Introduction to GDB

Wenjing Lin

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 Topics to be covered
 What is an Oracle Database?
 What is the physical structure of Oracle and a
database?
 What is the logical structure of Oracle and a
database?
 How is data stored within a tablespace?
 Data Access
 GDB Database types
 GDB Database, project and dictionary

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 What is an Oracle Database?

Oracle

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 What is an Oracle Database?

• Oracle Server
– Oracle Instance
– Oracle Database
– physical structure
– logical structure

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 What is the physical structure of a database?

• Data files
• Redo Log Files
• Control Files
• Other Key Files

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 What is the physical structure of a database?

(contd)
• Data files
• Redo Log Files
• Control Files
• Other Key Files

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 What is the physical structure of a database?

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 What is the physical structure of a database?

Example of File Locations

Control Files /var/opt/oracle/control/$SID.ctl
/u0/oradata/control/$SID.ctl
/u1/oradata/control/$SID.ctl

Rollback Files /u*/oradata/$SID/rollback*.dbf

System Files /u*/oradata/$SID/system*.dbf

User Files /u*/oradata/$SID/$USER.dbf

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 What is the physical structure of a database?

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 What is the logical structure of a database ?

• Tablespaces:
– System Tablespaces
– User Tablespaces
• On-line and off-line tablespaces

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 What is the logical structure of a database ?

• Tablespaces (contd)
– System Tablespaces
– User Tablespaces
• On-line and off-line tablespaces

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 What is the logical structure of a database?

• Schema and Schema Objects

– Tables

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 What is the logical structure of a database?

Schema and Schema Objects (contd)

– Views
– Sequences
– Synonyms
– Indexes, Clusters, and Hash Clusters

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 What is the logical structure of a database?

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 How is data stored within the tablespace?

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 Data Access
• SQL--The Structured Query Language
SELECT project, dict_code FROM gdb_dictrelate
• SQL Statement:
Data Definition Language (DDL) statements
Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements
Transaction control statements
Session control statements
System control statements
Embedded SQL statements

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 Data Access (contd)
• PL/SQL

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 Data Access
Minescape / GDB Oracle Reportwriter
And Other Report Tool
Pro*C SQLPLUS
SQL and PL/SQL
Oracle (RDBMS) Server

Hard
Drive

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 GDB Database type
• Drill Hole Coal Database
• Drill Hole Metal Database
• Blast Hole Database
• Hydro Geology
• Other User Define Types

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 Oracle
Architecture Design

GDBDH
Drillhole
Dictionary tables, procedures,

Auditing

Privileges
GDBBH GDB
Blasthole Core
GDB_Dynamic
(shared tables)

Other
Site Spec, etc

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 GDB control Tables
• Oracle tables control database structure
• Column define - for each of the data types
• Column relate - to the physical table
• Rule define - between several columns
• Sheet define - for Oracle views

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 GDB Lookup Tables - Dictionary
• Field definition - standards provided for coal & metals
• Definition of intervals/seams & horizons
• Desurvey rules
• Other parameters
• These files are stored as Oracle tables. They provide
extensive validation

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 GDB Database, Project and Dictionary

Coal Metals
(Project 3) (Project 3)
Coal Metals
(Project 2) (Project 2)
Coal Metals
(Project 1) (Project 1)

GDB Dictionary GDB Dictionary

Coal Projects Metal Projects
(COALDICT) (METALDICT)

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 GDB Database, Project vs. Dictionary

(Project 1)

(Project 2)

(Project 3)
(Project 1)

(Project 2)

(Project 3)

Metal

Metal

Metal
Coal

Coal

Coal

GDB Dictionary GDB Dictionary

Coal Projects Metal Projects
(COALDICT) (METALDICT)

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 GDB Database, Project vs. Dictionary
Sheet 1 Sheet 1
Sheet 1 Sheet 1
Sheet 1 Project 1 Sheet 1 Project 2
Sheet 1
Sheet 1
Sheet 1
Sheet 1
Sheet 1
Sheet 1
Sheet 1 Project 3
Sheet 1 Project 3
(Project 1)

(Project 2)

(Project 3)
Coal

Coal

Coal

GDB Dictionary
Coal Projects
(COALDICT)

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 Questions?

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