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Oracle8i Products

Advanced Queueing 

8.1.7 

Provides the functionality to support the Advanced Queueing API. 

Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Advanced Queueing 

Advanced Replication 

8.1.7 

Provides the functionality to support the Advanced Replication API. 

Oracle8i Replication 

Enterprise JavaBeans  

8.1.7 

An architecture for developing transactional applications as distributed components in Java.  

Oracle8i Enterprise JavaBeans and CORBA Developer's Guide 

Java Runtime Environment (Oracle's version) 

1.1.8-7 

Required for running Java applications, such as Oracle Universal Installer. Compaq' JRE Version 1.1.8 is the minimum standard Java platform for running Java programs. 

Not applicable 

Generic Connectivity 

8.1.7 

Also known as Heterogeneous Services, this feature implements an extensibility framework for accessing non-Oracle systems. This feature integrates the core of Oracle's gateway technology directly into the Oracle8i database server by extending the Oracle SQL engine to optimize and rewrite SQL for non-Oracle data stores. 

Getting to Know Oracle8i 

Net8 Server  

8.1.7 

Provides products that allow the listener, through a protocol, to accept connections from client applications on the network.

Note: Net8 Server is not installable through any Oracle8i Client installation types.

Net8 clients communicate with Oracle servers through net service names. Net8 resolves net service names using the following naming methods:

• Host Names

• Local Names

• Oracle Names

Net8 Administrator's Guide 

Object Type Translator 

8.1.7 

Used to create C-struct representations of Abstract Data Types (ADTs) that have been created and stored in an Oracle database. To take advantage of objects, run Object Type Translator against the database, and a header file is generated that includes the C-structs. 

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide 

Oracle Advanced Security 

8.1.7 

Oracle Advanced Security provides the following comprehensive suite of security services for Oracle8i:

This multicomponent product requires a separate license. 

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide 

1. Authentication support

8.1.7 

Oracle Advanced Security provides strong authentication support through a variety of authentication modules.  

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide 

2. Encryption and Integrity support

8.1.7 

Oracle Advanced Security ensures data confidentiality during transmission using the encryption and data integrity types listed in the installable products tables above. It enables a variety of public-key solutions, including native encryption, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), X.509 certificates, passwords, smartcards and biometrics.

Note: Recent changes in the United States Export Administration Regulations (EAR) have made it possible for Oracle Corporation to ship the one edition of Oracle Advanced Security worldwide. Oracle Advanced Security functionality includes strong encryption for protocols into the Oracle database that were previously available only to the U.S. and Canadian markets. 

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide

3. Single Sign On support

8.1.7 

Oracle Advanced Security provides single sign-on to multiple accounts and applications with a single password. Strong authentication occurs transparently in subsequent connections. Kerberos, DCE, and SSL-based single sign-on are supported.  

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide 

Oracle Call Interface  

8.1.7 

An application programming interface (API) for accessing an Oracle database from a C or C++ program.  

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide 

Oracle Documentation  

8.1.7 

Online version of Oracle8i documentation available in HTML and PDF format. 

"Accessing Installed Documentation" 

Oracle Enterprise Login Assistant  

1.1 

Enables single sign on, which implements a subset of the Wallet Manager functionality for opening a user wallet and enabling applications to use it. 

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide 

Oracle HTTP Server 

A component that provides a preconfigured, ready-to-use listener (for use with Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site) to enable a browser-based Oracle Enterprise Manager Console.

• Apache Configuration for Oracle Java Server Pages (JSPs)

• Oracle8i JVM

• Apache Web Server Files (Apache 1.3.12)

Apache documentation  

Oracle Instance Manager

(part of Oracle DBA Studio) 

2.2 

Manages database instances and sessions in your Oracle environment.  

Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide 

Oracle Intelligent Agent  

8.1.7 

Monitors services on the managed node for registered events and scheduled jobs sent by the console. 

Oracle Intelligent Agent User's Guide 

Oracle interMedia 

8.1.7 

Enables file management in a variety of media, including text, audio, and video through a specific component of interMedia.

