Oracle PL/SQL Programming Guide to Oracle 8 i Features By Steven Feuerstein
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Oracle8i: A Bounty for PL/SQL Developers
1.1 What's in Oracle8i Release 8.1?
What do you get with Oracle 8.1? The list is very long and very impressive ("more than 150 new features," says Oracle). Here are some of the features I have heard about:
The Aurora Java Virtual Machine ( JVM) right inside the database
Support for Java stored procedures (JSPs)
JDeveloper, a Java Integrated Development Environment
i FS, the Internet File System (not currently available at the time of publication)
Support for the Linux operating system
inter Media
Support for SQLJ and JDBC ( Java Database Connectivity)
WebDB
Autonomous transactions
Invoker rights model
Many performance improvements
Throughout this book, Oracle 8.1 refers to Oracle8 i Release 8.1, and PL/SQL 8.1 refers to the Oracle8 i
The Oracle8 i documentation has a section titled "Getting to Know Oracle8 i "; the table of contents for new features is 259 lines long! Is that more than mere mortals can deal with? It sure is more than I can deal with. So I am going to stick with what I know best: PL/SQL. This book focuses almost exclusively on new Oracle8 i features that have a direct impact on (or are implemented by) the PL/SQL language. As you will see, even if the focus is constrained to PL/SQL, there are many, many new techniques and technologies to learn, absorb , and then leverage in application environments.
