3 Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) Documentation

This chapter lists the books available online that document Oracle® Database 12c Release 1 (12.1).

3.1 Documentation Titles and Online Documentation Structure

All books are available in electronic format.

The following categories of documentation are available:

3.1.1 Data Mining Documentation

Table 3-1 Data Mining Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Data Mining Concepts

E17692

Discusses the basic concepts underlying Oracle Data Mining. Includes an overview of the features of Oracle Data Mining and information about mining functions and algorithms.

Oracle Data Mining User's Guide

E53115

Explains how to use the SQL interface to Oracle Data Mining to create models and score data. This Guide also addresses administrative issues such as security, import/export, and upgrade for Oracle Data Mining.


3.1.2 Gateways Documentation

Table 3-2 Gateways Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Database Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

E17926

Describes how to install Oracle Database Gateway for Sybase, Informix, Teradata, SQL Server, ODBC, and DRDA on Microsoft Windows (32-bit) and Microsoft Windows (64-bit) platform.

Oracle Database Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit), Linux x86-64, Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit), Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-Bit), and HP-UX Itanium

E17927

Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Gateway for Sybase, Informix, Teradata, SQL Server, ODBC, and DRDA on UNIX-based platforms.

Oracle Database Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

E17928

Provides Oracle applications with seamless access to IBM mainframe data and services through Remote Procedure Call (RPC) processing.

Oracle Database Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit), Linux x86-64, Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit), and HP-UX Itanium

E17929

Provides Oracle applications with seamless access to IBM mainframe data and services through Remote Procedure Call (RPC) processing.

Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ Installation and User's Guide

E17930

Provides access to WebSphere MQ services. This gateway requires a system that is capable of running 64-bit applications.

Oracle Database Gateway for APPC User's Guide

E17931

Provides Oracle applications seamless access to virtually any APPC-enabled system, including IBM mainframe data and services through Remote Procedure Call (RPC) processing.

Oracle Database Gateway for Sybase User's Guide

E17932

Describes the Oracle Database Gateway for Sybase, which enables Oracle client applications to access Sybase data through Structured Query Language (SQL).

Oracle Database Gateway for Informix User's Guide

E17933

Describes the Oracle Database Gateway for Informix, which enables Oracle client applications to access Informix data through Structured Query Language (SQL).

Oracle Database Gateway for Teradata User's Guide

E17934

Describes the Oracle Database Gateway for Teradata, which enables Oracle client applications to access Teradata data through Structured Query Language (SQL).

Oracle Database Gateway for SQL Server User's Guide

E17935

Describes the Oracle Database Gateway for SQL Server, which enables Oracle client applications to access SQL Server data through Structured Query Language (SQL).

Oracle Database Gateway for ODBC User's Guide

E17936

Describes the Oracle Database Gateway for ODBC, which enables Oracle client applications to access non-Oracle systems data through Structured Query Language (SQL).

Oracle Database Gateway for DRDA User's Guide

E17937

Provides users with transparent access to DB2.


3.1.3 Installation Documentation

Table 3-3 Installation Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Database SQL Translation and Migration Guide

E22508

Describes the installation, configuration, and administration tasks for all activities related to migrating applications to Oracle Database from other databases, including DB2, MySQL, and Sybase.

Oracle Database Installation Guide for Linux

E41491

Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server on Linux.

Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode Guide

E48475

Introduces you to the Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode, discusses the database character set migration process, and verifies that there are no character set data problems in a current Unicode database.

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Linux

E48914

Describes how to install Grid Infrastructure for a cluster software, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running Linux.

Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows

E49462

Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on Windows.

Oracle Database Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris

E50818

Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database, and Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server on Oracle Solaris.

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris

E51120

Describes how to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster software, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running Oracle Solaris.

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Linux x86-64

E54543

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Linux x86-64 systems.

Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for Linux

E55097

Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database client on Linux.

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for Linux x86-64

E55098

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Linux x86-64 systems.

Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris

E55099

Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on Oracle Solaris.

