Oracle® Database

SQL Developer Installation Guide

Release 3.1
E26419-02

January 2012
Provides information for installing the Oracle SQL Developer
tool on Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Linux, and Mac OS X systems.
Oracle Database SQL Developer Installation Guide, Release 3.1

E26419-02

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 Contents

Preface ................................................................................................................................................................. v
Audience....................................................................................................................................................... v
Documentation Accessibility ..................................................................................................................... v
Related Documents ..................................................................................................................................... v
Conventions ................................................................................................................................................. vi

1 Installing Oracle SQL Developer

1.1 SQL Developer System Recommendations............................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Installing and Starting SQL Developer.................................................................................... 1-2
1.2.1 Windows Systems with JDK1.6.11 or Later ..................................................................... 1-3
1.2.2 Linux and Mac OS X Systems, and Windows Systems without JDK 1.6.11 or Later 1-4
1.3 Migrating User Settings from a Previous Release.................................................................. 1-4
1.4 Migrating Information from Previous Releases ..................................................................... 1-5
1.5 Location of User-Related Information ..................................................................................... 1-5
1.6 Database Certification for SQL Developer (Oracle and Third-Party) ................................. 1-6
1.7 Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database ................................................... 1-7
1.8 Finding SQL Developer Accessibility Information................................................................ 1-7
1.9 Using a Screen Reader and Java Access Bridge with SQL Developer ................................ 1-8
1.10 Uninstalling SQL Developer ..................................................................................................... 1-9
1.11 SQL Developer Documentation............................................................................................. 1-10
1.12 Oracle on the Web.................................................................................................................... 1-10

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List of Tables
1–1 Recommendations for Windows Systems.............................................................................. 1-2
1–2 Recommendations for Linux Systems..................................................................................... 1-2
1–3 Recommendations for Mac OS X Systems ............................................................................. 1-2
1–4 Default Locations for User-Related Information................................................................... 1-6
1–5 Oracle Database Certification for SQL Developer ................................................................ 1-6
1–6 Non-Oracle (Third-Party) Database Certification for SQL Developer............................... 1-7

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 Preface

This guide provides information for those installing the Oracle SQL Developer tool on
Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems.

Audience
This guide is intended for those who need to install the Oracle SQL Developer tool.

Documentation Accessibility
For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle
Accessibility Program website at
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Access to Oracle Support

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hearing impaired.

Related Documents
For conceptual, usage, and reference information about Oracle SQL Developer, see the
online help available when you are running SQL Developer.
Oracle error message documentation is only available in HTML. If you only have
access to the Oracle Documentation CD, you can browse the error messages by range.
Once you find the specific range, use your browser's "find in page" feature to locate the
specific message. When connected to the Internet, you can search for a specific error
message using the error message search feature of the Oracle online documentation.
To download free release notes, installation documentation, white papers, or other
collateral, go to the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/
The documentation section of the OTN Web site is located at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/

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Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention Meaning
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with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for
which you supply particular values.
monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code
in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

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1 Installing Oracle SQL Developer

Note: This guide assumes that you plan to download the SQL
Developer kit (.zip) file and install it as a freestanding tool.
If you plan to use SQL Developer as part of the Oracle Database
release 11 installation, see the Oracle Database installation
documentation.

Please read the information in this chapter before you install Oracle SQL Developer.
This chapter contains the following major sections:
■ Section 1.1, "SQL Developer System Recommendations"
■ Section 1.2, "Installing and Starting SQL Developer"
■ Section 1.3, "Migrating User Settings from a Previous Release"
■ Section 1.4, "Migrating Information from Previous Releases"
■ Section 1.5, "Location of User-Related Information"
■ Section 1.6, "Database Certification for SQL Developer (Oracle and Third-Party)"
■ Section 1.7, "Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database"
■ Section 1.8, "Finding SQL Developer Accessibility Information"
■ Section 1.9, "Using a Screen Reader and Java Access Bridge with SQL Developer"
■ Section 1.10, "Uninstalling SQL Developer"
■ Section 1.11, "SQL Developer Documentation"
■ Section 1.12, "Oracle on the Web"

1.1 SQL Developer System Recommendations

This section describes the recommended minimum values for CPU, memory, display,
disk storage, and other resources on the supported systems.

