Oracle™ Unleashed Oracle™ Unleashed Overview Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction Part I 1 What Is an RDBMS? 2 Oracle and Client/Server 3 Overview of the Oracle Architecture Part II 4 SQL 5 PL/SQL—SQL Procedural Language Extension 6 SQL*Plus 7 SQL*DBA 8 SQL*Loader 9 Import and Export Part III 10 Installation 11 Managing the Database 12 Managing Disk Space 13 Managing Users 14 Backup and Recovery 15 Performance Tuning and Optimizing 16 Database Security Part IV 17 Designing a Database 18 Object-Oriented Programming with Packages 19 Transaction Processing Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 20 Enforcing Integrity 21 Application Security Part V 22 Designer/2000 23 Installing Designer/2000 24 Repository Administration 25 Process Modeler 26 Systems Modeling 27 Systems Design 28 Client Application Generation 29 Server Generation 30 Using Designer/2000 with Developer/2000 Part VI 31 Introduction to Developer/2000 32 Oracle Forms 4.5 33 Oracle Reports 2.5 34 Oracle Graphics 2.5 35 Developer 2000 Integration Part VII 36 Introduction to Oracle Power Objects 37 Connecting to Database Sources Through Sessions 38 Managing the Database 39 Understanding the Application Model 40 Objects Within Oracle Power Objects 41 Building an Application with the Form Designer 42 Creating Reports 43 Using the Debugger 44 Oracle Basic 45 Libraries, User-Defined Properties and Methods, and Classes Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Part VIII 46 Introduction to Oracle Objects for OLE 47 Oracle OLE Automation Server 48 The Oracle Data Control 49 Oracle Objects for OLE C++ Class Library Part IX 50 Oracle Precompilers 51 ODBC Applications 52 Parallel Processing 53 Networking 54 Oracle PowerBrowser 55 Oracle WebSystem and the World Wide Web Interface Kit Part X 56 Personal Oracle7 57 Workgroup 2000 58 Oracle7 Server Part XI A Using PowerBuilder B Using SQLWindows C Using Visual Basic D Using Delphi E Oracle Power Objects Programming Reference Installing the CD-ROM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Previous Page TOC Next Page Home ● Oracle™ Unleashed ❍ Oracle™ Unleashed ■ Copyright © 1996 by Sams Publishing ❍ Overview ❍ Acknowledgments ❍ About the Authors ❍ Introduction ■ It's a Database Jim, But Not As We Know It ■ SELECT * FROM book ■ "But I've used Oracle Before" ■ Is this Book for Me? 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Smith SA Springer, Josette Starks Andrew Stone, Susan Van Ness Mark Walchle, Colleen Williams Overview Introduction Part I Oracle Concepts 1 What Is an RDBMS? 2 Oracle and Client/Server Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 3 Overview of the Oracle Architecture Part II Oracle Tools and Utilities 4 SQL 5 PL/SQL SQL Procedural Language Extension 6 SQL*Plus 7 SQL*DBA 8 SQL*Loader 9 Import and Export Part III Database Administration 10 Installation 11 Managing the Database 12 Managing Disk Space 13 Managing Users 14 Backup and Recovery 15 Performance Tuning and Optimizing 16 Database Security Part IV Developing Applications 17 Designing a Database 18 Object-Oriented Programming with Packages 19 Transaction Processing Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 20 Enforcing Integrity 21 Application Security Part V Designer/2000 22 Designer/2000 23 Installing Designer/2000 24 Repository Administration 25 Process Modeling 26 Systems Modeling 27 Systems Design 28 Client Application Generation 29 Server Generation 30 Using Designer/2000 with Developer/2000 Part VI Developer 2000 31 Introduction to Developer/2000 32 Oracle Forms 4.5 33 Oracle Reports 2.5 34 Oracle Graphics 2.5 35 Developer/2000 Integration Part VII Oracle Power Objects 36 Introduction to Oracle Power Objects Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 37 Connecting to Database Sources Through Sessions 38 Managing the Database 39 Understanding the Application Model 40 Objects Within Oracle Power Objects 41 Building an Application with the Form Designer 42 Creating Reports 43 Using the Debugger 44 Oracle Basic 45 Libraries, User-Defined Properties and Methods, and Classes Part VIII Oracle Objects for OLE 46 Introduction to Oracle Objects for OLE 47 Oracle OLE Automation Server 48 The Oracle Data Control 49 Oracle Objects for OLE C++ Class Library Part IX Advanced Topics 50 Oracle Precompilers 51 ODBC Applications 52 Parallel Processing 53 Networking Oracle 54 Oracle PowerBrowser Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 