Oracle9i includes numerous data structures to improve the speed of Oracle SQL queries. Taking advantage of the low cost of disk storage, Oracle9i includes many new indexing algorithms that ...

In the world of database architecture, the need to dynamically create complex objects conflicts with the demand for subsecond response time. Oracle's answer to this dilemma is the materialized view.

During Quest Forum Digital Event: Database & Technol­ogy Week, Kurt Engeleiter, product manager of database manageability at Oracle, presented on database optimization and how to get the best out of ...

I want to query a table with a date field and an integer field for the count of records by hour and type. I plan to store each hour's count as one row. There are a fixed number of values to the ...