1.4 Examining Built−in Package Source Code 2. Executing Dynamic SQL and PL/SQL Copyright (c) 2000 O'Reilly & Associates. All rights reserved. [Appendix A] What's on the Companion Disk? Part II: Application Development Packages 811 Part III 812 Part III: Server Management Packages This part of the book describes the built−in server management packages: • Chapter 11, Managing Session Information, introduces you to DBMS_SESSION and DBMS_SYSTEM; these two packages help you analyze and manage information about your current session. • Chapter 12, Managing Server Resources, presents DBMS_SPACE and DBMS_SHARED_POOL, which contain handy tools for database administrators to help them manage database−related resources on the server. • Chapter 13, Job Scheduling in the Database, shows you how to use DBMS_JOB to schedule the execution of stored procedures without the use of operating sytem−specific schedulers such as UNIX's cron. 10.4 DBMS_RANDOM: Generating Random Numbers (Oracle8 Only) 11. Managing Session Information Copyright (c) 2000 O'Reilly & Associates. All rights reserved. Part III: Server Management Packages 813 Part IV 814 Part IV: Distributed Database Packages This part of the book describes the built−in distributed database packages: • Chapter 14, Snapshots, explores the packages, DBMS_SNAPSHOT, DBMS_REFRESH, and DBMS_OFFLINE_SNAPSHOT, and some programs in DBMS_REPCAT that show how to maintain snapshots, snapshot groups, and snapshot logs. • Chapter 15, Advanced Replication, explains how to use DBMS_REPCAT, DBMS_REPUTIL, DBMS_OFFLINE_OG, DBMS_REPCAT_ADMIN, DBMS_REPCAT_AUTH, and DBMS_RECTIFIER_DIFF to create and to administer your replicated databases. • Chapter 16, Conflict Resolution, shows you how to configure Oracle to automatically detect, correct, and report many forseeable conflicts by using procedures in DBMS_REPCAT to create and maintain custom resolution methods. • Chapter 17, Deferred Transactions and Remote Procedure Calls, introduces the DBMS_DEFER package and shows you how to queue deferred remote procedure calls (RPCs) and use DBMS_DEFER_QUERY and DBMS_DEFER_SYS to perform administrative and diagnostic activities. 13.4 DBMS_JOB Examples 14. Snapshots Copyright (c) 2000 O'Reilly & Associates. All rights reserved. Part IV: Distributed Database Packages 815 . 1.4 Examining Built−in Package Source Code 2. Executing Dynamic SQL and PL/SQL Copyright (c) 2000 O'Reilly. Packages 811 Part III 812 Part III: Server Management Packages This part of the book describes the built−in server management packages: • Chapter 11, Managing Session Information, introduces you. sytem−specific schedulers such as UNIX's cron. 10.4 DBMS_RANDOM: Generating Random Numbers (Oracle8 Only) 11. Managing Session Information Copyright (c) 2000 O'Reilly & Associates.