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Table 1–1 Recommendations for Windows Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System Windows XP-Service Pack 2
Windows 2003 R2
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
CPU Type and Speed Pentium IV 2 GHz MHz or faster
Memory 1 GB RAM
Display 65536 colors, set to at least 1024 X 768 resolution
Hard Drive Space 42 MB if you already have JDK 1.6.11 or later
110 MB if you do not have JDK 1.6.11 or later
Java SDK JDK 1.6.11 or later for Windows, available at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/d
ownloads/. If you do not have a suitable SDK installed, you
can use SQL Developer, but you must download and install the
SQL Developer for Windows kit that includes a JDK.

Table 1–2 Recommendations for Linux Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0
Fedora Core 4
CPU Type and Speed Pentium IV 2 GHz or faster
Memory 1 GB RAM
Display 65536 colors, set to at least 1024 X 768 resolution
Hard Drive Space 110 MB
Java SDK JDK 1.6.11 or later for Linux, available at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/d
ownloads/

Table 1–3 Recommendations for Mac OS X Systems

Resource Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4.x
CPU Type and Speed Dual 1.25 GHz G4/G5 (1 GHz G4 minimum)
Memory 1.5 GB RAM (1 GB minimum)
Display "Thousands" of colors
Hard Drive Space 110 MB
Java SDK J2SE 1.5 release 1, available at:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Java_2_SE_5_
0_Release_1

1.2 Installing and Starting SQL Developer

This section contains subsections with instructions for installing SQL Developer on all
supported systems.

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SQL Developer does not require an installer. To install SQL Developer, you will need
an unzip tool. You can download a free, cross-platform unzip tool, Info-Zip, available
at http://www.info-zip.org/.

Important: Do not install SQL Developer into any existing ORACLE_

HOME. You will not be able to uninstall it using Oracle Universal
Installer.

Important: If you are using a pre-release (Early Adopter) version of

SQL Developer, and if you want to be able to continue to use this
pre-release version after installing the official release kit, you must
unzip the official release kit into a different directory than the one
used for the pre-release version.

If Oracle Database (Release 11 or later) is also installed, a version of SQL Developer

is also included and is accessible through the menu system under Oracle. This version
of SQL Developer is separate from any SQL Developer kit that you download and
unzip on your own, so do not confuse the two, and do not unzip a kit over the SQL
Developer files that are included with Oracle Database. Suggestion: Create a shortcut
for the SQL Developer executable file that you install, and always use it to start SQL
Developer.
For Windows systems, there are two kits: one for systems on which the Java SDK
release 1.6.11 or later is installed, and another for systems with no Java SDK or a Java
SDK release earlier than 1.6.11. Be sure to download the appropriate kit.
Before you install SQL Developer, look at the remaining sections of this guide to see if
you need to know or do anything else first.
The steps for installing SQL Developer depend on whether or not you will be using it
on a Windows system that does not have the Java SDK release 1.6.11 or later installed:
■ For a Windows system with the Java release 1.6.11 or later installed, follow the
instructions in Section 1.2.1.
■ For all other systems (Linux and Mac OS X systems, and Windows systems with
no Java SDK or a Java SDK release earlier than 1.6.11 or later installed), follow the
instructions in Section 1.2.2.

1.2.1 Windows Systems with JDK1.6.11 or Later

To install and start SQL Developer on a Windows system on which the Java J2SE JDK
1.6.11 or later is installed, follow these steps:
1. Unzip the SQL Developer kit into a folder (directory) of your choice (for example,
C:\Program Files). This folder will be referred to as <sqldeveloper_
install>.
Unzipping the SQL Developer kit causes a folder named sqldeveloper to be
created under the <sqldeveloper_install> folder (for example, C:\Program
Files\sqldeveloper). It also causes many files and folders to be placed in and
under that directory.
2. To start SQL Developer, go to <sqldeveloper_install>\sqldeveloper, and
double-click sqldeveloper.exe.

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If you are asked to enter the full pathname for java.exe, click Browse and find java.exe.
For example, the path might have a name similar to C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin\java.exe.
After SQL Developer starts, you can connect to any database by right-clicking the
Connections node in the Connections Navigator and selecting New Connection.
Alternatively, if you have any exported connections (see Section 1.4 or Section 1.10),
you can import these connections and use them.
You can learn about SQL Developer by clicking Help, then Table of Contents, and
reading the help topics under SQL Developer Concepts and Usage.