This multi-component product requires a separate license. 

Oracle8i interMedia Text Reference 

Oracle interMedia Common Files

(installed with Oracle interMedia) 

8.1.7 

A set of files used by Oracle interMedia components. 

Not applicable 

Oracle interMedia Locator Service

(installed with Oracle interMedia) 

8.1.7 

Enables Oracle8i to support online internet-based geocoding facilities for locator applications and proximity queries. 

Oracle8i interMedia Locator User's Guide and Reference 

Oracle interMedia Text

(installed with Oracle interMedia, formerly Oracle ConText Cartridge) 

8.1.7 

Manages and search for text in the database as quickly and easily as any other type of data. Oracle interMedia Text also supports basic full-text searches in most languages supported by the Oracle database. 

Oracle8i interMedia Text Reference 

Oracle interMedia Text Manager

(part of Oracle Enterprise Manager Integrated Applications) 

2.2 

A application for administering interMedia Text functionality. 

Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide 

Oracle Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Drivers 

8.1.7 

A standard set of Java classes, specified by JavaSoft, that provides vendor-independent access to relational data through Java. 

Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference 

Oracle8i JVM Enterprise Edition 

8.1.7 

Provides Oracle's Java Virtual Machine, CORBA 2.0 Object Request Broker, embedded JDBC drivers, SQLJ translator, and an Enterprise JavaBeans transaction server. 

Oracle8i Java Developer's Guide 

Oracle8i JVM Accelerator 

8.1.7 

Eliminates interpreter overhead by translating standard Java class files into specialized C source files. A platform-dependent C compiler then processes the C source files into native libraries, which can be loaded dynamically. The Oracle8i JVM Accelerator is portable to all OS and hardware platforms. 

Oracle8i Java Stored Procedures Development Guide; Oracle8i Java Developer's Guide 

Oracle Java Tools 

8.1.7 

Provides Java tools to build and deploy Java stored procedures, CORBA objects, and Enterprise JavaBeans with Oracle's Java Virtual Machine. 

Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference 

Oracle Names 

8.1.7 

A distributed naming service developed for Oracle environments to help simplify the setup and administration of global, client/server computing networks. Oracle Names does this by establishing and maintaining an integrated system of Names servers. Oracle Names servers work like a directory service storing addresses for all the database services on a network and making them available to clients that want to make a connection.  

Net8 Administrator's Guide 

Oracle Objects Functionality 

8.1.7 

Lets you create and manipulate objects, as well as to integrate objects with standard relational functionality.  

Oracle Parallel Server  

8.1.7 

Enables multiple Oracle instances to share a single Oracle database.

This product requires a separate license. 

Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration 

Oracle Partitioning 

8.1.7 

Provides more control in managing tables and indexes by directing all maintenance operations to individual partitions rather than to tables and index names.

This product requires a separate license. 

Oracle PL/SQL Embedded Gateway 

8.1.7 

A Java module gateway that authenticates user roles and enables secured access to build and invoke PL/SQL procedures. These procedures can retrieve data from database tables and generate HTTP responses. It may be deployed in one of two ways:

• mod_plsql: This module runs as a servlet on the HTTP Server middle tier. It creates "stateless" sessions, meaning information about requests is not maintained between client sessions.

• mod_ose: This module runs as a servlet within the database. By resetting the default database activation descriptor (DAD) from the default "stateless" to "stateful," conventional database locking schemes are enabled and session states are maintained.

Oracle Internet Application Server Release: Using mod_PL/SQL

Oracle8i Administrator's Reference Release 3 (8.1.7) 

Oracle Servlet Engine 

8.1.7 

A Web server built directly into the Oracle8i database. Oracle Servlet Engine includes an HTTP listener and the ability to distribute Java Server Pages (JSP's) and run servlets directly on the database. 

Oracle8i JVM Servlet Container 

Oracle Spatial

(formerly Oracle Spatial Data Cartridge) 

8.1.7 

Oracle Spatial makes the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of spatial data easier and more intuitive to users.

This product requires a separate license. 

