Oracle8i

SQL Reference

Release 8.1.5

February 1999

Part No. A67779-01

SQL Reference, Release 8.1.5

Part No. A67779-01

Primary Authors: Diana Lorentz, Denise Oertel

Contributors: Alan Downing, Alex Tsukerman, Alok Pareek, Amit Ganesh, Andre Kruglikov, Andrew Witkowski, Angela Amor, AnhTuan Tran, Ann Rhee, Aravind Yalamanchi, Ari Mozes, Arvind Nithrakashyap, Ashok Joshi, Ashwini Surpur, Bhaskar Himatsingka, Bill Courington, Bill Waddington, Brajesh Goyal, Cetin Ozbutun, Chin-Heng Hong, Chon Lei, Daniel Wong, Dinesh Das, Edward Waugh, Eric Magrath, Franco Putzolu, Guhan Viswanathan, Harry Sun, Harvey Eneman, Jack Raitto, Jags Srinivasan, Janaki Krishnaswami, Jerry Schwarz, Jianping Yang, Jim Finnerty, John Haydu, Joyo Wijaya, Juan Tellez, Karuna Muthiah, Lilian Hobbs, Lois Price, Maria Pratt, Mark Jungerman, Michael Depledge, Mohamed Zait, Muralidhar Krishnaprasad, Namit Jain, Nipun Agarwal, Paul Justus, Paul Raveling, Qin Yu, Radhakrishna Hari, Ravi Murthy, Rick Anderson, Rick Wessman, Robert Jenkins, Rosanne Park, Sanjay Kaluskar, Sankar Subramanian, Sophia Yeung, Sriram Samu, Steve Vivian, Subramanian Muralidhar, Sukhjit Singh, Susan Kotsovolos, Thong Bui, Thuvan Hoang, Vikas Arora, Vinay Srihari, Vishu Krishnamurthy, Vishy Karra, Wei Huang, Wei Wang

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