1.2.2 Linux and Mac OS X Systems, and Windows Systems without JDK 1.6.11 or Later
SQL Developer requires that the Java JDK 1.6.0_11 or later be installed on the system,
or that you install a SQL Developer for Windows kit that includes a JDK. If you need
to install a JDK, go to
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/.
To install and start SQL Developer, follow these steps:
1. Unzip the SQL Developer kit into a directory (folder) of your choice. This
directory location will be referred to as <sqldeveloper_install>.
Unzipping the SQL Developer kit causes a directory named sqldeveloper to be
created under the <sqldeveloper_install> directory. It also causes many files
and folders to be placed in and under that directory.
2. To start SQL Developer, go to the sqldeveloper directory under the
<sqldeveloper_install> directory, and do one of the following, as
appropriate for your operating system:
On Linux and Mac OS X systems, run sh sqldeveloper.sh.
On Windows systems, double-click sqldeveloper.exe.
After SQL Developer starts, you can connect to any database by right-clicking the
Connections node in the Connections Navigator and selecting New Connection.
Alternatively, if you have any exported connections (see Section 1.4, "Migrating
Information from Previous Releases" or Section 1.10, "Uninstalling SQL Developer"),
you can import these connections and use them.
You can learn about SQL Developer by clicking Help, then Table of Contents, and
reading the help topics under SQL Developer Concepts and Usage.

1.3 Migrating User Settings from a Previous Release

The first time you start SQL Developer after installing it or after adding any
extensions, you are asked if you want to migrate your user settings from a previous
release. (This occurs regardless of whether there was a previous release on your
system.)

Note: Migration of user settings is supported only from SQL

Developer Release 1.1.3 or later to Release 2.1.

These settings refer to database connections, reports, and certain SQL Developer user
preferences that you set in a previous version by clicking Tools and then Preferences.
However, some user preferences are not saved, and you must re-specify these using
the new release.

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To migrate user settings from a previous SQL Developer release:

1. Unzip the Release 2.1 kit into an empty directory (folder). Do not delete or
overwrite the directory into which you unzipped the kit for the previous SQL
Developer release.
2. When you start SQL Developer Release 2.1, click Yes when asked if you want to
migrate settings from a previous release.
3. In the dialog box that is displayed, you can accept the default option to migrate
the settings from the most recent SQL Developer installation. Or, if you want to
migrate the settings from an earlier installation, you can click to show all builds
and then select the desired one.
See also Section 1.4, "Migrating Information from Previous Releases".

1.4 Migrating Information from Previous Releases

If you have used a previous release of SQL Developer, you may want to preserve
database connections that you have been using. To preserve database connections,
save your existing database connections in an XML file. To save the connections,
right-click the Connections node in the Connections Navigator and select Export
Connections. After you complete the installation described in this guide, you can use
those connections by right-clicking the Connections node in the Connections
Navigator and selecting Import Connections
If you want to use any user-defined reports or the SQL history from a previous
version, see Section 1.5 for information about where these are located. If you have
user-defined reports and SQL history from Release 1.0, they are modified by any later
SQL Developer release to a format that is different from and incompatible with Release
1.0.
SQL Developer preferences (specified by clicking Tools and then Preferences) from a
pre-release version of the current release cannot currently be saved and reused; you
must re-specify any desired preferences.

Note: If you want to uninstall your pre-release version of SQL

Developer before installing this release, see Section 1.10, "Uninstalling
SQL Developer".

1.5 Location of User-Related Information

SQL Developer stores user-related information in several places, with the specific
location depending on the operating system and certain environment specifications.
User-related information includes user-defined reports, user-defined snippets, SQL
Worksheet history, code templates, and SQL Developer user preferences. In most cases,
your user-related information is stored outside the SQL Developer installation
directory hierarchy, so that it is preserved if you delete that directory and install a new
version.
The user-related information is stored in or under the IDE_USER_DIR environment
variable location, if defined; otherwise as indicated in the following table, which
shows the typical default locations (under a directory or in a file) for specific types of
resources on different operating systems. (Note the period in the name of any
directory named .sqldeveloper.)

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The following table shows the typical default locations (under a directory or in a file)
for specific types of resources on different operating systems. (Note the period in the
name of any directory named .sqldeveloper.)

