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W3C (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

wait events (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

wait events (idle) (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

wait time (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

wallet (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

wallet obfuscation (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

Wallet Resource Locator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

WAN (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

warming the library cache (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)

Web Request Broker (WRB) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Web Services Description Language (WSDL) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

WebDAV (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

WebDAV protocol (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

well-formed (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

well-known Oracle Names server (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

What are the object naming guidelines for the Migration Workbench? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What do I use to connect to an Informix Dynamic Server? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What do the following error messages mean? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What does the error "Hostdef does not exist" mean? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What does the message "No primary key defined on table name; you are unable to update records after migration." mean? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What happens if the following message appears when you log into the Oracle Migration Workbench: "There is no Microsoft Access ODBC driver software installed on this system. Please install the software before using the Microsoft Access plugi (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What if I receive one of the following messages while attempting to launch the Oracle Migration Workbench Exporter for Microsoft Access (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What is the difference between Oracle Transparent Gateway (OTG) and the Migration Workbench? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What is the equivalent of the Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase Adaptive Server SYSOBJECTS table in an Oracle database? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What is the meaning of the "Owner name is NULL. Check the MASTER database is correctly recovered" message? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What is the meaning of the error message "ORA-01426: numeric overflow" in the Log window? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What is the Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase Adaptive Server DATETIME data type mapped to within an Oracle database? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What must I do when the stored procedure parameters that are declared using the LIKE syntax are incorrectly parsed to type CLOB? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What platforms does Oracle Migration Workbench run on? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What release of the Oracle Server does the Migration Workbench support? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What should I do if I cannot download the Migration Workbench from Oracle Technology Network (OTN)? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What should I do if I cannot launch the Oracle Migration Workbench? I attempt to do so but nothing happens. (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What should I do if I encounter the error message "JET/DAO Error 3050: Couldn't lock file"? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What should I do if I receive the "ORA-00001: Unique constraint violated message displayed in error.log or as an alert" error message? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What should I do if I receive the error "ORA-22866: default character set is of varying width" when migrating to a destination Oracle database created with the UTF8 character set? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What should I do if the Migration Workbench Repository creation fails? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What software do I need to migrate a Microsoft Access 2000 database to an Oracle database? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

What software do I need to migrate a Microsoft Access 97 database to an Oracle database? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

what-if scenario (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Where can I find out more about Oracle Migration Workbench error messages? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

whole database backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Why am I not able to access Oracle Technology Network (OTN)? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why do I have problems migrating the Defaults schema when I use the default repository? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why do I receive a blank DOS window or one of the following error messages while launching the Migration Workbench from Windows 98? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why do I receive the "Communication link failure: bad handshake" error message when migrating from MySQL? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why do I receive the "ORA-02298: parent key not found" error message? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why does a SELECT statement on a temporary table fail when I have migrated a stored procedure to a destination Oracle database? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why does the Migration Workbench not handle validation rules with the following syntax (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why does the Oracle Model hang when I map foreign keys? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why does the stored procedure parser fail in the Migration Workbench? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why must I define a SQL Server or Sybase System 11 ODBC data source? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why must I define an Oracle ODBC data source when migrating from Microsoft Access? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Why must I modify the Microsoft Access database? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

wide area network (WAN) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

wide character (Globalization Support Guide)

width (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Windows NT global groups (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

Windows NT local groups (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

Windows NT native authentication (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

work area (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

Working Group (WG) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

workload (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

workspace (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

workspace hierarchy (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

workspace management (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
    [definition #2] (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Wrapper (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

wrapping (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

write errors (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

writer site (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

WRL (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

WSDL (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)