To get the most from this course, you should have a basic understanding of the UNIX operating system, PL/SQL coding techniques, and the following Oracle database concepts:

1. Oracle tables and tablespaces
2. Oracle instances
3. The Oracle data dictionary

If you do not feel comfortable with one or more of these topics, techniques, or procedures, you may want to consider taking the course Basic Structured Query Language
The next lesson will discuss the course resources.