Table of Contents

There is also a listing of tables, figures, and captioned examples.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Technical Information

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Databases and Connections
• 2.3 Datatypes
• 2.3.1 Restrictions on the Use of Datatypes
• 2.4 Expressions
• 2.4.1 Global Functions
• 2.4.2 rwdbCast()
• 2.5 Cursors
• 2.6 Caching
• 2.7 BulkReader and BulkInserter
• 2.7.1 Support
• 2.7.2 Dates
• 2.7.3 Binary Data
• 2.8 Stored Procedures
• 2.8.1 Creating a Stored Procedure
• 2.8.2 Input/Output Parameters and Result Sets
• 2.8.3 Instantiating an RWDBStoredProcedure Using Schema Data
• 2.9 Internationalization
• 2.9.1 Character Sets
• 2.9.2 Data Formats
• 2.10 Transaction Processing
• 2.10.1 Setting Isolation Levels
• 2.10.2 Using Transaction Control Methods
• 2.11 Error Messages: Contents of RWDBStatus
• 2.12 Result Sets
• 2.13 Large Character and Binary Data
• 2.14 Input Binding of Data
• 2.15 Contents of RWDBSystemHandle
• 2.15.1 OCI8 Handles
• 2.15.2 Piecewise Size and Blob Size
• 2.15.3 Using RWDBSytemHandle
• 2.16 Contents of RWDBEnvironmentHandle
• 2.17 Contents of RWDBOracle8EnvironmentHandle
• 2.18 Open SQL and Oracle8
• 2.18.1 Statement Type Hint
• 2.18.2 Placeholder Syntax
• 2.18.3 Supported Datatypes for Input Binding
• 2.18.4 Supported Datatypes for Output Binding
• 2.18.5 Stored Procedures and Open SQL
• 2.18.6 Open SQL Examples
• 2.18.7 OCIStmts

Appendix A: System Tables

Topic Index