SQL Inseting a Set Of Data To Run SQL Queries and Produce a Data Table

Question

Hello,
I am an absolute newbie to SQL.
I have purchased the book "Oracle 10g The Complete Reference" by Kevin Loney.
I have read through the introductory chapters regarding relational databases and am attempting to copy and paste the following data and run an SQL search from the preset data.
However when I attempt to start my database and enter the data by using copy and paste into the following:
C:\Windows\system32 - "Cut Copy & Paste" rem **************** onwards
I receive the following message: drop table Newspaper;
'drop' is not recognised as an external or internal command, operable programme or batch file.
Any idea how one would overcome this initial proble?
Many thanks for any solutions to this problem.
rem *******************
rem The NEWSPAPER Table
rem *******************
drop table NEWSPAPER;
create table NEWSPAPER (
Feature VARCHAR2(15) not null,
Section CHAR(1),
Page NUMBER
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('National News', 'A', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Sports', 'D', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Editorials', 'A', 12);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Business', 'E', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Weather', 'C', 2);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Television', 'B', 7);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Births', 'F', 7);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Classified', 'F', 8);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Modern Life', 'B', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Comics', 'C', 4);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Movies', 'B', 4);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Bridge', 'B', 2);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Obituaries', 'F', 6);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Doctor Is In', 'F', 6);
rem *******************
rem The NEWSPAPER Table
rem *******************
drop table NEWSPAPER;
create table NEWSPAPER (
Feature VARCHAR2(15) not null,
Section CHAR(1),
Page NUMBER
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('National News', 'A', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Sports', 'D', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Editorials', 'A', 12);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Business', 'E', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Weather', 'C', 2);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Television', 'B', 7);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Births', 'F', 7);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Classified', 'F', 8);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Modern Life', 'B', 1);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Comics', 'C', 4);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Movies', 'B', 4);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Bridge', 'B', 2);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Obituaries', 'F', 6);
insert into NEWSPAPER values ('Doctor Is In', 'F', 6);

Answer 1

You need to be in SQL*Plus logged in as a user.
This page which I created for my Oracle students may be of some help:
http://www.morganslibrary.org/reference/setup.html
But to logon using "/ as sysdba" you must be in SQL*Plus (sqlplus.exe).