When you type Start FILENAME, the statement in your file will be executed automatically.

More Questions from Managing Databases with Oracle

• If there is only one statement and no ambiguity about what is wanted, Oracle will treat the semicolon and slash as the same.
• The only time that case matters is inside quotation marks of strings.
• Indexes are created to enforce uniqueness on columns and to enable fast retrieval by column values.
• Oracle does NOT support a CASCADE UPDATE constraint.
• You can use the DROP statement to remove structures from the database.
• SQL*Plus is a text editor.
• When you type into SQL*Plus and press enter, the statement will be finished and executed.
• Oracle directly supports the definition of surrogate keys.
• Sequences guarantee valid surrogate key values.
• Oracle, the world's most popular DBMS, is powerful and robust, running on many different operating systems.

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