At IU, how do I use the sample account on the UITS Oracle database Oed1prd?
At Indiana University, the UITS Oracle database
Oed1prd has one sample user account, HR. This account is
set up so it cannot be modified, but can be accessed for reading or
copying. The password for the HR account is
hr.
Viewing the contents of the sample account
To see a list of tables in the HR account, log into the
sample account HR (username and password is
hr) using the SQL*Plus Oracle Client tool. Alternatively,
use SQL Developer to connect to the Oed1prd database and enter SQL
statements in its SQL Worksheet; see How do I connect to the UITS Oracle database Oed1prd from the IUB and IUPUI STCs? and On Quarry, how do I access the UITS Oracle database Oed1prd with SQL*Plus?
Once you have logged in, enter:
select * from cat;To see a list of column definitions in a particular table, enter the command:
describe tablename;Replace tablename with the name of the table.
Copying tables from a sample account to your own account
If you have your own account on Oed1prd, you can practice SQL commands by copying tables from the sample account to your own account. To do so:
- Using the above procedure for listing the
HRtables, determine the names of the tables in theHRaccount that you would like to copy.
- Query the contents of those tables from your own account by
specifying the schema (account) name in the
SELECTstatement, as in the following example: select * from hr.tablename;Substitute the name of the table for
tablename. - Create a copy in your own account using the SQL in the following
example:
create table tablename as select * from hr.tablename;
Substitute the name of the table for
tablename(both places). - Verify that the table is now in your account by querying the catalog with the following command: select * from cat;
- Verify that the table data copied over by querying the table with
the following command:
select * from tablename;
Substitute the name of the table for
tablename.
Last modified on August 04, 2011.







