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I heard rumors that some of database packages provided in Oracle database are not necessarily free to use. I thought that all packages like DBMS_UTILITY and DBMS_PROFILER are free to use and doesn't cost any extra.
And I also heard that there might be some kind of log if you have used some of those packages so that Oracle licensing guys could see afterwards how systems are used.
Do you know how it goes? Is there different licenses concerning about usage of internal packages?
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Jokke
DBMS_UTILITY and DBMS_PROFILER are both free to use.
The packages (and views) that require additional licensing will generally be part of one of the various management packs and are documented in the Licensing Guide. For example, the DBMS_SQLTUNE package and the V$SQL_MONITOR view are part of the separately licensed Oracle Tuning Pack. If you use one of these packages or views, the associated entry in DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS should be updated so that the DBA can ensure that the organization is correctly licensed.
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We are building an automation process which needs to be version controlled so we can rerun it with certain parameters potentially even years later. We have been discussing ways to achieve a level of "version control". We would like to keep the versions in Oracle in some form so you can relatively easily get them running again.
The decision was that we will need to use different names for the different versions like *_1, *_2, etc.
I have a couple of concerns with this. Firstly it requires diligence to always make a new version of the package, no matter how small the change would be, so the number of versions can easily get out of hand. Secondly you have no way of knowing if somebody has touched that version since it has been created and ran against a particular set of parameters. (You can get the last updated dates in Oracle tables and compare to the original run time but that's not particularly efficient and you don't know if it was just deleting a space or actual code change.)
Is there a tried and tested good alternative to this?
You may use EBR (Edition-Based Redefinition).
It is likely to solve all your problems.
Edition-based redefinition allows multiple versions of PL/SQL objects, views, and synonyms in a single schema, which makes it possible to perform upgrades of database applications with zero downtime.
If changes are small you can recompile your objects in the same edition.
You can create editions and actualize only those objects you want to change.
Changes will be isolated until you make your new edition available for other users and applications.
You can change edition using ALTER DATABASE DEFAULT EDITION = edition-name; statement
You can read more about EBR here
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e41502/adfns_editions.htm#ADFNS020
https://oracle-base.com/articles/11g/edition-based-redefinition-11gr2
You may want to take a look at Gitora www.gitora.com. It helps managing Oracle PL/SQL packages with Git. Full disclosure: I am the developer.
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I am lookin for a documentation on Oracle forms and reports? I have been trying to find out for quite some time, but could not find any.Is there any from Oracle or any other good source?
Well, Forms nor Report didn't change a lot (from developer's perspective) during their history.
up to 3.0 version, it was character mode tool. I doubt you use any of these versions
from 4.5 to 6.0, it was a modern GUI, running in client-server architecture. That's not being used much any more; however, I know (by reading Oracle Forums) that people still do use it
since 10g onwards (the first version was 9.0.4, but its market name was 10g), Forms applications are deployed on the web (true, you can do that with version 6 as well)
I guess you're not using anything lower than version 6. If that's so, as I said - from developer's point of view - you still have data and control blocks, triggers, procedures; in Reports, there are still queries, frames, anchors and stuff. Almost any documentation would do, more or less.
You should probably want to read documentation related to version you use. Here's Documentation for Oracle Forms and Reports (12.2.1.3.0).
Also, note that both Forms and Reports have really good online help system - navigate to their "Help" menu, open it and start reading or simply search for what you're interested in. There are a lot of examples within help.
Nearly all the current and previous Forms/Reports docs are linked from the Forms product page on Oracle.com
https://www.oracle.com/application-development/technologies/forms/forms.html#docs
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We try to introduce this product into the existing online store, working with Java EE.
We understand, that this question is so global and we want to decide two tasks:
Install and setting software;
Create simple example for comprehension of this technology work's.
We already used:
1. Oracle official documentation. It observes information about the possibilities and features of the product, without installation and configuration;
2. Reading specialized forums. It didn't give absolutely no answers for our questions;
3. view video on Youtube (Oracle official Channel). It gives us performance of business analysts work's and the main problem is not decidied.
We interesting for any information.
Thank you!
Surprised to hear that Oracle documentation didn't help in using Endeca (now known as "Guided Search").
Google for below documentation with appropriate Endeca version (say "11.1").
You can also find reference implementations available with the software like "Platform Services" and "Tools And Frameworks".
Installation:
MDEXInstallGuide.pdf
PlatServInstallGuide.pdf
InstallGuide.pdf
CASInstallGuide.pdf
Learning:
GettingStartedGuide.pdf
EndecaConceptsGuide.pdf
AsmAppDevGuide.pdf
BasicDevGuide.pdf
DeploymentTemplateUsageGuide.pdf
DevStudioHelp.pdf
WorkbenchUserGuide.pdf
Advanced:
AdvDevGuide.pdf
PartialUpdatesGuide.pdf
ForgeGuide.pdf
CASDevGuide.pdf
PerfTuningGuide.pdf
URLOptimizationAPIJava.pdf
LogServerReportGen.pdf
WorkbenchAdminGuide.pdf
XMgrExtensionsUserGuide.pdf
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maybe my question is silly, but i cannot find satisfy answer towards google,
I am trying to be a freelance programmer and create commercial use application using newest visual studio and sell it.
I try to be legal but end up confused, what type of microsoft visual studio should i use or buy?
I would first say: refer to the license for the product you wish to use, and potentially get proper legal advice based off the license in question.
That being said... You can use any version of Visual Studio, including the free "Express Editions", to create a commercial software product.
The "higher end" versions add a lot of features, such as code analysis, etc - but even the free versions do not prevent making and selling software.
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What is the best free (or trial) Oracle database development environment I can have?
Especially I would like to have my databases, or as much as possible of them, locally.
Its Oracle 10, I develop .NET (on Windows), I already have Toad and the free Virtualbox image (Linux) that Oracle provides (But would prefer to have the tools in Windows).
You can download fully functional versions of almost any of Oracle's products from OTN (the Oracle Technology Network). You can download either the full enterprise edition database under the OTN license (which is free for learning/ prototyping purposes) or you can download the express edition of the database which is free to deploy and use in production but is limited in terms of how much RAM it can use, how many CPUs it can use, and how big the database can grow.