Release 8.1.6
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This CD-ROM contains the on-line generic documentation library for Oracle8i, Release 2. You will also see the release number referred to as "Release 8.1.6" in this document and in some of the generic documentation. The two release designations are equivalent, and in some places this release is referred to as "Release 2 (8.1.6)".
The documentation on this CD-ROM is available in HTML and PDF formats. This document describes the contents of the CD-ROM and provides instructions for installing and viewing the documentation. It also includes information about ordering hardcopy documentation and contacting customer support.
This CD-ROM is a Rock Ridge/Joliet/ISO9660 hybrid CD, which should be readable by all computers which support one of those standards.
For information about new features in this release, see the on-line manual Getting to Know Oracle8i.
This document includes the following sections:
This CD-ROM contains all of the the documentation listed in the tables in this section. Each title is preceded by the part number of the manual.
Some manuals which include multiple printed volumes (such as Oracle8i Concepts or Oracle8i SQL Reference) are presented as a single manual in on-line form. The part number included here refers to the multi-volume set.
The documentation on the CD-ROM is divided into the following top-level categories:
The final item in the list (the Installation and Usage Notes) is equivalent to this document. It is provided on the CD-ROM in HTML, PDF, and text formats.
Some of the documentation categories are further divided into subcategories. For example, the "Server and Data Warehousing" category is subdivided into the following subcategories: "Concepts, Administration, and Reference," "Backup and Recovery," "Data Warehousing," and "Distributed Databases."
If an asterisk (*) follows a part number in one of the following tables, this indicates that the document in question has not been updated for this release, so the manual on this CD-ROM is the Release 8.1.5 version.
If a double asterisk (**) follows a part number in one of the following tables, this indicates that the documented product is in maintenance mode (bug fixes only) and the documentation on this CD has not been updated. The version provided here is the most recently released version:
If a part number is enclosed in square brackets ([ ]), this indicates that this is an online-only document (HTML and/or PDF) which is not available as a hard-copy manual.
The following tables list all the documentation on this CD.
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a76991 |
Oracle8i Generic Documentation Master Index |
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a76994 |
Oracle8i Data Warehousing Guide |
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a76960 |
Oracle8i Distributed Database Systems |
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a76959 |
Oracle8i Replication |
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a76958 |
Oracle8i Replication Management API Reference |
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a76933 |
Net8 Administrator's Guide |
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a76932 |
Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide |
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a77230 |
Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide |
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a75664 |
SQL*Plus Quick Reference |
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a75665 |
SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference |
You may choose to install the documentation onto your local system, or you can read the files directly from the CD-ROM without installing them. You need one of the tools listed in the following table to view the documentation from either location.
Note: Acrobat Reader is available for free download from the Adobe web site (http://www.adobe.com/) for the following platforms: Mac OS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 3.1x, Sun Solaris SPARC, Sun Solaris x86, DEC Alpha, HP-UX, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, Linux, and OS/2 Warp.
The disk space requirements for installing the on-line documentation are listed in the table below. For Release 8.1.6, the only installation option is to install the complete HTML and PDF documentation set. It is not possible to customize the installation.
| Format | Disk Space Required for Installation |
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HTML & PDF |
386 MB |
You can install the documents on this CD-ROM in either of two ways:
Note: The installation components on this CD-ROM are not compatible with pre-Oracle8i versions of the Oracle Installer. You must use the Oracle Universal Installer, which is new with Oracle8i.
The simplest installation method is a direct file copy from the CD-ROM to your local system. Use your operating system's commands to copy the contents of the DOC directory on the CD-ROM to the appropriate installation directory on your system.
Note: If you use this installation mechanism, your on-line documentation will not be automatically integrated with other documentation installations on your system.
See the Oracle8i Installation Guide for your platform for instructions on how to install and launch the Oracle Universal Installer.
When the installer prompts you to select a product to install, navigate to the CD-ROM and locate the file /INSTALL/docs_816.jar. Use this file as the basis for your installation.
The location of the installed documentation files is determined according to the following rules:
ORACLE_DOC is defined in the environment, the files are installed in that directory.
ORACLE_DOC is not defined, but ORACLE_BASE is defined, the files are installed under the $ORACLE_BASE/doc directory.
ORACLE_DOC nor ORACLE_BASE is defined in the environment, the files are installed under the $ORACLE_HOME/doc directory.
You can install the documentation on this CD-ROM onto your local system, or you can view the documentation directly from the CD-ROM. See "Tools Requirements" for information about the tools necessary to view the documentation.
The Oracle Information Navigator (OIN) is a Java Applet which is provided both on the CD-ROM and as part of the installed documentation. It provides a "tree" view of the documentation library for random file access and allows you to perform searches across the library. For more information on using OIN, see "Using the Oracle Information Navigator (OIN)".
To view the HTML and PDF documentation from a local installation or from the CD-ROM, follow these steps:
index.htm file within the installed documentation directory, or within the /DOC directory on the CD-ROM.
Note: The "PDF Directory" bookmark at the top of each manual's PDF bookmark list is only valid if you have opened the file directly, using Acrobat, or have navigated to it using the PDF index. See "Viewing PDF Documentation Without a Browser" for more information.
You can randomly access files in the documentation library using the Oracle Information Navigator's "tree" view. You can also use the OIN's search capabilities to search through the documentation library . The OIN requires a frames-enabled, Java-enabled web browser. To start using the Information Navigator, point your browser to:
/DOC/index.htm on the CD-ROM
$ORACLE_DOC/index.htm for installed documentation. If you did not install the documentation in ORACLE_DOC, adjust the path accordingly.
When you open one of these pages in your browser, the OIN applet loads, and the OIN utility displays in a separate window. If the OIN window is not visible after loading, it may be behind the main browser window.
Note: The OIN may not be fully compatible with all browser, platform, and Java environment configurations. If you run into difficulties, you may choose to view the documentation without the OIN. The OIN also uses HTML frames, so if you wish to view the documentation without frames, you should view the documentation without OIN. To view the documentation without launching OIN, load the top-level file products.htm instead of index.htm.
For information on how to use the Information Navigator, click on the Help button in the Information Navigator window. The help screens display in the main browser window.
It is possible to view the PDF documentation without using a web browser. To do so, follow these steps:
/DOC/index.pdf file on the CD-ROM, or the top-level index.pdf file in your installed documentation. From this index file you can navigate to all of the PDF documentation on the CD-ROM. Each of the PDF files also contains a "PDF Directory" bookmark at the top of the bookmark list. Clicking on this bookmark takes you up one level in the PDF index hierarchy.
The documentation in the PDF index files is divided into the same categories as the HTML documentation. See "CD-ROM Contents and Documentation Part Numbers" for information about the different categories.
You can also open an individual PDF file directly without browsing through the PDF index pages. To do so, follow these steps:
a12345.pdf). A list of the part numbers is available in the section "CD-ROM Contents and Documentation Part Numbers". PDF files are located within the following directories:
On the CD-ROM:
/DOC/mix.816 for the Master Index
/DOC/server.816 for Server and Data Warehousing documentation
/DOC/appdev.816 for Application Development documentation
/DOC/network.816 for Networking and Security documentation
/DOC/paraserv.816 for Parallel Server documentation
/DOC/sqlplus.816 for SQL*Plus documentation
/DOC/inter.816 for interMedia, Spatial, Time Series and Visual Information Retrieval documentation
/DOC/java.816 for Java documentation
/DOC/webdb.816 for WebDB documentation
Installed on your local system:
$ORACLE_DOC/mix.816 for the Master Index
$ORACLE_DOC/server.816 for Server and Data Warehousing documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/appdev.816 for Application Development documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/network.816 for Networking and Security documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/paraserv.816 for Parallel Server documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/sqlplus.816 for SQL*Plus documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/inter.816 for interMedia, Spatial, Time Series and Visual Information Retrieval documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/java.816 for Java documentation
$ORACLE_DOC/webdb.816 for WebDB documentation
Note: If you did not install the documentation in ORACLE_DOC, adjust the path accordingly.
So, for example, if you want to view the Oracle8i SQL Reference directly, without using a browser or the index.pdf files, you would first look up the category and part number of the document in the tables earlier in this document. That manual is in the "Server and Data Warehousing" category, and the part number is a76989. So you would then open the /DOC/server.816/a76989.pdf file on your CD, or the corresponding file in your installed documentation.
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