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Rocky mountains Keith Majkut is a Senior Software Engineer in the Workgroup Solutions Division of Oracle Corporation He has been with Oracle for five years, and in that time has worked on a variety of products including Oracle Reports, the Oracle Workgroup Server, Oracle Objects for OLE, and currently Personal Oracle7 for Windows 95 Keith grew up in Milford, Connecticut and graduated from Northeastern University... remove this watermark Previous TOC Page q Next Page Home 2 r Oracle and Client/Server s An Overview of Client/Server Computing s Databases in a Client/Server Architecture s Oracle and Client/Server Computing s The Oracle7 RDBMS Server s Networking Products s Client/Server Development Tools s Oracle Directions s Summary 2 Oracle and Client/Server Oracle Corporation's reputation as a database company is... a protocol Oracle can support many different types of networks and protocols If you require communication between machines running Oracle software, you must install the Oracle SQL*Net software on all machines requiring network access Global View of the Oracle Architecture The Oracle architecture described in this section is the generic architecture that applies to all platforms on which Oracle runs... administration, and has worked exclusively with Oracle- based systems since 1986 Vic has designed and taught numerous database and Oracle courses, and is active in the Oracle community as a frequent presenter at international and regional user conferences He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Oracle CASE SIG and also served on the Board of Advisors for the Oracle Consultants Alliance Brian Twidt... with the database Many sites used the power of the Oracle database but used better third-party tools as their interface to the database Today, the Oracle tools are among the best and most powerful development tools available; if you want it, Oracle can do it Oracle now provides the database, multiple choices of tools, and utilities to connect to the Oracle database from thirdparty products, applications... those with the Oracle products He first worked with Oracle products in the version 4 days, when SQL*Plus was called UFI (User Friendly Interface) and when Oracle Forms was nothing more than a product called Fastforms, which generated a basic INP file that was compiled with IAG and interpreted by IAP There was also a neat little report writer called RPT He worked with Oracle (including Oracle Corp) as... several of the primary components of Oracle' s client/server architecture, the Oracle7 RDBMS kernel, SQL*Net, and GUI development tools, all designed specifically for client/server application systems The Oracle7 RDBMS Server The Oracle7 server is a full-featured RDBMS that is ideally suited to support sophisticated client/server environments Many features of the Oracle7 internal architecture are designed...55 The Oracle WebSystem and the World Wide Web Interface Kit Part X Oracle Packages 56 Personal Oracle7 57 Workgroup 2000 58 Oracle7 Server Part XI Appendixes A Using PowerBuilder B Using SQLWindows C Using Visual Basic D Using Delphi Index Acknowledgments Sams Publishing wishes to thank Hugo Toledo, Dave McCutcheon, John Moss, and Michelle Trapani of the Oracle Legal Department for... logical databases implemented in the same physical database using two Oracle user accounts In addition to physical files, Oracle processes and memory structures must also be present before you can use the database Figure 3.2 shows the basic Oracle architecture that I discuss throughout this chapter Figure 3.2 The basic Oracle architecture Oracle Files There are three major sets of files on disk that compose... applications can take advantage of the Oracle7 server features for implementation of some of the application logic Figure 2.1 Host-based applications versus client/server applications The pre -Oracle7 databases provided little more than data-type checking at the kernel level; but with Oracle7 , much of the application logic processing can be performed by the database kernel Oracle7 contains features such as . Introduction to Oracle Objects for OLE 47 Oracle OLE Automation Server 48 The Oracle Data Control 49 Oracle Objects for OLE C++ Class Library Part IX 50 Oracle. Developer/2000 32 Oracle Forms 4.5 33 Oracle Reports 2.5 34 Oracle Graphics 2.5 35 Developer/2000 Integration Part VII Oracle Power Objects 36 Introduction to Oracle