Preface

Oracle Streams Concepts and Administration describes the features and functionality of Oracle Streams. This document contains conceptual information about Oracle Streams, along with information about managing an Oracle Streams environment. In addition, this document contains detailed examples that configure an Oracle Streams capture and apply environment and a rule-based application.

This Preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

Oracle Streams Concepts and Administration is intended for database administrators who create and maintain Oracle Streams environments. These administrators perform one or more of the following tasks:

• Plan for an Oracle Streams environment

• Configure an Oracle Streams environment

• Administer an Oracle Streams environment

• Monitor an Oracle Streams environment

• Perform necessary troubleshooting activities

To use this document, you must be familiar with relational database concepts, SQL, distributed database administration, Advanced Queuing concepts, PL/SQL, and the operating systems under which you run an Oracle Streams environment.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Streams Replication Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

• Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database Utilities

• Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity User's Guide

• Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide

• The online Help for the Oracle Streams tool in Oracle Enterprise Manager

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the sample database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: