Oracle9i Data Mining

Release Notes

Release 9.0.1

June 2001

Part No. A90388-01

These release notes describe Oracle9i Data Mining ODM), a new product with Oracle 9i. They are organized as follows:

See the README for late-breaking information about the product, its installation and administration, and bugs or performance tips.

About Oracle9i Data Mining 9.0.1

Oracle9i Data Mining embeds data mining in the Oracle9i database. All model-building and scoring functions are accessible through a Java-based API.

The Oracle9i database provides the infrastructure for application developers to build integrated applications, with complete programmatic control of data mining. All model-building and scoring functions are accessible through a Java-based API. The Oracle9i database provides the infrastructure for application developers to build integrated applications, with complete programmatic control of data mining.

Where to Find More Information

The documentation set for Oracle9i Data Mining at the current release consists of the following documents, available on the documentation CD:

README.htm, on the Oracle9i Data Mining CD; this file contains platform-specific installation information as well as late-breaking information about the product, its installation and administration, and any new bugs.
Oracle9i Data Mining Release Notes, Release 9.0.1 (this document).
Oracle9i Data Mining Administrator's Guide, Release 9.0.1 (includes installation instructions that are the same across all platforms).
Oracle9i Data Mining Concepts, Release 9.0.1.
odmDoc/javadoc on the ODM CD contains javadoc descriptions of the ODM API.
$ORACLE_HOME/dmt/install/ODM/sampleCode/ contains sample ODM programs; $ORACLE_HOME/dmt/install/ODM/sampleData contains the data used by the sample programs.

Related Manuals

For more information about the database underlying Oracle9i Data Mining, see:

Oracle9i Administrator's Guide
Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide (the appropriate version for your operating system).

Online Manuals

Oracle Personalization documentation set is distributed in HTML and PDF format.

To view the HTML files, you will need

Netscape 4.x or later, or
Internet Explorer 4.x

To view the PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 3.0 or later, available for free download at http://www.adobe.com.

Documentation Accessibility

Oracle's goal is to make our products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to the disabled community with good usability. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in a document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

For System Administrators: Installation and Administration

For technical support services, contact Customer Support at

http://www.oracle.com/support/

For information on installing ODM, see the README file distributed with the ODM documentation and the Oracle9i Data Mining Administrator's Guide.

Bugs and Limitations

This section describes bugs and limitations in Oracle9i Data Mining, Release 9.0.1.

ODM Deinstall Removes Needed File: Deinstalling ODM removes the oputil.jar file from the $ORACLE_HOME/DMT/JLIB directory. oputil.jar is required by Oracle9i Personalization. Workaround: Change the name of oputil.jar file before deinstalling; then, after the deinstall completes, change the name back to oputil.jar.

Documentation Corrections

This section contains documentation corrections.

ODM Sample Programs: The most accurate instructions for executing the ODM sample programs are in the file
$ORACLE_HOME/dmt/install/ODM/sampleCode/README.txt. Information in this file supersedes the information in Appendix A of Oracle9i Data Mining Concepts.