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About Oracle Multimedia on Windows

Oracle Multimedia (formerly Oracle interMedia) is a feature that enables Oracle Database to store, manage, and retrieve images.

Oracle Multimedia (formerly Oracle interMedia) is a feature that enables Oracle Database to store, manage, and retrieve images. It also helps DICOM format medical images and other DICOM data, audio, video, or other heterogeneous media data in an integrated fashion with other enterprise information. Oracle Multimedia extends Oracle Database reliability, availability, and data management to multimedia content in traditional, Internet, electronic commerce, medical, and media-rich applications.

If you install Standard Edition 2, or Enterprise Edition, then Oracle Database Configuration Assistant starts automatically at the end of installation. If you choose any Oracle Database Configuration Assistant installation type other than Customized, then Oracle Multimedia does not require manual configuration. All tasks described in this section are performed automatically.

If you select Customized installation, then Oracle Database Configuration Assistant guides you through configuration of Oracle Multimedia.

Parent topic: Postinstallation Configuration Tasks on Windows

Configuring Oracle Multimedia on Windows

Use this procedure to configure Oracle Multimedia.

If you are creating and configuring a database manually, then you can configure Oracle Multimedia as follows:

  1. Start SQL*Plus:
    C:\> sqlplus /NOLOG
  2. Connect to Oracle Database with account SYSDBA:
    SQL> CONNECT / AS SYSDBA
  3. Start the database (if necessary):
    SQL> STARTUP
  4. Run the script ordinst.sql:
    SQL> ORACLE_HOME\ord\admin\ordinst.sql SYSAUX SYSAUX
  5. Run the script iminst.sql:
    SQL> ORACLE_HOME\ord\im\admin\catim.sql
  6. Exit SQL*Plus:
    SQL> EXIT

    Note:

    If you manually copy your Oracle8i listener.ora and tnsnames.ora files into your Oracle Database network directory, then you must modify network configuration files tnsnames.ora and listener.ora on your server to enable calls to work and Oracle Multimedia to function properly.

    See Also:

    Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide

Parent topic: About Oracle Multimedia on Windows