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit)

E55100

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit)

E55101

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-Bit)

E55102

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-Bit)

E55103

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Examples Installation Guide

E55464

Describes how to install and configure the products available on the Oracle Database Examples installation media.

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)

E56114

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)

E56492

Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit)

E56576

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Windows x64 systems.

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit)

E56585

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Windows x64 systems.

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)

E56891

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).

Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for HP-UX Itanium

E56892

Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database, and Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server on HP-UX systems.

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for HP-UX Itanium

E56893

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on HP-UX Itanium systems.

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for HP-UX Itanium

E56894

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on HP-UX Itanium.

Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for IBM: Linux on System z

E56895

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Z/Linux systems.

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for IBM: Linux on System z

E56896

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Z/Linux systems.

Oracle Database Client Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)

E56927

Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Windows 32-bit systems.


3.1.4 Java Development Documentation

Table 3-4 Java Development Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Database Advanced Queuing Java API Reference

E15980

Describes the Java APIs for application development and integration using the Oracle messaging system, Advanced Queuing.

Oracle Database XML Java API Reference

E15981

Describes Java APIs for XML.

Oracle Universal Connection Pool for JDBC Java API Reference

E17662

Provides Java API reference for Universal Connection Pool for JDBC.

Oracle Database JDBC Java API Reference

E17663

Provides Java API reference for Java Database connectivity.

Oracle Database RAC FAN Events Java API Reference

E17664

Provides easy access to Oracle Fast Application Notification (FAN) events.

Oracle Database XStream Java API Reference

E17774

Describes the Java APIs for XStream.

Oracle Database 2 Day + Java Developer's Guide

E17944

Guides application developers on how to use Java to access and modify data in Oracle Database.

Oracle Globalization Development Kit Java API Reference

E37513

Describes APIs for the Oracle Globalization Development Kit.

Oracle Database JDBC Developer's Guide

E49300

Describes how to use Oracle JDBC drivers to develop powerful Java database applications.

Oracle Universal Connection Pool for JDBC Developer's Guide

E49541

Provides instructions for using Oracle Universal Connection Pooling API. The API is JDBC driver agnostic.

Oracle Database Java Developer's Guide

E50793

Describes how to develop, load, and run Java applications in Oracle Database.


3.1.5 Linux x86 Documentation

Table 3-5 Linux x86 Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide for Linux x86-64

E55482

Describes how customers who have a large investment in DB2-based applications can migrate to Oracle Database while keeping these applications largely unchanged.


3.1.6 Microsoft Windows Documentation

Table 3-6 Microsoft Windows Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows

E10714

Provides platform-specific information for configuring and using Oracle Database software on the Windows platform. Topics discussed include: architecture, services, tools, configuration, administration, tuning, backup, accounts, passwords, user authentication, registry parameters, and application development.

Oracle Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows

E17732

Describes provider-specific features and properties of ODP.NET. Oracle Data Provider for .NET is an implementation of Microsoft's ADO.NET interface and provides access to Oracle databases.

Oracle Providers for ASP.NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows

E17733

Provides introductory, installation, postinstallation configuration, and usage information for using these providers with ASP.NET services and controls.

Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows

E18595

Describes Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server, which allows Oracle databases to be used as resource managers in distributed transactions. The guide describes its usage and configuration in a Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator environment.

Oracle Database Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows

E18596

Provides introductory, installation, post-installation configuration, and usage information for Oracle Database Extensions for .NET, which makes it possible to build and run .NET stored procedures or functions with Oracle Database for Microsoft Windows.


3.1.7 Oracle® Multimedia 12c Documentation

Table 3-7 Oracle® Multimedia Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Multimedia Reference

E17696

Presents reference information about using Oracle Database to store, manage, and retrieve images, audio, video, DICOM format medical images and other objects, or other heterogeneous media data in an integrated fashion with other enterprise information. Oracle Multimedia extends Oracle Database reliability, availability, and data management to multimedia content in Internet, electronic commerce, medical, financial, and other media-rich applications.

