Oracle Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide Release 9.0.1 for Windows Part Number A90171-01 |
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Based on an open standard, Oracle Provider for OLE DB (OraOLEDB) allows access to Oracle databases. This documentation describes OraOLEDB's provider-specific features and properties.
This preface contains these topics:
Oracle Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide is intended for programmers developing applications to access an Oracle database using Oracle Provider for OLE DB. This documentation is also valuable to systems analysts, project managers, and others interested in the development of database applications.
To use this document, you must be familiar with OLE DB and have a working knowledge of application programming using Microsoft C/C++, Visual Basic, or ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). Knowledge of Component Object Model (COM) concepts are also useful.
Readers should also be familiar with the use of Structured Query Language (SQL) to access information in relational database systems.
This document contains:
This chapter discusses OLE DB, Oracle Provider for OLE DB (OraOLEDB), requirements, and installation.
This chapter discusses OraOLEDB components and describes how to use OraOLEDB to develop consumer applications.
This appendix discusses OLE DB information that is specific to Oracle Provider for OLE DB.
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This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this documentation set. It describes:
We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.
Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:
SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';
The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.
The following table describes conventions for Windows operating systems and provides examples of their use.
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How to start a program. For example, to start Oracle Database Configuration Assistant, you must click the Start button on the taskbar and then choose Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME > Database Administration > Database Configuration Assistant. |
Choose Start > Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME > Database Administration > Database Configuration Assistant |
File and Directory Names |
File/directory names are not case sensitive. The special characters <, >, :, ", /, |, and - are not allowed. The special character \ is treated as an element separator, even when it appears in quotes. If the file name begins with \\, Windows assumes it uses the Universal Naming Convention. |
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Represents the Windows command prompt of the current hard disk drive. The escape character in a command prompt is "^". Your prompt reflects the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the command prompt in this manual. |
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The backslash special character (\) is sometimes required as an escape character for the double quote (") special character at the Windows command prompt. Parentheses and the single quote special character (') do not require an escape character. See your Windows operating system documentation for more information on escape and special characters. |
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HOME_NAME |
Represents the Oracle home name. The home name can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in the home name is the underscore. |
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In releases prior to Oracle8i release 8.1.3, when you installed Oracle components, all subdirectories were located under a top level or whatever you called your Oracle home.
This release complies with Optimal Flexible Architecture guidelines. All subdirectories are not under a top level All directory path examples in this guide follow OFA conventions. See Oracle9i Database Getting Started for Windows for additional information on OFA compliances and for information on installing Oracle products in non-OFA compliant directories. |
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JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.
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