Oracle Database 12c Release 2

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2 Day Developer's Guide

An introduction to application development for developers who are new to Oracle Database. 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.

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2 Day + Java Developer's Guide

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

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2 Day + PHP Developer's Guide

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

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Development Guide

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

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SQL and PL/SQL

SQL and PL/SQL are fundamental to all Oracle application development. SQL is the language used to query and modify Oracle databases. PL/SQL is used to create and call triggers, stored procedures and functions, and PL/SQL packages. Other programming technologies depend upon SQL and PL/SQL to interact with the Oracle Database server.

SQL Language Reference

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

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SQL Language Quick Reference

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

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PL/SQL Language Reference

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.

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PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

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JSON

JSON Developer's Guide

This manual describes the use of JSON data that is stored in Oracle Database. It covers how to store, generate, view, manipulate, manage, search, and index it.

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XML

Oracle XML DB and XML Developer's Kit enable you to develop high performance applications that process XML content and manage XML stored in the database. XDK and XML APIs allow you to generate and store XML data in the database or in documents outside the database.

XML DB Developer's Guide

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.

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XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide

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.

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XML Java API Reference (Javadoc)

Describes Java APIs for XML.

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XML C API Reference

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.

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XML C++ API Reference

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.

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Oracle Text

Oracle Text brings search engine-like full text search capabilities to Oracle Database. Oracle Text provides a foundation for building your own search applications. Search regular columns, text inside various kinds of binary-format documents, and text, tags, and attributes inside XML documents.

Text Application Developer's Guide

Provides information for building applications with Oracle Text.

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Text Reference

Provides reference information for building applications with Oracle Text.

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Oracle Multimedia

Oracle Multimedia (formerly known as Oracle interMedia) lets you write applications to manage images, audio,video, and other heterogeneous media data in Oracle databases.

Multimedia User's Guide

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.

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Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide

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.

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Multimedia Reference

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.

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Multimedia Java API Reference (Javadoc)

Presents reference information about writing Java applications using Oracle Multimedia objects to manage multimedia content within Oracle Database. (Oracle Multimedia was formerly known as Oracle interMedia.)

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Multimedia DICOM Java API Reference (Javadoc)

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 was formerly known as Oracle interMedia.)

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Multimedia Mid-Tier Java API Reference (Javadoc)

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 was formerly known as Oracle interMedia.)

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Multimedia Servlets and JSP Java API Reference (Javadoc)

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. (Oracle Multimedia was formerly known as Oracle interMedia.)

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Oracle Secure Files and Large Objects

Oracle Secure Files, providing enhanced large object (LOB) storage functionality with file system performance, provides a foundation for a wide range of content management applications.

SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide

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.

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.NET and Windows Application Development

The topics below are also available in a rich context-sensitive help set installed in the Visual Studio environment when you install Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio (ODT). This help set includes documentation for ODT, Oracle Data Provider for .NET, PL/SQL and SQL language reference guides, and other reference topics.

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

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.

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

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

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Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows

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.

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

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.

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Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows

Describes Oracle Provider for OLE DB, a high performance, feature rich mechanism for Microsoft ADO and OLE DB data access to Oracle databases, its usage, and its configuration.

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Java

The Java programming language is used for database code that runs inside the database, on a middle tier, or on a client system. Reference documentation for database components that have Java APIs is presented in Javadoc format.

Java Developer's Guide

This book describes how to develop, load, and run Java applications in Oracle Database.

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JDBC Developer's Guide

This book describes how to use Oracle JDBC drivers to develop powerful Java database applications.

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JDBC Java API Reference (Javadoc)

Provides Java API reference for Java Database connectivity.

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Universal Connection Pool Developer's Guide

This guide provides instructions for using Oracle Universal Connection Pooling API. The API is JDBC driver agnostic.

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Universal Connection Pool Java API Reference (Javadoc)

Provides Java API reference for Universal Connection Pool for JDBC.

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RAC FAN Events Java API Reference (Javadoc)

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

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SQLJ Developer's Guide

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.

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SQL Plus

SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference

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

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SQL*Plus Quick Reference

Contains a complete list of SQL*Plus command syntax.

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SQL*Plus Release Notes

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

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Application Express

Oracle Application Express is a declarative, rapid web application development tool for the Oracle database. It is a fully supported, no cost option available with all editions of the Oracle database. Using only a web browser, you can develop and deploy professional applications that are both fast and secure.

Application Express Release Notes

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

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Application Express Installation Guide

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

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Application Express Administration Guide

Explains how to manage an Oracle Application Express instance.

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Application Express API Reference

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

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Application Express Application Builder User's Guide

Functions as a comprehensive, task-based reference on using the Oracle Application Express development environment. Oracle Application Express is a rapid Web application development tool for the Oracle database. Using only a Web browser and limited programming experience, you can develop professional, fast, and secure applications. Deployed applications require only a browser and access to an Oracle database running Application Express.

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Application Express Application Migration Guide

Explains how to use Oracle Application Express Application Migration Workshop to migrate a Microsoft Access application and generate an Oracle Application Express application from the retrieved objects.

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Application Express SQL Workshop Guide

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.

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Application Express End User Guide

Explains common Oracle Application Express end user tasks.

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Precompilers

The precompilers are used for traditional client-server applications in various languages.

Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers

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

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Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide

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

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Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide

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

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Pro*FORTRAN Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide

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.

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Pro*C/C++ Release Notes

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

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Pro*COBOL Release Notes

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

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Extensibility

Object-Relational Developer's Guide

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

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Data Cartridge Developer's Guide

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.

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Workspace Manager Developer's Guide

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.

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Globalization Support

You can store data from different character sets and code pages, and manipulate and present that data as appropriate for each locale.

Globalization Support Guide

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.

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Globalization Development Kit Java API Reference (Javadoc)

Describes APIs for the Oracle Globalization Development Kit.

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Migration Assistant for Unicode Release Notes

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

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Migration Assistant for Unicode Guide

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.

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Oracle Call Interface

The Oracle Call Interface is for low-level, efficient coding in C or C++.

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

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.

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Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide

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).

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