Oracle Multimedia User's Guide

E17697

Presents information about using Oracle Database to store, manage, and retrieve images, audio, video, DICOM format medical images and other objects, or other heterogeneous media data in an integrated fashion with other enterprise information. Oracle Multimedia extends Oracle Database reliability, availability, and data management to multimedia content in traditional, Internet, electronic commerce, medical, financial, and other media-rich applications.

Oracle Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide

E17698

Presents reference and other information about using Oracle Database to store, manage, and retrieve DICOM content such as single-frame and multiframe images, waveforms, slices of 3-D volumes, video segments, and structured reports in an integrated fashion with other enterprise information. Oracle Multimedia DICOM extends Oracle Database reliability, availability, and data management to media objects in medical applications. Oracle Multimedia DICOM supports Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, the standard for medical images.

Oracle Multimedia Java API Reference

E17699

Presents reference information about writing Java applications using Oracle Multimedia objects to manage multimedia content within Oracle Database.

Oracle Multimedia DICOM Java API Reference

E17700

Presents reference information about writing Java applications using the Oracle Multimedia object designed to store Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) data within Oracle Database.

Oracle Multimedia Mid-Tier Java API Reference

E17701

Presents reference information about writing Java applications using Oracle Multimedia to extract Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) metadata outside of the database, either on the client or in the middle tier.

Oracle Multimedia Servlets and JSP Java API Reference

E28184

Presents reference information about writing Java applications using Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) to retrieve and upload multimedia data from and to Oracle Database.


3.1.8 OLAP Documentation

Table 3-8 OLAP Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle OLAP DML Reference

E17673

Contains a complete description of the OLAP Data Manipulation Language (OLAP DML) used to define and manipulate analytic workspace objects.

Oracle OLAP Java API Developer's Guide

E17707

Provides guidance for developing client applications using the Oracle OLAP Java API.

Oracle OLAP Java API Reference

E17708

Provides reference information for the Oracle OLAP Java API.

Oracle OLAP Customizing Analytic Workspace Manager

E17709

Describes the Analytic Workspace Manager XML and Java plug-in interfaces and provides simple examples of implementations of them.

Oracle OLAP Expression Syntax Reference

E23382

Describes the Oracle OLAP expression syntax used to generate information-rich content from the data stored in dimensional database objects such as cubes and cube dimensions.

Oracle OLAP User's Guide

E53237

Explains how SQL applications can extend their analytic processing capabilities and manage summary data by using the OLAP option of Oracle Database.


3.1.9 Release Notes Documentation

Table 3-9 Release Notes Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Pro*COBOL Release Notes

E18407

Contains important information not included in the Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide.

Pro*C/C++ Release Notes

E18409

Contains important information not included in the Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide.

Oracle Database Release Notes for Linux

E51263

Contains important information not included in the Oracle Database documentation for Linux.

Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode Release Notes

E51606

Contains late-breaking information for Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode.

Oracle Database Release Notes for Oracle Solaris

E51863

Contains important information not included in Oracle Database documentation for Solaris.

Oracle Database ODBC Driver Release Notes

E53668

Describes new features, functionality, platforms supported, software required, server requirements, hardware required, testing matrix, UNIX platform certification matrix, post-installation, known issues, and software problems fixed.


3.1.10 Server Documentation

Table 3-10 Server Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Administration, Concepts, and Reference

Oracle Database Administrator's Reference for Linux and UNIX-Based Operating Systems

E10638

Explains how to configure and manage Oracle Database on Linux and UNIX-based operating systems.

Oracle Database XML C API Reference

E15885

Describes Oracle XML Developer's Kits (XDK) and Oracle XML DB APIs for the C programming language. It primarily lists the syntax of functions, methods, and procedures associated with these APIs.

Oracle Database XML C++ API Reference

E15977

Describes Oracle XML Developer's Kits (XDK) and Oracle XML DB APIs for the C++ programming language. This manual primarily lists the syntax of functions, methods, and procedures associated with these APIs.

Oracle Database Sample Schemas

E15979

Describes the sample database schemas available with Oracle Database and used in some Oracle documentation and curriculum examples.

Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity User's Guide

E17907

Describes Oracle's approach to information integration in a heterogeneous environment. Describes Oracle Database Gateways and is a user's guide for these Oracle products.

Oracle Database Advanced Queuing User's Guide

E17945

Describes features of application development and integration using Oracle Database Advanced Queuing (AQ). This information applies to versions of the Oracle Database server that run on all platforms, unless otherwise specified.

SQL*Plus Release Notes

E18402

Contains important information not included in the SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference.

SQL*Plus Quick Reference

E18403

Contains a complete list of SQL*Plus command syntax.

SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference

E18404

Contains a complete description of the SQL*Plus command-line interface to Oracle Database, and a complete reference to SQL*Plus commands and syntax.

Oracle Database Global Data Services Concepts and Administration Guide

E22100

Provides dynamic load balancing, failover, and centralized service management for a set of replicated databases that offer common services. The set of databases can include Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) and noncluster Oracle databases interconnected through Oracle Data Guard, or any other replication technology.

Oracle Database High Availability Best Practices

E40019

Provides high availability best practices for configuring and maintaining your Oracle Database system and network components.

Oracle Database VLDB and Partitioning Guide

E41057

Contains an overview of very large database (VLDB) topics, with emphasis on partitioning and parallel execution as a key component of the VLDB strategy.

Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide

E41058

Describes how to administer Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) for Oracle Database.

Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

E41329

Contains a complete description of Oracle SQL, the language used to manage information in Oracle Database.

Oracle Database Concepts

E41396

Describes Oracle Database architecture and essential topics for database administrators and developers.

Oracle Database Upgrade Guide

E41397

Guides you through the process of planning and performing upgrades for Oracle Database. This book also provides information about compatibility, upgrading applications, and changes in the new release that affect upgrading Oracle Database.

Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

E41484

Describes how to create, configure, and administer an Oracle database. Includes sections on Oracle Scheduler, Oracle Database Resource Manager, Oracle Restart, Pluggable Databases, and distributed computing.

Oracle Database Reference

E41527

Provides reference information about database initialization parameters, static data dictionary views, and dynamic performance views that are part of Oracle Database.

Oracle Database Utilities

E41528

Describes how to use Oracle Database utilities to load data into a database, transfer data between databases, and maintain data. The topics discussed include Data Pump Export, Data Pump Import, SQL*Loader, external tables and associated access drivers, the Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (ADRCI), DBVERIFY, DBNEWID, LogMiner, the Metadata API, original Export, and original Import.

Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

E41669

Describes Oracle globalization support for the database. Explains how to set up a globalization support environment, choose and migrate a character set, customize locale data, do linguistic sorting, program in a global environment, and program with Unicode.

Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

E41829

Describes the PL/SQL packages provided with the Oracle database server that extend database functionality and provide PL/SQL access to SQL features.

Oracle Database Quality of Service Management User's Guide

E49047

Describes the concepts of Oracle Database Quality of Service Management (Oracle Database QoS Management), and explains how to configure, administer, and troubleshoot Oracle Database QoS Management.

Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide

E49058

Provides information about how to tune the performance of Oracle Database using Oracle performance tools.

Oracle Database High Availability Overview

E49097

Introduces Oracle MAA solutions for deploying a highly available environment, helps you determine your availability requirements, and describes the database architectures that can help your business achieve high availability.

Oracle Database Vault Administrator's Guide

E49109

Explains how to configure an Oracle database to use Oracle Database Vault, which enables users to restrict and monitor administrative user access.

Oracle Database SQL Language Quick Reference

E49206

Contains a high-level text description of the SQL syntax used to manage information in Oracle Database.

Oracle Database Licensing Information

E49208

Describes Oracle Database licensing. If you have a question about your licensing needs, contact your Oracle sales representative, or refer to the resources listed in "Related Documents" for more information.

