Preface
Introduction

Part I. Data Model Tuning
Chapter 1. The Relat ional Database Model
Chapter 2. Tuning the Relational Data base Model
Chapter 3. Different Forms of the Relational Da tabase Model
Chapter 4. A Brief History of Data Modeling
Part II. SQL Code Tuning
Chapter 5. What is SQL?
Chapter 6. Basic Conce pts of Efficient SQL
Chapter 7. Advanced Concepts of Effic ient SQL
Chapter 8. Common Sense Indexing
C hapter 9. Oracle SQL Optimization and Statistics
Chapter 10 . How Oracle SQL Optimization Works
Chapter 11. Overriding Optimizer Behavior Using Hints
Chapter 12. How to Find P roblem Queries
Chapter 13. Automated SQL Tuning

Part III. Physical and Configuration Tuning
Chapter 14. Installing Oracle and Creating a Database
Chapter 15. Tuning Oracle Database File Struc