Preface

The Oracle Procedural Gateway Visual Workbench for WebSphere MQ (referred to in this guide as "Visual Workbench"), is a development tool that simplifies integrating Oracle applications with non-Oracle message queuing applications. It is used by developers who write Oracle applications that communicate with non-Oracle messaging and queuing applications, using a procedural gateway for a message queuing system.

Procedural gateways for message queuing enable Oracle applications to send and retrieve messages from message queuing systems. For more information, see the gateway installation guide for your platform.

The Oracle 10g release of the Oracle Procedural Gateway for WebSphere MQ provides access to WebSphere MQ services.  Read this guide if you are responsible for tasks such as:

• Administering the gateway

• Setting up gateway security

• Using the gateway

• Diagnosing gateway errors

You must understand the fundamentals of your operating system, the procedural gateways, PL/SQL, the Oracle server, and MQSeries software before using this guide to install, configure, or administer the gateway.

Audience

This document is intended for application developers who install and use the Visual Workbench on their workstations.

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Product Name

The complete name for this product is Oracle Procedural Gateway Visual Workbench for WebSphere MQ. In this document, this product is also called the Visual Workbench and may be abbreviated as PG4MQ Visual Workbench.

Related Documents

Database administrators (DBAs) use this installation guide to create the Visual Workbench repository and install the Visual Workbench server. They also use the Oracle Open Gateways Guide for SQL-Based and Procedural Gateways.

You might also need Oracle server documentation or other related publications. Some references that you might find helpful are:

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Error Messages

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

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