Oracle Database Readme

E49321

Describes important last-minute features and changes not included in the Oracle Database Documentation Library for 12c Release 1 (12.1)

Oracle Database New Features Guide

E49322

Oracle Database New Features Guide is addressed to those of you familiar with previous releases of Oracle Database and who would like to become familiar with features, options, and enhancements that are new in this release of the database.

Oracle Database Error Messages Reference

E49325

Describes error messages that may appear while using products that are part of Oracle Database.

Oracle Database JPublisher User's Guide

E49873

Describes the JPublisher utility useful for Java programmers who want classes in their applications to correspond to SQL or PL/SQL entities or server-side Java classes.

Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference

E50727

Presents PL/SQL, the Oracle procedural extension of SQL, an advanced fourth-generation programming language. Explains the concepts behind PL/SQL and illustrates every facet of the language.

Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

E51671

Provides a single source reference for administering Oracle Database in a small to midsize environment, using the graphical user interface of Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express. If you are familiar with computers, but unfamiliar with administering Oracle Database, and your computer has four CPUs or fewer, and you do not expect to support more than 500 users, this book is appropriate for you.

Oracle Database Testing Guide

E55028

Provides information about how to assure the integrity of database changes and manage test data using Oracle Real Application Testing, data masking, and data subsetting.

Oracle Database 2 Day + Performance Tuning Guide

E55047

Explains how to perform day-to-day database performance tuning tasks using features provided by Oracle Diagnostics Pack, Oracle Tuning Pack, and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

Application Development

Oracle Database Data Cartridge Developer's Guide

E15882

Describes how to implement custom indexing and query optimization services and how to package and use these as a server extension called a data cartridge.

Oracle Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide

E17605

Describes use of SecureFiles and large object data types BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB, and BFILE in application development. Presents APIs for working with LOBs in supported programmatic environments. Describes database file systems and the Oracle Database File System Hierarchical Store package.

Oracle Database SQLJ Developer's Guide

E17660

Provides guidance to developers on SQLJ programming. This document can be read by anyone with an interest in SQLJ programming, but assumes at least some prior knowledge of Java, SQLJ, PL/SQL, and Oracle database.

Oracle Database 2 Day + PHP Developer's Guide

E18554

Provides a tutorial on how to develop PHP scripts that use the database languages SQL and PL/SQL to access and manipulate Oracle data.

Oracle SQL Developer User's Guide

E35117

Provides conceptual and usage information about Oracle SQL Developer, a graphical tool that enables you to browse, create, edit, and delete (drop) database objects; run SQL statements and scripts; edit and debug PL/SQL code; manipulate and export data; migrate third-party databases to Oracle; view metadata and data in third-party databases; and view and create reports.Note: This book is for an old release of SQL Developer. You are encouraged to use the latest available release. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/ for information about downloads and documentation.

Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide

E41152

This manual describes Oracle XML DB. It includes guidelines and examples for storing, generating, accessing, searching, validating, transforming, evolving, and indexing XML data in Oracle Database.

Oracle Database Development Guide

E41452

Provides usage information for developers (all experience levels) of databases and database applications.

Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide

E49106

Describes how to perform SQL tuning, which is the iterative process of improving SQL statement performance to meet specific, measurable, and achievable goals.

Oracle Database Workspace Manager Developer's Guide

E49170

Provides usage and reference information about Oracle Workspace Manager, which enables applications to create workspaces and group different versions of table row values in different workspaces.

Oracle Database 2 Day Developer's Guide

E53088

Explains general concepts behind development with Oracle Database, introduces basic features of SQL and PL/SQL, provides references to in-depth information elsewhere in Oracle Database library, and shows how to create a simple application.

Oracle Database Object-Relational Developer's Guide

E53277

Explains how to use the object-relational features of Oracle Database.

Oracle XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide

E54405

Provides information to application developers who need to use components of the Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK) to generate and store XML data in a database or in a document outside the database.

Application Express

Oracle Application Express Release Notes

E17957

Contains important information not included in the documentation for Oracle Application Express.

Oracle Application Express Installation Guide

E17958

Provides an overview of installing Oracle Application Express and describes issues to consider before installing.

