Oracle Procedural Gateway® for APPC Messages Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and Microsoft Windows Part Number B16213-01 |
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This guide contains messages for all Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC products. Use it with the Oracle Database Server Messages manual.
You can us this guide when you are installing or administering the gateway.You must understand the fundamentals of the operating system for your platform and procedural gateways before using this guide when installing or administering the gateway.
This guide is intended for anyone responsible for installing, configuring and administering the gateway, and also for developers writing applications that access remote host databases through APPC.
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There are two parts to the documentation set: the documentation specific to the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC and the general gateway documentation. Both documents come with the Oracle products you purchase. Use the general gateway documentation to learn about gateway concepts and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC documentation to learn how to install, administer and use the gateway.
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Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide10g Release 2 (10.2)
Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX and Microsoft Windows
In addition, depending on your operating system, either of the following documents are included:
Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX.
Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
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Examples of input and output for the gateway and Oracle environment are shown in a special font:
$ mkdir /ORACLE/your_name
All output is shown as it appears. For input, the list of conventions and their meanings are as follows:
example text:
Words or phrases, such as mkdir
and ORACLE
, must be entered exactly as spelled and in the letter case shown. In this example, mkdir
must be entered in lowercase letters and ORACLE
in uppercase letters.
italics monospace text: Italicized uppercase or lowercase, such as your_name
, indicates that you must substitute a word or phrase, such as the actual directory name.
BOLD text
or bold italic TEXT: Bold words or phrases refer to a file or directory structure, such as a directory, path, or file ID.
... : Ellipses indicate that the preceding item can be repeated. You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items.
{ }: Curly braces indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. Do not enter the braces themselves.
|: Vertical lines separate choices.
[ ]: Square brackets enclose optional clauses from which you may choose one or none. Do not enter the brackets.
Other punctuation, such as commas, quotation marks, or the pipe symbol (|), must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified. Directory names, file IDs, and so on appear in the required letter case in examples. The same convention is used when these names appear in text, and the names are highlighted in bold. The use of italics indicates that those portions of a file ID that appear in italics can vary.
Gateway commands, file IDs, reserved words, and keywords appear in uppercase in examples and text. UNIX commands, environment variables, and keywords appear in the required letter case in examples and text. Reserved words and keywords must always be entered as shown, because they have reserved meanings within the Oracle system.
Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:
KB, for kilobyte, which equals 1,024 bytes
MB, for megabyte, which equals 1,048,576 bytes
GB, for gigabyte, which equals 1,073,741,824 bytes
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Documentation for Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC for UNIX and Windows operating system
Documentation for this product includes this guide and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC, 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and Microsoft Windows, and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide, 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and Windows.
To access the documentation in HTML and PDF formats, use a browser to open the top level of the Gateway Documentation Software included on your installation media. This level contains links to the product and your Microsoft Windows or UNIX-specific documentation.
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