Preface

Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide explains topics that experienced application developers reference repeatedly. Information in this guide applies to features that work the same on all supported platforms, and does not include system-specific information.

Preface topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide is intended for application developers who are either developing new applications or converting existing applications to run in the Oracle Database environment. This guide is also valuable to anyone who is interested in the development of database applications, such as systems analysts and project managers.

To use this document effectively, you need a working knowledge of:

• Application programming

• Structured Query Language (SQL)

• Object-oriented programming

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. 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. Accessibility 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 more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

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

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1) documentation set:

• Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

• Oracle Database Security Guide

• Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide

• Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

• Oracle Database Sample Schemas

See also:

• Oracle PL/SQL Tips and Techniques by Joseph C. Trezzo. Oracle Press, 1999.

• Oracle PL/SQL Programming by Steven Feuerstein. 3rd Edition. O'Reilly & Associates, 2002.

• Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Workbook by Steven Feuerstein. O'Reilly & Associates, 2000.

• Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices by Steven Feuerstein. O'Reilly & Associates, 2001.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

*_view means all static data dictionary views whose names end with view. For example, *_ERRORS means ALL_ERRORS, DBA_ERRORS, and USER_ERRORS. For more information about any static data dictionary view, or about static dictionary views in general, see Oracle Database Reference.