Oracle Database 2 Day + Application Express Developer's Guide

E17960

Introduces you to application development using Oracle Application Express. This manual shows you how to set up a development environment, or access a hosted demonstration environment. It then walks you through building an initial application, modifying it, and previewing it.

Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide

E17961

Describes how to use the Oracle Application Express development environment to build and deploy database-centric Web applications.

Oracle Application Express Application Migration Guide

E17962

Describes how to convert applications from either Microsoft Access or Oracle Forms to Oracle Application Express.

Oracle Application Express API Reference

E17963

Describes the Application Programming Interfaces, referred to as APIs, available when programming in the Oracle Application Express environment.

Oracle Application Express SQL Workshop Guide

E17964

Describes how to use Oracle Application Express SQL Workshop and utilities to load and unload data from an Oracle database, generate DDL, view object reports, and restore dropped database objects.

Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

E17965

Describes how to perform administration tasks for an Oracle Application Express workspace, application, or an entire development instance.

Oracle Application Express End User Guide

E29541

Explains common Oracle Application Express end user tasks.

Backup and Recovery

Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide

E50658

Explains how to use Recovery Manager (RMAN) to back up, recover, and duplicate a database, and how to use Oracle Flashback Technology to restore all or a portion of your data to a previous state.

Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Reference

E50791

Provides detailed descriptions of the Recovery Manager (RMAN) commands and recovery catalog views.

Data Warehousing

Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide

E41670

Provides conceptual, reference, and implementation material for using Oracle Database in data warehousing. It covers the full range of data warehousing activities, from physical database design to advanced calculation techniques.

Oracle Data Guard Broker

E48241

Describes the Oracle Data Guard broker, a management and monitoring interface that automates many of the tasks involved in configuring and monitoring standby databases in an Oracle Data Guard configuration.

Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration

E48552

Provides a comprehensive overview of Oracle Data Guard concepts and describes how to configure and implement standby databases that can take over production operations if your production database becomes unusable. This guide includes several database scenarios such as creating, recovering, failing over, switching over, configuring, and backing up standby and primary databases.

Language and Interface

Pro*FORTRAN Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide

E18411

Supplements the Oracle Database Programmer's Guide to the Oracle precompilers to provide additional information on how to develop FORTRAN programs that use the database languages SQL and PL/SQL to access and manipulate Oracle data.

Oracle SQL*Module for Ada Programmer's Guide

E18412

Describes how to use SQL*Module to develop module programs and Ada code to access and manipulate Oracle data.

Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide

E48221

Presents the Oracle C++ Call Interface, an application program interface that enables applications written in C++ to interact with one or more Oracle databases. To extend the functionality of code generated by the Object Type Translator, programmers may want to add code in the OTT-generated file. The OTT can distinguish between OTT-generated code and user-generated code by looking for some predefined markers (tags).

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

E49886

Describes the Oracle Call Interface (OCI) which is an application programming interface (API) that allows applications written in C or C++ to interact with Oracle Database.

Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide

E53282

Describes how to develop COBOL programs that use the database languages SQL and PL/SQL to access and manipulate Oracle data.

Oracle Database Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers

E53283

Describes how to develop applications using the Oracle precompilers and the SQL and PL/SQL database languages to access and manipulate Oracle data.

Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide

E53432

Describes how to develop C++ programs that use the SQL and PL/SQL database languages to access and manipulate Oracle data.

Networking and Security

Oracle Database 2 Day + Security Guide

E17609

Provides an introduction to securing an Oracle database using the default security features, such as how to secure the database installation and configuration or manage encryption. It includes beginning level tutorials for creating secure application roles, Oracle Database Vault policies, Oracle Virtual Private Database policies, Oracle Data Redaction policies, Oracle Label Security policies, and unified auditing policies.

Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

E17610

Explains how to plan, configure, and manage enterprise-wide connectivity with Oracle Net Services.

Oracle Database Net Services Reference

E17611

Contains complete listing with descriptions of the control utility commands and configuration file parameters available for managing components of Oracle Net Services.

