1 Introduction

This chapter provides an overview on how to use Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect (OracleAS Integration InterConnect) Adapter for Databases (Database adapter). It contains the following:

• Database Adapter Overview

• Database Adapter System Requirements

Database Adapter Overview

The Database adapter enables an Oracle Database application to be integrated with other applications using OracleAS Integration InterConnect. The Database adapter is useful in all Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) scenarios involving Oracle Database applications. The purpose of this guide is to explain all the necessary design-time and run-time concepts of the Database adapter. EAI is the integration of applications and business processes within the same company.

Database Adapter System Requirements

The following sections describe Database adapter system requirements:

• Hardware Requirements

• Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists the hardware requirements for installing the Database adapter.

Table 1-1 Hardware Requirements

Hardware	Windows 2000	UNIX
Disk Space	400 MB	400 MB
Memory	512 MB	512 MB

Software Requirements

The following sections describe Database adapter software requirements:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

• Database Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-2 lists operating system requirements installing the Database adapter.

Table 1-2 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
HP Tru64	HP Tru64 UNIX (Alpha) 5.1b
HP-UX	HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.11, 11.23
IBM AIX	AIX (POWER) version 5.2
Linux (x86)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0 SuSE SLES8, SLES9
Sun SPARC Solaris	Sun SPARC Solaris 2.8 and 2.9
Microsoft Windows	Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000( SP3 or higher)

JRE Requirements

OracleAS Integration InterConnect uses Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4, which is installed with its components.

Database Requirements

The Database adapter requires Oracle8i or later version of the Oracle database. Typically, the database should already be used by the application. If this database is not used by the application, then install Oracle8i, or Oracle9i database.