Table 1–4 Default Locations for User-Related Information

Resource Type System (Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X)
User-defined Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<user-name>\Application Data\SQL
reports Developer\UserReports.xml
Linux or Mac OS X: ~/.sqldeveloper/UserReports.xml
User-defined Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<user-name>\Application
snippets Data\SQL Developer\UserSnippets.xml
Linux: ~/.sqldeveloper/UserSnippets.xml
Mac OS X: /Users/<Your user>/Library/Application Support/
SQLDeveloper/UserSnippets.xml
SQL history Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<user-name>\Application Data\SQL
Developer\SqlHistory.xml
Linux: ~/.sqldeveloper/SqlHistory.xml
Mac OS X: /Users/<Your user>/Library/Application Support/
SQLDeveloper/ SqlHistory.xml
Code templates Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<user-name>\Application
Data\SQL Developer\ CodeTemplate.xml
Linux: ~/.sqldeveloper/CodeTemplate.xml
Mac OS X: /Users/<Your user>/Library/Application Support/
SQLDeveloper/ CodeTemplate.xml
SQL Developer Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<user-name>\Application
user preferences Data\SQL Developer\systemn.n.n.n.n
Linux or Mac OS X: ~/.sqldeveloper/systemn.n.n.n.n

If you want to prevent other users from accessing your user-specific SQL Developer
information, you must ensure that the appropriate permissions are set on the directory
where that information is stored or on a directory above it in the path hierarchy. For
example, on a Windows system you may want to ensure that the SQL Developer
folder and the \<user-name>\Application Data\SQL Developer folder under
Documents and Settings are not shareable; and on a Linux or Mac OS X system
you may want to ensure that the ~/.sqldeveloper directory is not world-readable.

1.6 Database Certification for SQL Developer (Oracle and Third-Party)

This section describes Oracle and non-Oracle (third-party) databases that are certified
for use with SQL Developer.
Table 1–5 lists the Oracle database certifications.

Table 1–5 Oracle Database Certification for SQL Developer

Product Releases
Oracle Database Oracle9i (9.2.0.1 and later)
Oracle10g
Oracle11g
Oracle Database Express Edition Oracle10g

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SQL Developer can be used to view metadata and data of several non-Oracle
(third-party) databases. Table 1–6 lists the third-party database certifications.

Table 1–6 Non-Oracle (Third-Party) Database Certification for SQL Developer

Database Releases Notes
IBM DB2 DB2 UDB For any DB2 release: db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_license_cu.jar
files required; available from IBM.
DB2 7.x
DB2 8.x
DB2 9.x
Microsoft Access Access 97 For any Access release: no JDBC driver needed, but you
must ensure read access to system tables in the .mdb file.
Access 2000
Access XP (2002)
Access 2003
Access 2007
Microsoft SQL SQL Server 7 For any Microsoft SQL Server release: JDBC driver
Server jtds-1.2.jar required; included in jtds-1.2-dist.zip
SQL Server 2000
available from sourceforge.net; also available through
SQL Server 2005 Help, Check for Updates.
MySQL MySQL 3.x For any MySQL release: JDBC driver required. For
MySQL 5.x: mysql-connector-java-5.0.4-bin.jar, which is
MySQL 4.x
included in mysql-connector-java-5.0.4.zip; also available
MySQL 5.x through Help, Check for Updates. (Do not use the latest
MySQL driver 5.1.)
Sybase Adaptive Sybase 12 For any Sybase Adaptive Server release: JDBC driver
Server jtds-1.2.jar required; included in jtds-1.2-dist.zip
Sybase 15
available from sourceforge.net; also available through
Help, Check for Updates.
Teradata Teradata 12 JDBC driver files tdgssconfig.jar and terajdbc4.jar
required; included (along with a readme.txt file) in the
TeraJDBC__indep_indep.12.00.00.110.zip or TeraJDBC__
indep_indep.12.00.00.110.tar download.

For information about creating and using connections to third-party databases, see the
information about database connections in the SQL Developer online help or Oracle
SQL Developer User's Guide.

1.7 Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database

You are encouraged to use Oracle Advanced Security to secure a JDBC connection to
the database. Both the JDBC OCI and the JDBC Thin drivers support at least some of
the Oracle Advanced Security features. If you are using the OCI driver, you can set
relevant parameters in the same way that you would in any Oracle client setting. The
JDBC Thin driver supports the Oracle Advanced Security features through a set of
Java classes included with the JDBC classes in a Java Archive (JAR) file and supports
security parameter settings through Java properties objects.

