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Moving right along, let's find out what platform we're running:
EXECUTE DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(DBMS_UTILITY.port_string);
I get:
IBMPC/WIN_NT-7.3.3
What do you get?
I've touched upon the most readily usable packaged subprograms provided by Oracle. By using these routines, you can accomplish quite a bit more programmatically than you may have been used to. I encourage you to try them on your own, and to also examine some of the others (like DBMS_ALERT) not delved into in this section. Your ability to tune the database and applications should improve with their use.