December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
745 pages
17h 26m
English
book
Oracle® Web Application Programming for PL/SQL® Developers
by Susan Boardman, Melanie Caffrey, Solomon Morse, Benjamin Rosenzweig
Content preview from Oracle® Web Application Programming for PL/SQL® Developers
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
Start your free trial
Unit 3.1. Working with the Server
Remote vs. Local
For this book’s purpose, there are two possible installation configurations: remote and local. A remote configuration uses your computer to access a remote server machine. A local configuration first determines whether you need to access a remote server machine.
You could be working locally, on a computer that has the Oracle database, application server, and client software all installed on the same machine, or you could be working remotely, using your computer to access a remote server machine. If you have installed Oracle9i Personal Edition on your computer, then you have a local installation.
Understand that most real-world databases are housed on a server machine, which is accessed remotely ...