Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
DataServer for ORACLE

Introduction

The OpenEdge® DataServer for ORACLE allows you to access your ORACLE database with the Progress® 4GL, and develop applications within the OpenEdge™ Studio. The Progress 4GL is the OpenEdge® Advanced Business Language (ABL) specifically designed to translate knowledge about business operations into software.

The OpenEdge® Studio is a set of tools that helps you to maintain data sources and develop applications with graphical user interfaces. When you develop applications with the OpenEdge Studio, you can design a separation of your user interface, business logic, and data sources. OpenEdge Studio provides user interface independence, whether you need a character UI, a Graphical Windows UI, or a Web interface. When you incorporate the DataServer for ORACLE with OpenEdge Studio, you are enabling the use of your Progress 4GL business logic to access data in your ORACLE database.

OpenEdge provides you the tools for the development, deployment, management, and integration of your application. The DataServer for ORACLE allows you to implement the OpenEdge features and Progress 4GL expansions in applications that run with an ORACLE database.

This chapter describes the OpenEdge DataServer for ORACLE and discusses how OpenEdge and WebSpeed® applications work with it to access data in an ORACLE database through the ORACLE Call Interface. It discusses the following topics:

DataServer components
Software requirements
Guidelines for using the DataServer
Guide to related topics

Subsequent chapters provide additional information about using the DataServer. If you are using the DataServer with WebSpeed and with applications written in Progress® SpeedScript®, all information regarding Progress 4GL applies to your application.

Note: Do not attempt to use the DataServer without first reading OpenEdge Release Notes, OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration , and the Chapter 2, " Initial Programming Considerations." Also, be sure to follow the step-by-step instructions in Chapter 5, "Configuring the DataServer," and Chapter 6, "Connecting the DataServer," for installing, configuring, and connecting to ORACLE.