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Oracle7 Server Getting Started for Windows NT

networking software

—software used to provide connectivity

among database clients and servers

Server—Windows NT

Server software includes the RDBMS, utilities, and products that enable
you to connect to clients.

Here are the major server product components included in this package:

Oracle7 Server for Windows NT

Release 7.3 multi–user Oracle7 Server for Windows NT (the basis of
Oracle7 Server for Windows NT software)

PL/SQL

PL/SQL (the procedural language extension to SQL) PL/SQL supports the
following features:

database triggers

database alerts

stored procedures and packages

Oracle7 Utilities

Oracle7 Server for Windows NT includes a suite of server–based
utilities, five of which are detailed below. These are 32–bit, Windows NT
utilities for database administration.

Server Manager—aids database administration functions. Server
Manager recognizes not only standard SQL commands, but additional
commands pertaining to DBA activities.

Instance Manager—enables you to create, modify, start and stop
instances/databases.

SQL*Loader—provides utilities for loading data from existing data files
into your Oracle7 Server for Windows NT database.

Export—writes data from the Oracle7 Server for Windows NT to an
operating system file. Use Export for data archiving and moving data to
other Oracle databases. See Chapter 4 of this Guide and Oracle7 Server
Utilities
for instructions.

Import—reads data from export files into Oracle7 Server for Windows
NT.