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Oracle Application Express

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Oracle Application Express

Oracle Application Express, APEX, is an application development and deployment
tool that enables you to quickly create secure and scalable Web applications even if
you have limited previous programming experience. The embedded Application
Builder tool assembles an HTML interface or a complete application that uses database
objects, such as tables or stored procedures, into a collection of pages that are linked
together through tabs, buttons, or hypertext links. See Oracle Database 2 Day +
Application Express Developer's Guide for complete information on APEX.

For complete information about APEX and related information, see the APEX Oracle
Technology Network site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_

express/

Oracle Call Interface and Oracle C++ Call Interface

Oracle Call Interface (OCI) is the native C language API for accessing Oracle Database
directly from C applications. See Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide for complete
information on OCI.

Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI) is the native C++ language API for accessing Oracle
Database directly from C++ applications. Very similar to the OCI, OCCI supports both
relational and object-oriented programming paradigms. See Oracle C++ Call Interface
Programmer's Guide for complete information on OCCI.

The OCI and OCCI Software Development Kits are also installed as part of the Oracle
Instant Client, which enables you to run applications without installing the standard
Oracle client or having an

ORACLE_HOME

. Your applications will work without

modification, while using significantly less disk space. Oracle Instant Client is
available from the Instant Client Oracle Technology Network site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/

For complete information about Oracle Database OCI and related information, see the
OCI Oracle Technology Network site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/

For complete information about Oracle Database OCCI and related information, see
the OCCI Oracle Technology Network site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/occi/

Oracle Java Database Connectivity

Oracle Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an API that enables Java to send SQL
statements to an object-relational database, such as Oracle Database. Oracle Database
JDBC provides complete support for the JDBC 3.0 and JDBC RowSet (JSR-114)
standards, advanced connection caching for both XA and non-XA connections,
exposure of SQL and PL/SQL data types to Java, and fast SQL data access.

Like OCI and OCCI, JDBC is part of the Oracle Instant Client installation, which is
available from the Instant Client Oracle Technology Network site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/

For more information about JDBC APIs, see the Sun Developer Network site at

http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/database/

For complete information about Oracle Database JDBC APIs, drivers, support and
de-support notices, and similar information, see the Oracle Technology Network site at