Preface

Intended Audience

This guide is a reference for the PL/SQL Web Toolkit for Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4).

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Structure

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.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	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
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.