Preface

Oracle Database Advanced Replication Management API Reference contains information that describes the features and functionality of the replication management API. Specifically, the Oracle Database Advanced Replication Management API Reference contains reference information for the packages in the replication management API, as well as examples of their use.

In addition, Oracle Database Advanced Replication Management API Reference contains reference information about the replication catalog and other data dictionary views that are important for replication.

This Preface contains these topics:

Audience

Oracle Database Advanced Replication Management API Reference is intended for database administrators and application developers who develop and maintain replication environments. These administrators and application developers perform one or more of the following tasks:

  • Configure replication sites

  • Create master groups

  • Create deployment templates

  • Create materialized view groups

  • Configure conflict resolution

  • Manage replication environments

  • Use the replication management API

  • Monitor replication environments using data dictionary views

  • Plan and configure security options

To use this document, you must be familiar with relational database concepts, distributed database administration, PL/SQL (if using procedural replication), and the operating system under which you run an Advanced Replication environment.

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Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the sample database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

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