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Getting Started with Your Documentation

This appendix introduces you to the documentation set.

Specific topics discussed are:

• Documentation Formats

• What Documentation Did I Receive?

  See Also: "What Documentation Do I Read First?" for instructions on viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation from the CD-ROM "Installing and Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation" for instructions on installing the Oracle8i Online Documentation on your hard drive

Documentation Formats

This table describes the format and availability of Oracle8i Online Documentation and the tools required to view them.

Format	Availability	Tools Required
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)	All Oracle documentation is available in HTML.	Use a Web browser to view your HTML documentation set. The Oracle Information Navigator, a tool that enables you to search your entire HTML documentation library for information, is also available for viewing your HTML documentation set. See "Installing and Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation" for information on Web browser requirements.
Portable Document Format (PDF)	All Oracle documentation is available in PDF.	Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view your PDF documentation set. See "Installing and Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation" for information on Adobe Acrobat Reader requirements.
Text file format	Some Oracle components are also documented in README files located in the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\RELNOTES directory.	Use an ASCII text editor.
Printed	A CD-ROM insert describes how to access your Oracle documentation and get started with installation.	None required.

Note: To order printed guides, contact Oracle Documentation Sales: Telephone [phone] in the United States of America. Visit: http://oraclestore.oracle.com/

What Documentation Did I Receive?

Your Oracle8i Online Documentation consists of two types of documentation.

Documentation Type	Describes...
Operating system-specific	Installation, configuration, and use of Oracle8i products in a Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 2000 environment. Operating system-specific documents are occasionally referred to in the generic documentation set. These documents are easy to identify because their titles typically mention their specific operating system or make reference to a Microsoft feature.
Generic	Oracle8i, Net8 networking information, and application programming interface (API) information that is uniform across all operating system platforms. Most of the documents in your documentation set belong to this category. While reading through the generic documentation set, you are occasionally asked to refer to your platform-specific or operating system-specific documentation for procedures specific to the Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98 operating systems. To easily identify where these generic documentation references are described in your operating system documentation, see the index of this guide and the Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT for the following entry: generic documentation references All generic documentation references described in this guide appear under this index entry.

IMPORTANT: Documentation may be included in your package detailing products that you did not buy or license, or whose functionality is not included in the current release. The presence of such documentation does not mean that these products are included in your package or that you are licensed to use them.

Online Documentation Set

Your Oracle8i Online Documentation is divided into the following categories:

• Oracle8i for Windows, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle Enterprise Manager, Release 2.1.0

• Oracle8i Generic Documentation Master Index, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Server and Data Warehousing, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Server Application Development, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Server Networking and Security, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Parallel Server, Release 8.1.6

• SQL*Plus, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i interMedia, Spatial, Time Series, and Visual Information Retrieval Options, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Java Developer's Documentation, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle WebDB, Release 2.2

Oracle8i for Windows, Release 8.1.6

Master Index

• Oracle8i Windows NT Documentation Master Index

Release Notes and Installation

• Oracle8i Release Notes for Windows NT

• Oracle8i Installation Guide for Windows NT

Administration, Concepts, and Reference

• Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT

• Oracle Parallel Server Administrator's Guide for Windows NT

SQL*Plus

• SQL*Plus Getting Started for Windows

Language and Interface Documentation

• Oracle Call Interface Getting Started for Windows

• Oracle Web Publishing Assistant Getting Started for Windows NT

• Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Getting Started for Windows

• Pro*COBOL Precompiler Getting Started for Windows

Application Development

• Oracle AppWizard for Microsoft Visual C++ User's Guide

• Oracle COM Automation Developer's Guide

• Oracle Objects for OLE

• Oracle Objects for OLE C++ Class Library

• Oracle Provider for OLE DB User's Guide

• Using Microsoft Transaction Server With Oracle8

Oracle Migration Workbench

• Oracle Migration Workbench FAQ

• Oracle Migration Workbench Release Notes

• Oracle Migration Workbench Reference for MS Access Reference Guide

• Oracle Migration Workbench Reference for MS SQL Server and Sybase Adaptive Server Reference Guide

Oracle Enterprise Manager, Release 2.1.0

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Messages Manual

• Oracle Intelligent Agent User's Guide

• Oracle SNMP Support Reference Guide

Oracle8i Generic Documentation Master Index, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Generic Documentation Master Index

Oracle8i Server and Data Warehousing, Release 8.1.6

Concepts, Administration, and Reference

• Getting to Know Oracle8i

• Oracle8i Administrator's Guide

• Oracle8i Concepts

• Oracle8i Designing and Tuning for Performance

• Oracle8i Error Messages

• Oracle8i Migration

• Oracle8i National Language Support Guide

• Oracle8i Reference

• Oracle8i SQL Reference

• Oracle8i Supplied Java Packages Reference

• Oracle8i Supplied PL/SQL Packages Reference

• Oracle8i Utilities

Backup and Recovery

• Oracle8i Backup and Recovery Guide

• Oracle8i Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i Standby Database Concepts and Administration

• Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide

Data Warehousing

• Oracle8i Data Warehousing Guide

Distributed Databases

• Oracle8i Distributed Database Systems

• Oracle8i Replication

• Oracle8i Replication Management API Reference

Oracle8i Server Application Development, Release 8.1.6

Application Development

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Object-Relational Features

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Advanced Queuing

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects (LOBs)

• Oracle8i Data Cartridge Developer's Guide

Language and Interface Documentation

• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

• PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference

• Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide

• Pro*COBOL Precompiler Programmer's Guide

Oracle8i Server Networking and Security, Release 8.1.6

• Net8 Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide

Oracle8i Parallel Server, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Documentation Online Roadmap

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Concepts

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Administration, Deployment, and Performance

SQL*Plus, Release 8.1.6

• SQL*Plus Quick Reference

• SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference

Oracle8i interMedia, Spatial, Time Series, and Visual Information Retrieval Options, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i interMedia Options

• Oracle8i interMedia Text Migration

• Oracle8i interMedia Text Reference

• Oracle8i interMedia Audio, Image, and Video Java Client User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i interMedia Audio, Image, and Video User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i interMedia Locator User's Guide and Reference

Oracle8 Spatial, Time Series, and Visual Information Retrieval Options

• Oracle Spatial User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i Time Series User's Guide

• Oracle8i Visual Information Retrieval Java Client User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i Visual Information Retrieval User's Guide and Reference

Oracle8i Java Developer's Documentation, Release 8.1.6

• Oracle8i Enterprise JavaBeans and CORBA Developer's Guide

• Oracle8i Java Developer's Guide

• Oracle8i Java Stored Procedures Developer's Guide

• Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i JPublisher User's Guide

• Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference

Oracle WebDB, Release 2.2

• Oracle WebDB Tutorial

• Oracle WebDB Creating and Managing Components - Task Help

• Oracle WebDB Creating and Managing Components - Field-Level Help

• Oracle WebDB Creating and Managing Sites - Task Help

• Oracle WebDB Creating and Managing Sites - Field-Level Help