Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference
Release 3 (8.1.7)

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Preface

This preface introduces you to the Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference, discussing the intended audience, structure, and conventions of this document. A list of related Oracle documents is also provided.

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for anyone with an interest in JDBC programming but assumes at least some prior knowledge of the following:

Document Structure

The Oracle JDBC Developers Guide and Reference contains 21 chapters and one appendix:

Chapter 1, "Overview"  

This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle implementation of JDBC and the Oracle JDBC driver architecture.  

Chapter 2, "Getting Started"  

This chapter introduces the Oracle JDBC drivers and some scenarios of how you can use them. This chapter also guides you through the basics of testing your installation and configuration.  

Chapter 3, "Basic Features"  

This chapter covers the basic steps in creating any JDBC application. It also discusses additional basic features of Java and JDBC supported by the Oracle JDBC drivers.  

Chapter 4, "Overview of JDBC 2.0 Support"  

This chapter presents an overview of JDBC 2.0 features and describes the differences in how these features are supported in the JDK 1.2.x and JDK 1.1.x environments.  

Chapter 6, "Overview of Oracle Extensions"  

This chapter provides an overview of the JDBC extension classes supplied by Oracle.  

Chapter 5, "Accessing and Manipulating Oracle Data"  

This chapter describes data access using the Oracle datatype formats rather than Java formats.  

Chapter 7, "Working with LOBs and BFILEs"  

This chapter covers the Oracle extensions to the JDBC standard that let you access and manipulate LOBs and LOB data.  

Chapter 8, "Working with Oracle Object Types"  

This chapter explains how to map Oracle object types to Java classes by using either standard JDBC or Oracle extensions.  

Chapter 9, "Working with Oracle Object References"  

This chapter describes the Oracle extensions to standard JDBC that let you access and manipulate object references.  

Chapter 10, "Working with Oracle Collections"  

This chapter discusses the Oracle extensions to standard JDBC that let you access and manipulate arrays and their data.  

Chapter 11, "Accessing PL/SQL Index-by Tables"  

This chapter describes special methods to bind and register PL/SQL index-by tables in JDBC.  

Chapter 12, "Result Set Enhancements"  

This chapter discusses JDBC 2.0 result set enhancements such as scrollable result sets and updatable result sets, including support issues under JDK 1.1.x.  

Chapter 13, "Performance Extensions"  

This chapter describes Oracle extensions to the JDBC standard that enhance the performance of your applications.  

Chapter 14, "Statement Caching"  

This chapter describes Oracle extension statements for caching.  

Chapter 15, "Connection Pooling and Caching"  

This chapter discusses JDBC 2.0 data sources (and their usage of JNDI), connection pooling functionality (a framework for connection caching implementations), and a sample connection caching implementation provided by Oracle.  

Chapter 16, "Distributed Transactions"  

This chapter covers distributed transactions, otherwise known as global transactions, and standard XA functionality. (Distributed transactions are sets of transactions, often to multiple databases, that have to be committed in a coordinated manner.)  

Chapter 17, "Java Transaction API"  

This chapter describes how to use the JDBC connections within a JTA global transaction in order to include all changes to multiple databases within a transaction.  

Chapter 18, "Advanced Topics"  

This chapter describes advanced JDBC topics such as using NLS, working with applets, the server-side driver, and embedded SQL92 syntax.  

Chapter 19, "Coding Tips and Troubleshooting"  

This chapter includes coding tips and general guidelines for troubleshooting your JDBC applications.  

Chapter 20, "Sample Applications"  

This chapter presents sample applications that highlight advanced JDBC features and Oracle extensions.  

Chapter 21, "Reference Information"  

This chapter contains detailed JDBC reference information.  

Appendix A, "JDBC Error Messages"  

This appendix lists JDBC error messages and the corresponding ORA error numbers.  

Document Conventions

This book uses Solaris syntax, but file names and directory names for Windows NT are the same, unless otherwise noted.

The term [ORACLE_HOME] is used to indicate the full path of the Oracle home directory.

In examples, an implied carriage return occurs at the end of each line, unless otherwise noted. You must press the Return key at the end of a line of input.

The following conventions are also used in this manual:

Convention   Meaning  

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Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.  

. . .  

Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted.  

< >  

Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.  

[ ]  

Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.  

Related Documents

This section lists other documentation of interest.

See the following additional documents available from the Oracle Java Platform group:

You can also refer to the following documents from the Oracle Server Technologies group.

Documentation from the following Oracle groups may also be of interest.



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