Oracle Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide

E17731

Explains how to configure and use enterprise users, which are users defined in a directory. The guide also covers administrative tasks related to enterprise user security.

Oracle Database Security Guide

E48135

Explains how to configure an Oracle database to use the default security features.

Oracle Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide

E48189

Describes how to implement Real Application Security on the database. Real Application Security is a new feature in Oracle Database 12c. Real Application Security is a database authorization model that enables end-to-end security for multitier applications. It provides an integrated solution to securing the database and application user communities. Also, it advances the security architecture of Oracle Database to meet existing and emerging demands of applications developed for the Internet.

Oracle Database Real Application Security Java API Reference

E48191

Documents two Java packages: - oracle.security.xs contains the APIs for using lightweight user sessions - oracle.security.xs.admin contains the APIs for administering lightweight user session

Oracle Label Security Administrator's Guide

E48437

Explains how to configure and use Oracle Label Security, which provides row-level access control based on the virtual private database technology of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition.

Oracle Database Advanced Security Guide

E50333

Explains how to configure and use Oracle Database Advanced Security Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Oracle Data Redaction.

Oracle Database Real Application Security Session Service Java API Reference

E51179

Documents one Java package: - oracle.security.xs.ee.session contains the APIs for using an application session service.

Oracle Database Real Application Security Administration

E61899

Provides a graphical user interface (RASADM) that security administrators and developers using Real Application Security can use to develop end-to-end security for mid-tier applications. The RASADM application allows users to develop declarative data security policies to enforce access control requirements at the database layer to protect data at both the row and column levels. This approach allows developers to control application user access to data in Oracle database throughout all components of an Oracle enterprise in a common manner.

Oracle Real Application Clusters

Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide

E17616

Describes how to install, configure, and administer Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on a two-node system using the Oracle Linux operating system.

Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide

E48819

Describes the Oracle Clusterware architecture and provides an overview of this product. This book also describes administrative and deployment topics for Oracle Clusterware.

Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

E48838

Describes the Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) architecture and provides an overview of this product. This book also describes administrative and deployment topics for Oracle RAC.

Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux and UNIX

E48917

Describes how to install and configure Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on systems running Linux and UNIX.

Oracle Text

Oracle Text Application Developer's Guide

E41398

Provides information for building applications with Oracle Text.

Oracle Text Reference

E41399

Provides reference information for building applications with Oracle Text.

R Enterprise

Oracle R Enterprise User's Guide

E35158

Describes how to install and use Oracle R Enterprise which provides an environment for statistical computing.

Oracle R Enterprise Release Notes

E35159

Contains important information that was not included in the documentation for Oracle R Enterprise 1.2.

Streams and Replication

Oracle Streams Extended Examples

E17912

Contains extended examples that configure various types of Oracle Streams environments.

Oracle Database Advanced Replication Management API Reference

E18896

Contains reference information about and step-by-step instructions for using the replication management API, which is a set of PL/SQL packages for setting up and managing an Advanced Replication environment. It also includes reference information about data dictionary views that are important for Advanced Replication and security considerations for an Advanced Replication environment.

Oracle Streams Concepts and Administration

E53116

Contains conceptual information about Oracle Streams and information about administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting an Oracle Streams environment. It also contains instructions for using Oracle Streams to record table changes. It also contains conceptual information about information provisioning and instructions for using Oracle Streams for information provisioning. It also includes instructions for using Oracle Streams for database upgrades and database maintenance operations.

Oracle Database Advanced Replication

E53117

Contains conceptual information about Oracle Database Advanced Replication. It also includes information about planning an Advanced Replication environment and information about troubleshooting Advanced Replication problems.

Oracle Streams Replication Administrator's Guide

E53118

Contains instructions for configuring and managing an Oracle Streams replication environment. It also includes best practices for Oracle Streams replication environments and instructions for migrating from Advanced Replication to Oracle Streams replication.

