... 3-40ALL_SCHEDULER_PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................... 3-41ALL_SCHEDULER_REMOTE_DATABASES ................................................................................. 3-42ALL_SCHEDULER_REMOTE_JOBSTATE...................................................................................... 3-42ALL_SCHEDULER_RUNNING_CHAINS ...................................................................................... 3-43ALL_SCHEDULER_RUNNING_JOBS............................................................................................. 3-44ALL_SCHEDULER_SCHEDULES..................................................................................................... 3-45ALL_SCHEDULER_WINDOW_DETAILS ...................................................................................... 3-46ALL_SCHEDULER_WINDOW_GROUPS ...................................................................................... 3-47ALL_SCHEDULER_WINDOW_LOG ............................................................................................... 3-47ALL_SCHEDULER_WINDOWS........................................................................................................ 3-48ALL_SCHEDULER_WINGROUP_MEMBERS............................................................................... 3-48ALL_SEC_RELEVANT_COLS ............................................................................................................ 3-49ALL_SECONDARY_OBJECTS........................................................................................................... 3-49ALL_SEQUENCES ................................................................................................................................ 3-50ALL_SERVICES ..................................................................................................................................... 3-50ALL_SOURCE........................................................................................................................................ 3-51ALL_SOURCE_AE ................................................................................................................................ 3-52ALL_SOURCE_TABLES ...................................................................................................................... 3-52ALL_SQLJ_TYPE_ATTRS ................................................................................................................... 3-52ALL_SQLJ_TYPE_METHODS ........................................................................................................... 3-53ALL_SQLJ_TYPES ................................................................................................................................ 3-54ALL_SQLSET ......................................................................................................................................... 3-55ALL_SQLSET_BINDS.......................................................................................................................... 3-55ALL_SQLSET_PLANS ......................................................................................................................... 3-56ALL_SQLSET_REFERENCES............................................................................................................. 3-59ALL_SQLSET_STATEMENTS............................................................................................................ 3-60ALL_STAT_EXTENSIONS .................................................................................................................. 3-61ALL_STORED_SETTINGS ................................................................................................................. 3-62ALL_STREAMS_COLUMNS ............................................................................................................. 3-62ALL_STREAMS_GLOBAL_RULES .................................................................................................. 3-63ALL_STREAMS_MESSAGE_CONSUMERS.................................................................................. 3-64ALL_STREAMS_MESSAGE_RULES ............................................................................................... 3-64ALL_STREAMS_NEWLY_SUPPORTED ......................................................................................... 3-65ALL_STREAMS_RULES...................................................................................................................... 3-65ALL_STREAMS_SCHEMA_RULES ................................................................................................. 3-67ALL_STREAMS_STMT_HANDLERS.............................................................................................. 3-67ALL_STREAMS_STMTS..................................................................................................................... 3-68ALL_STREAMS_TABLE_RULES....................................................................................................... 3-68

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ALL_STREAMS_TRANSFORM_FUNCTION................................................................................ 3-70ALL_STREAMS_UNSUPPORTED.................................................................................................... 3-70ALL_SUBPART_COL_STATISTICS.................................................................................................. 3-71ALL_SUBPART_HISTOGRAMS ....................................................................................................... 3-72ALL_SUBPART_KEY_COLUMNS .................................................................................................... 3-73ALL_SUBPARTITION_TEMPLATES ............................................................................................... 3-73ALL_SUBSCRIBED_COLUMNS ....................................................................................................... 3-74ALL_SUBSCRIBED_TABLES ............................................................................................................. 3-74ALL_SUBSCRIPTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 3-74ALL_SUMDELTA .................................................................................................................................. 3-74ALL_SYNC_CAPTURE ........................................................................................................................ 3-74ALL_SYNC_CAPTURE_PREPARED_TABS .................................................................................... 3-75ALL_SYNC_CAPTURE_TABLES ....................................................................................................... 3-75ALL_SYNONYMS................................................................................................................................. 3-75ALL_TAB_COL_STATISTICS ............................................................................................................ 3-77ALL_TAB_COLS.................................................................................................................................... 3-77ALL_TAB_COLUMNS ......................................................................................................................... 3-79ALL_TAB_COMMENTS...................................................................................................................... 3-81ALL_TAB_HISTGRM_PENDING_STATS ...................................................................................... 3-81ALL_TAB_HISTOGRAMS.................................................................................................................. 3-82ALL_TAB_MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 3-82ALL_TAB_PARTITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 3-83ALL_TAB_PENDING_STATS ............................................................................................................ 3-85ALL_TAB_PRIVS .................................................................................................................................. 3-86ALL_TAB_PRIVS_MADE ................................................................................................................... 3-86ALL_TAB_PRIVS_RECD ..................................................................................................................... 3-87ALL_TAB_STAT_PREFS ...................................................................................................................... 3-87ALL_TAB_STATISTICS ....................................................................................................................... 3-88ALL_TAB_STATS_HISTORY.............................................................................................................. 3-89ALL_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS ............................................................................................................. 3-89ALL_TABLES ......................................................................................................................................... 3-91ALL_TRIGGER_COLS......................................................................................................................... 3-94ALL_TRIGGER_ORDERING............................................................................................................. 3-95ALL_TRIGGERS ................................................................................................................................... 3-96ALL_TSTZ_TAB_COLS ....................................................................................................................... 3-97ALL_TSTZ_TABLES ............................................................................................................................. 3-98ALL_TYPE_ATTRS ............................................................................................................................... 3-98ALL_TYPE_METHODS ....................................................................................................................... 3-99ALL_TYPE_VERSIONS ..................................................................................................................... 3-100ALL_TYPES .......................................................................................................................................... 3-100ALL_UNUSED_COL_TABS .............................................................................................................. 3-101ALL_UPDATABLE_COLUMNS....................................................................................................... 3-102ALL_USERS.......................................................................................................................................... 3-102ALL_USTATS ....................................................................................................................................... 3-103ALL_VARRAYS.................................................................................................................................... 3-103ALL_VIEWS ......................................................................................................................................... 3-104ALL_VIEWS_AE.................................................................................................................................. 3-105

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ALL_WARNING_SETTINGS ........................................................................................................... 3-105ALL_XML_INDEXES.......................................................................................................................... 3-106ALL_XML_SCHEMAS ....................................................................................................................... 3-107ALL_XML_TAB_COLS....................................................................................................................... 3-108ALL_XML_TABLES ............................................................................................................................ 3-108ALL_XML_VIEW_COLS.................................................................................................................... 3-109ALL_XML_VIEWS .............................................................................................................................. 3-110ALL_XSTREAM_INBOUND ............................................................................................................ 3-110ALL_XSTREAM_INBOUND_PROGRESS.................................................................................... 3-111ALL_XSTREAM_OUTBOUND........................................................................................................ 3-112ALL_XSTREAM_OUTBOUND_PROGRESS................................................................................ 3-113ALL_XSTREAM_RULES ................................................................................................................... 3-113AUDIT_ACTIONS.............................................................................................................................. 3-114CAT......................................................................................................................................................... 3-114CATALOG............................................................................................................................................. 3-114CHAINED_ROWS .............................................................................................................................. 3-114CHANGE_PROPAGATION_SETS.................................................................................................. 3-115CHANGE_PROPAGATIONS ........................................................................................................... 3-115CHANGE_SETS .................................................................................................................................. 3-115CHANGE_SOURCES ......................................................................................................................... 3-115CHANGE_TABLES .....................................................................................................