Preface

Intended Audience

This guide is a reference for the PL/SQL Web Toolkit for Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2.2.

The packages in the the PL/SQL Web Toolkit are described in the following chapters:

Chapter 1 describes the htp and htf packages which generate HTML tags.
Chapter 2 describes the owa_cache package which contains functions and procedures that enable the PL/SQL Gateway cache.
Chapter 3 describes the owa_cookie package which contains subprograms that send and retrieve HTTP cookies from the client's browser.
Chapter 4 describes the owa_image package which is used when you have any image map whose destination links invoke the PL/SQL Gateway.
Chapter 5 describes the owa_lock package which contains subprograms that are used to implement database locking for PL/SQL Gateway.
Chapter 6 describes the owa_pattern package which locates text patterns within strings and replaces the matched string with another string.
Chapter 7 describes the owa_sec package which contains functions, procedures, and data types to implement security.
Chapter 8 describes the owa_text package which contains subprograms used by owa_pattern for manipulating strings.
Chapter 9 describes the owa_util package which contains utility subprograms.

Part Number	Title
A90099-01	Oracle9i Application Server, Using the PL/SQL Gateway
A87353-01	Oracle9i Application Server - Overview

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