Slide 14.1: Oracle database management systems

Slide 13.18: Demonstration of using lynx
Slide 14.2: Using SQL*Plus: the Oracle interface
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Oracle Database Management Systems

Oracle7 is a client/server based relational database management system. The query language is based on SQL.

Oracle8i is a client/server based relational database management system, with object capabilities included. It is a database specifically designed as an Internet development and deployment platform. Two major functions were added to the Oracle8i:
1. Oracle8i JVM is a server side Java engine for the Oracle8i database. It includes a Java Virtual Machine with a native compiler, a CORBA 2.0 ORB, an EJB server, an embedded server side JDBC driver, and a SQLJ translator.
2. Oracle8i for Data Warehousing is a part of the Oracle Internet Platform, the Oracle8i database also supplies a solid foundation for data warehousing.

Oracle9i features full XML database functionality with the new Oracle XML DB feature, and other improvements.

Oracle 10g is the first database designed for enterprise grid computing.
Grid computing—An ambitious and exciting global effort to develop an environment in which individual users can access computers, databases and experimental facilities simply and transparently, without having to consider where those facilities are located.

^†Note that the Oracle Enterprise Edition for education does not include advanced features such as WebDB. However, most basic tools such as JDBC are available on that edition.