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This Preface contains the following topics:
The Oracle8i Replication Management API Reference contains information that describes the features and functionality of the Oracle8i and the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition products. Oracle8i and the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition have the same basic features. However, several advanced features are available only with the Enterprise Edition, and some of these are optional. For example, to use partitioning, you must have the Enterprise Edition and the partitioning option.
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See Also:
Getting to Know Oracle8i for information about the differences between Oracle8i and the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition and the features and options that are available to you. |
This reference describes the replication management API. This reference assumes that you are familiar with the replication concepts described in Oracle8i Replication.
The emphasis of this reference is to illustrate how the replication management API is used and to serve as a quick reference source for the replication management API.
Information in this reference applies to the Oracle8i server running on all operating systems. Topics include the following:
This reference is written for database administrators and application developers who develop and maintain Oracle8i replication environments.
This reference assumes you are familiar with relational database concepts, distributed database administration, PL/SQL (if using procedural replication), and the operating system under which you run an Oracle replicated environment.
This reference also assumes that you have read and understand the information in the following documents:
This reference contains the following chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1, "Replication Overview"
Provides an overview of process for building a replicated environment with the replication management API. This chapter also contains some prerequisites for building a replicated environment.
Chapter 2, "Create Replication Site"
Describes in detail the process of setting up both a master and snapshot site. Consult this chapter when building a new replicated environment and when adding either a new master or snapshot site to an established replicated environment.
Chapter 3, "Create a Master Group"
Describes how to build a master group for multimaster replication or as a master for a snapshot site. Chapter 3 builds a master group that replicates data between the three master sites that were set up in Chapter 2.
Chapter 4, "Create Deployment Template"
Describes how to build a snapshot environment with deployment templates, which are the most effective method of distributing a snapshot environment to any number of snapshot sites.
Chapter 5, "Create Snapshot Group"
Describes how to build a snapshot environment with snapshot groups. If deployment templates do not meet your requirements, Chapter 5 describes in detail how to build a snapshot environment at the snapshot site.
Chapter 6, "Conflict Resolution"
Describes the conflict resolution methods that can help your data converge at all sites when a data conflict arises.
Chapter 7, "Manage Replicated Environment with APIs"
Describes many of the management tasks that you may need to perform to manage your replicated environment. Topics discussed include master group management, altering replicated objects, offline instantiation, and more.
Chapter 8, "Replication Management API Reference"
Describes the parameters for the packaged procedures and functions used to implement a replicated environment, as well as exceptions these procedures and functions might raise.
Chapter 9, "Data Dictionary Views"
Describes views of interest to users of deferred transactions, read-only snapshots, and the Oracle replication.
Appendix A, "Security Options"
Describes setting up security for multimaster and snapshot replication using the replication management API.
Appendix B, "User-Defined Conflict Resolution Methods"
Describes building user-defined conflict resolution methods and notification functions using the replication management API.
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