28 OCI Data Type Mapping and Manipulation Functions

This chapter describes the OCI data type mapping and manipulation functions.

These functions are Oracle's external C language interface to Oracle Database predefined types.

See Also:

For code examples, see the demonstration programs included with your Oracle Database installation. For additional information, see OCI Demonstration Programs.

This chapter contains these topics:

• Introduction to Data Type Mapping and Manipulation Functions

• OCI Collection and Iterator Functions

• OCI Date, Datetime, and Interval Functions

• OCI NUMBER Functions

• OCI Raw Functions

• OCI REF Functions

• OCI String Functions

• OCI Table Functions

• Introduction to Data Type Mapping and Manipulation Functions
  Introduces detailed information about OCI data type mapping and manipulation functions.
• OCI Collection and Iterator Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI collection and iterator functions.
• OCI Date, Datetime, and Interval Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI date and interval functions.
• OCI NUMBER Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI NUMBER functions.
• OCI Raw Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI raw functions.
• OCI REF Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI Reference (REF) functions.
• OCI String Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI string functions.
• OCI Table Functions
  Lists and describes the OCI table functions.