Text Application Developer's Guide
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Creating the Table

Perform the following steps to create and load the table.

  1. Connect as the Appropriate User

    Connect as the CTXAPP role the user myuser:

    CONNECT myuser;
  2. Create Your Table

    Set up an auction table to store your inventory:

    CREATE TABLE auction(
item_id NUMBER,
title VARCHAR2(100),
category_id NUMBER,
price NUMBER,
bid_close DATE);

    Figure 2-1Opens a new window illustrates this table.

  3. Populate Your Table

    Populate the table with various items, each with an id, title, price and bid_date:

    INSERT INTO AUCTION VALUES(1, 'NIKON CAMERA', 1, 400, '24-OCT-2002');
INSERT INTO AUCTION VALUES(2, 'OLYMPUS CAMERA', 1, 300, '25-OCT-2002');
INSERT INTO AUCTION VALUES(3, 'PENTAX CAMERA', 1, 200, '26-OCT-2002');
INSERT INTO AUCTION VALUES(4, 'CANON CAMERA', 1, 250, '27-OCT-2002');