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What is Oracle Advanced Queuing?

In this chapter we introduce Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ) by considering the requirements for complex information handling in a distributed environment under the following headings:

• Queuing - an Optimal Means of Handling Messages

• Two Contexts for Developing Queuing Applications

• Two Models for Queuing Messages

• Features of Advanced Queuing (AQ)

• Elements of Advanced Queuing (Native AQ)

• Reference to Demos