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Introduction

This chapter discusses the Database adapter and the hardware and software requirements. This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Database Adapter Overview

Database Adapter Overview

The Oracle9iAS InterConnect Database adapter enables an Oracle Application, typically PL/SQL-based, to be integrated with other applications using Oracle9iAS InterConnect. This adapter is useful in all enterprise application integration scenarios involving Oracle Database applications.

This guide explains all necessary design time and runtime concepts of the Database adapter.

Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the hardware requirements for the computer on which the Database adapter is installed.

Hardware	Windows NT/2000	UNIX
Memory	128 MB	128 MB
Disk Space	500 MB	500 MB

Software Requirements

The following are software requirements for the Database Adapter:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

• Database Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-1 lists operating system requirements for the computer on which the Database adapter is installed.

Table 1-1 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
Windows NT/2000	version that supports at least 400 MHz
IBM AIX-Based Systems	version 4.3.3
Compaq Tru64 UNIX	version 5.0a or 5.1
HP 9000 Series HP-UX	version 11.0
SUSE LINUX SLES7	version 7.2, Kernel 2.4.7, GilbC 2.2.2-55
Sun SPARC Solaris	version 2.6

JRE Requirements

Oracle9iAS InterConnect uses JRE 1.3.1 which is installed with its components.

Database Requirements

The Database adapter requires Oracle8i or later version of the database. Typically, the database should already be used by the application. If this database is not used by the application, install either the Oracle8i or 9i database.