5.6 Oracle Database
Every entry filed under Oracle Database and its subtopics.
What kind of help
- Guided project 0
- Explains an idea 1
- Step by step 3
- Cheat sheet 1
- Fixes an error 2
What do these mean?
- Beginner
- You are new to this topic.
- Intermediate
- You use it, and want to get better.
- Advanced
- You know it well and need the details.
- Guided project
- Build something small from start to finish, step by step.
- Explains an idea
- Plain words on how something works and why.
- Step by step
- Numbered steps to get one task done.
- Cheat sheet
- Commands and options in a table, to look up fast.
- Fixes an error
- An error message, what it means, and how to solve it.
5 entries match these filters
- 0221 Oracle Database basics: instance vs database, CDB and PDB An Oracle instance is memory and processes; the database is the files on disk. Since 21c every database is a container database… Beginner · Explains an idea · Linux, Windows Article Concepts & tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0222 Connecting to Oracle: SQL*Plus, SQLcl, EZConnect, tnsnames.ora and the listener Clients reach an Oracle database through the listener, using an Easy Connect string or a tnsnames.ora alias. Here are the formats, the… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS, Windows Article Administration · Concepts & tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0226 Fix: ORA-12541: TNS:no listener The client reached the host but nothing was listening on that port. Start or fix the Oracle listener, or correct the host… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux, Windows Article Administration · Concepts & tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0225 Oracle Data Pump: export and import schemas with expdp and impdp Data Pump moves schemas, tables or whole databases between Oracle databases as dump files. Set up a directory object, export with expdp… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, Windows Article Administration · Backup with RMAN 15 Oct 2026
- 0227 Fix: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied Oracle rejected the login. Check the password (case-sensitive), that you connect to the right PDB service, and whether the account is locked… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Any system Article Administration · Security & access 15 Oct 2026