Oracle is a huge system. Our goal here is
to quickly familiarize you with the full range of features in the system.
Subsequent chapters will provide additional details. Obviously,
though, whole books have been written about some of the feature
areas summarized here.
Database Application Development Features
The Oracle database is typically used to store and retrieve data through applications.
The features of the Oracle database and related products described in this section are
used to create applications. We??™ve divided the discussion in the following subsections
into database programming and database extensibility options. Later in this
chapter, we will describe Oracle??™s development tools and Oracle??™s other embedded
database products that meet unique applications deployment needs.
Database Programming
All flavors of the Oracle database include languages and interfaces that enable
programmers to access and manipulate the data in the database. Database programming
features usually interest developers who are creating Oracle-based applications
to be sold commercially or IT organizations building applications unique to their
businesses.
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