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Preface

This manual describes how to configure and use Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS.

This preface contains these topics:

- Audience

- Organization

- Related Documentation

- Conventions

## Audience

Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS Configuration and User's Guide is intended for users who want to access PL/SQL and Java Web components, within the Oracle database, from Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

To use this document, you need to be familiar with the following:

- Windows NT, and have installed and tested it on your computer system

- Oracle databases

- PL/SQL

- Java

- Object-relational database management concepts

- Microsoft IIS, the Web server built-in with Windows NT

- Technologies and programming languages used in middle-tier environments

- Apache's PL/SQL Gateway (`mod_plsql`) and `mod_ose` concepts

## Organization

This document contains:

##### Chapter 1, "Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS Overview"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS and describes the supported transaction types for PL/SQL and Java Web components.

##### Chapter 2, "Configuring Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS"

This chapter describes how to register and load Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS and how to access PL/SQL and Java Web components.

##### Chapter 3, "How to Use Oracle Plug-in for Microsoft IIS"

This chapter describes how to create PL/SQL Web components and trace component requests.

## Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

- Oracle8i Concepts

- Using the PL/SQL Gateway (describes Apache's `mod_plsql`)

- Oracle8i Oracle Servlet Engine User's Guide (describes Apache's `mod_ose`)

- Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

- Oracle JavaServer Pages Developer's Guide and Reference

- Oracle8i Java Developer's Guide

- Oracle8i Java Tools Reference

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## Conventions

This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this documentation set. It describes:

- Conventions in Text

- Conventions in Code Examples

- Conventions for Windows Operating Systems

#### Conventions in Text

We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.

Convention | Meaning | Example
--- | --- | ---
Bold | Bold typeface indicates terms that are defined in the text or terms that appear in a glossary, or both. | The C datatypes such as ub4, sword, or OCINumber are valid. When you specify this clause, you create an index-organized table.
Italics | Italic typeface indicates book titles, emphasis, syntax clauses, or placeholders. | Oracle8i Concepts You can specify the parallel_clause. Run `U` `old_release``.SQL` where old_release refers to the release you installed prior to upgrading.
UPPERCASE monospace (fixed-width font) | Uppercase monospace typeface indicates elements supplied by the system. Such elements include parameters, privileges, datatypes, RMAN keywords, SQL keywords, SQL*Plus or utility commands, packages and methods, as well as system-supplied column names, database objects and structures, user names, and roles. | You can specify this clause only for a `NUMBER` column. You can back up the database using the `BACKUP` command. Query the `TABLE_NAME` column in the `USER_TABLES` data dictionary view. Specify the `ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS` parameter. Use the `DBMS_STATS`.`GENERATE_STATS` procedure.
lowercase monospace (fixed-width font) | Lowercase monospace typeface indicates executables and sample user-supplied elements. Such elements include computer and database names, net service names, and connect identifiers, as well as user-supplied database objects and structures, column names, packages and classes, user names and roles, program units, and parameter values. | Enter `sqlplus` to open SQL*Plus. The `department_id`, `department_name`, and `location_id` columns are in the `hr.departments` table. Set the `QUERY_REWRITE_ENABLED` initialization parameter to `true.` Connect as `oe` user.

#### Conventions in Code Examples

Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:

    SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';

The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.

Convention | Meaning | Example
--- | --- | ---
[ ] | Brackets enclose one or more optional items. Do not enter the brackets. | `DECIMAL (digits [ , precision ])`
{ } | Braces enclose two or more items, one of which is required. Do not enter the braces. | `{ENABLE | DISABLE}`
| | A vertical bar represents a choice of two or more options within brackets or braces. Enter one of the options. Do not enter the vertical bar. | `{ENABLE | DISABLE}` `[COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS]`
`...` | Horizontal ellipsis points indicate either: That we have omitted parts of the code that are not directly related to the example That you can repeat a portion of the code | `CREATE TABLE ... AS subquery;` `SELECT col1, col2, ... , col` `n` `FROM employees;`
. . . | Vertical ellipsis points indicate that we have omitted several lines of code not directly related to the example. |
Other notation | You must enter symbols other than brackets, braces, vertical bars, and ellipsis points as it is shown. | `acctbal NUMBER(11,2);` `acct CONSTANT NUMBER(4) := 3;`
`Italics` | Italicized text indicates variables for which you must supply particular values. | `CONNECT SYSTEM/``system_password`
`UPPERCASE` | Uppercase typeface indicates elements supplied by the system. We show these terms in uppercase in order to distinguish them from terms you define. Unless terms appear in brackets, enter them in the order and with the spelling shown. However, because these terms are not case sensitive, you can enter them in lowercase. | `SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees;` `SELECT * FROM USER_TABLES;` `DROP TABLE hr.employees;`
`lowercase` | Lowercase typeface indicates programmatic elements that you supply. For example, lowercase indicates names of tables, columns, or files. | `SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees;` `sqlplus hr/hr`

#### Conventions for Windows Operating Systems

The following table describes conventions for Windows operating systems and provides examples of their use.

Convention | Meaning | Example
--- | --- | ---
Choose Start > | How to start a program. For example, to start Net8 Assistant, you must click the Start button on the taskbar and then choose Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME > Network Administration > Net8 Assistant. | Choose Start > Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME > Network Administration > Net8 Assistant
`C:\>` | Represents the Windows command prompt of the current hard disk drive. Your prompt reflects the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the command prompt in this guide. | `C:\oracle\oradata>`
HOME_NAME | Represents the Oracle home name. The home name can be up to sixteen alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in the home name is the underscore. | OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener
`ORACLE_HOME` and `ORACLE_BASE` | In releases prior to 8.1, when you installed Oracle, all subdirectories were located under a top level `ORACLE_HOME` directory that by default was: `C:\orant` for Windows NT `C:\orawin95` for Windows 95 `C:\orawin98` for Windows 98 or whatever you called your Oracle home. In this Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)-compliant release, all subdirectories are not under a top level `ORACLE_HOME` directory. There is a top level directory called `ORACLE_BASE` that by default is `C:\oracle`. If you install Oracle8i release 9.0 on a clean computer (that is, there is no other Oracle software on the computer), the default setting for the first Oracle home directory is `C:\oracle\ora90`. The Oracle home directory is located directly under `ORACLE_BASE`. All directory path examples in this guide follow OFA conventions. See Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows for additional information on OFA compliances and for information on installing Oracle products in non-OFA compliant directories. This manual is available from Oracle Technology Network (OTN). See "Related Documentation" for information on how to access OTN. | Go to the `ORACLE_BASE``\``ORACLE_HOME``\rdbms\admin` directory.

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