Oracle Database XStream Guide

E53119

Contains conceptual information about XStream. Also contains instructions for configuring and using XStream.


3.1.11 Spatial Documentation

Table 3-11 Spatial Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle Spatial and Graph GeoRaster Developer's Guide

E49118

Provides usage and reference information for the GeoRaster feature of Oracle Spatial and Graph, which lets you store, index, query, analyze, and deliver raster data (raster image and gridded data and its associated metadata).

Oracle Spatial and Graph Developer's Guide

E49172

Provides usage and reference information for indexing and storing spatial data and for developing spatial applications using Oracle Spatial and Graph and Oracle Locator.

Oracle Spatial and Graph Java API Reference

E50631

Provides Javadoc-generated information about interfaces and classes that support features available with Oracle Spatial and Graph, including GeoRaster and the Topology Data Model and Network Data Model Graph features, and with MapViewer, which is packaged with Oracle Fusion Middleware.

Oracle Spatial and Graph RDF Semantic Graph Developer's Guide

E51611

Provides usage and reference information about Oracle Database support for semantic technologies, including storage, inference, and query capabilities for data and ontologies based on Resource Description Framework (RDF), RDF Schema (RDFS), and Web Ontology Language (OWL).

Oracle Spatial and Graph Topology Data Model and Network Data Model Graph Developer's Guide

E53120

Provides usage and reference information about the Topology Data Model and Network Data Model Graph features of Oracle Spatial and Graph.


3.1.12 TimesTen In-Memory Database Documentation

Table 3-12 TimesTen In-Memory Database Documentation

Documentation Part Number Description

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Release Notes

E21630

Contains important information not included in the documentation for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache Introduction

E21631

Describes the features of TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache and provides information to help developers plan a TimesTen Cache application.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Installation Guide

E21632

Provides information about installing and upgrading the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide

E21633

Provides information about how Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database works. It includes step-by-step instructions and examples that show how to perform commonly needed tasks.

Oracle TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache User's Guide

E21634

Provides information about designing and configuring the TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache. It includes information about setting up a cache grid.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Replication Guide

E21635

Provides information about designing and configuring TimesTen to TimesTen replication, including information about TimesTen integration with Oracle Clusterware.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Troubleshooting Guide

E21636

Provides information about utilities and procedures for troubleshooting problems that may be encountered when using the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide

E21637

Provides information about developing C applications to access the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database through ODBC. It also includes information about TimesTen support for XLA, OCI, and the Pro*C/C++ Precompiler.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Java Developer's Guide

E21638

Provides information about developing Java applications to access the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database through JDBC. It also includes information about support for TimesTen JMS/XLA.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database PL/SQL Developer's Guide

E21639

Provides information about using PL/SQL with the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database TTClasses Guide

E21640

Describes how to use the TimesTen C++ Interface Classes (TTClasses) library.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database SQL Reference

E21642

Provides a reference for SQL statements, expressions, and functions used with the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, including TimesTen SQL extensions. It also describes data types.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Reference

E21643

Provides a reference for attributes, built-in procedures, utilities, and system limits for the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database System Tables and Views Reference

E21644

Describes TimesTen system tables and replication tables.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database PL/SQL Packages Reference

E21645

Provides reference information for packages provided with TimesTen PL/SQL.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Error Messages and SNMP Traps

E21646

Provides a reference for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database error messages and SNMP traps.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database JDBC Extensions Java API Reference

E21647

Provides reference information for TimesTen JDBC classes and interfaces.

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database JMS/XLA Java API Reference

E21648

Provides reference information for TimesTen JMS/XLA classes and interfaces.

Oracle Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database User's Guide

E28645

Describes how to install the Oracle Enterprise Manager Plug-in for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Release Notes

E28646

Provides late-breaking information about the Oracle Enterprise Manager Plug-in for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.

Oracle Data Provider for .NET Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Support User's Guide for Windows

E38358

Enables ADO.NET data access from .NET client applications to TimesTen databases. This document covers features specific to ODP.NET support of and use with TimesTen.