Oracle8i Spatial User's Guide and Reference 

Oracle Time Series

(formerly Oracle8i Time Series Cartridge) 

8.1.7 

Stores and retrieves time-stamped data through object data types.

This product requires a separate license. 

Oracle8i Time Series User's Guide 

Oracle Universal Installer  

1.7.1.7.0 

A Java-based application that lets you quickly install, update, and remove Oracle products.  

Oracle8i Installation Guide 

Oracle Utilities 

8.1.7 

A suite of products used for database administration which includes:

• DBVERIFY

• Export Utility

• Import Utility

• Migration Utility

• OCOPY

• ORADIM

• Password UtilityRecovery Manager

• Server Manager

• SQL*Loader

• TKPROF

Oracle8i Utilities 

Oracle Visual Information Retrieval

(formerly Oracle8i Visual Information Retrieval) 

8.1.7 

Provides image storage, content-based retrieval, and format conversion capabilities through an object data type. This option is a building block for various imaging applications, rather than being an end-user application.  

Oracle8i Visual Information Retrieval User's Guide and Reference 

Oracle Wallet Manager  

2.2 

Generates a public-private key pair, creates a certificate request for submission to a certificate authority, and Installs and configures a trusted certificate for the identity. 

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide 

Oracle8i Server  

8.1.7 

The database component of the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition or Oracle8i software 

Getting to Know Oracle8i 

PL/SQL Embedded Gateway 

8.1.7 

Enables users to use their browsers to invoke PL/SQL procedures stored in an Oracle database. The stored procedures can retrieve data from tables in the database, and generate HTTP responses to return to client browsers.The PL/SQL Embedded Gateway also includes the PL/SQL Web Toolkit--a set of PL/SQL packages that enables users to retrieve information about the HTTP request, specify values for HTTP headers, set cookies, and generate HTML pages.  

Using mod_plsql

Pro*C/C++  

8.1.7 

Takes SQL statements embedded in C and C++ programs and converts them to standard C code. When you precompile this code, the result is a C or C++ program that you can compile and use to build applications that access an Oracle database.

This product requires a separate license as a part of Oracle Programmer. 

Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide 

Pro*COBOL  

8.1.7 

Takes SQL statements embedded in a COBOL program and converts them to standard COBOL code. When you precompile this code, the result is a COBOL program that you can compile and use to build applications that access an Oracle database.

This product requires a separate license as a part of Oracle Programmer. 

Pro*COBOL Precompiler Programmer's Guide 

Pro*FORTRAN 

1.8.52 

Takes SQL statements embedded in a FORTRAN program and converts them to standard FORTRAN code. When you precompile this code, the result is a FORTRAN program that you can compile and use to build applications that access an Oracle database.

This product requires a separate license as a part of Oracle Programmer. 

Pro*Fortran Supplement to the Oracle Precompilers Guide 

SQL*Plus  

8.1.7 

Command line interface that allows SQL and PL/SQL database languages to be used with an Oracle database 

SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference 

SQLJ  

8.1.7 

A standard way to embed SQL statements in Java programs.  

Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference 

SQLJ Runtime

(installed with SQLJ) 

8.1.7 

A thin layer of pure Java code that runs above the JDBC driver. When Oracle SQLJ translates a SQLJ source code, embedded SQL commands in a Java application are replaced by calls to the SQLJ runtime. 

Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference 

SQLJ Translator

(installed with SQLJ) 

8.1.7 

A preprocessor for Java programs that contain embedded SQL statements. Oracle SQLJ Translator converts the SQL statements to JDBC calls. 

Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference 

TCP/IP Protocol Support  

8.1.7 

Enables client/server conversation over a network using TCP/IP and Net8. This combination of Oracle products enables an Oracle application on a client to communicate with remote Oracle databases through TCP/IP (if the Oracle database is running on a host system that supports network communication using TCP/IP).

Multi-Threaded Server Support (MTS) is available in TCP/IP networks.

Connection Pooling is available only with MTS on TCP/IP networks. 

Net8 Administrator's Guide