1.8 Finding SQL Developer Accessibility Information

For the latest configuration information or for information on addressing accessibility
and assistive technology issues, see the Oracle Accessibility FAQ at
http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/faq.html.

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Also, check the SQL Developer release notes (readme.txt file) to see if there are any
currently known issues regarding accessibility.

1.9 Using a Screen Reader and Java Access Bridge with SQL Developer
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the information is this section also
applies to Data Modeler and Data Miner.

To make the best use of our accessibility features, Oracle Corporation recommends the
following minimum configuration:
■ Windows XP, Windows Vista
■ Java J2SE 1.6.0_24
■ Java Access Bridge 2.0.1
■ JAWS 12.0.522
■ Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
■ Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or later
Follow these steps to set up a screen reader and Java Access Bridge.
1. Install the screen reader, if it is not already installed.
Refer to the documentation for your screen reader for more information about
installation.
2. Install SQL Developer.
3. Download Java Access Bridge for Windows version 2.0.1. The file you will
download is accessbridge-2_0_1.zip. It is available from:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tech/index-jsp-
136191.html.
Refer to the Java Access Bridge documentation available from this web site for
more information about installation and the Java Access Bridge.
4. Extract (unzip) the contents to a folder, for example, accessbridge_home.
5. Install Java Access Bridge by running Install.exe from the <accessbridge_
home>\installer folder.
The installer first checks the JDK version for compatibility, then the Available Java
virtual machines dialog displays.
6. Click Search Disks. Then select to search only the drive that contains the SQL
Developer build and the JDK version in the program files directory (if it exists).
The search process can take a long time on a large disk with many instances of
JDK or SQL Developer, or when searching multiple disks. However, unless you
complete an exhaustive search of your disk, Access Bridge will not be optimally
configured, and will not be correctly installed to all of the Java VMs on your
system. After selecting the disk to search, click Search.
7. Confirm that you want to install the Java Access Bridge into each of the Java
virtual machines displayed in the dialog, by clicking Install in All.
8. Click OK when you see the Installation Completed message.

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9. Confirm that the following files have been installed in the Winnt\System32
directory (or the equivalent Windows XP or Vista directory), or copy them from
<accessbridge_home>\installerfiles because they must be in the system
path in order to work with SQL Developer:
JavaAccessBridge.dll
JAWTAccessBridge.dll
WindowsAccessBridge.dll

Note that the system directory is required in the PATH system variable.

Note: In the remaining steps in this section, if you are using the SQL
Developer kit that does not include a JDK (that is, if the kit file name
ends in -no-jre-zip), replace <sqldev_home> with <jdev_
home>.

10. Confirm that the following files have been installed in the <sqldev_
home>\jdk\jre\lib\ext directory, or copy them from <accessbridge_
home>\installerfiles:
access-bridge.jar
jaccess-1_4.jar

Note: For Data Modeler, for this step and any remaining steps in this
section that refer to <sqldev_home>, replace <sqldev_home> with
<datamodeler_home>.

11. Confirm that the file accessibility.properties has been installed in the
<sqldev_home>\jdk\jre\lib directory, or copy it from \installerfiles.
12. Start your screen reader.

13. Start SQL Developer by running the file sqldeveloper.exe located in the folder
<sqldev_home>\sqldeveloper\sqldev\bin.
The preceding steps assume you are running Windows and using a Windows-based
screen reader. A console window that contains error information (if any) will open first
and then the main SQL Developer window will appear, after SQL Developer has
started. Any messages that appear will not affect the functionality of SQL Developer.

1.10 Uninstalling SQL Developer

Before you uninstall SQL Developer, if you plan to install SQL Developer (the same or
an updated version) later, you may want to save your existing database connections;
and if so, see Section 1.4 before uninstalling.
To uninstall SQL Developer, remove the entire SQL Developer installation directory
(that is, the directory named sqldeveloper and all directories and files under it in
the hierarchy).
If you also want to remove all user-specific SQL Developer information, you should
also delete the directory under which that information is stored (that is, the SQL
Developer user information directory). For the location of this directory, see
Section 1.5.

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SQL Developer Documentation

If you have created a shortcut for SQL Developer, and if you do not plan to install SQL
Developer into the same location again, you should remove that shortcut or modify
the shortcut properties to reflect the new location.

1.11 SQL Developer Documentation

SQL Developer provides user documentation in the Oracle SQL Developer User's Guide
and in the online help. To see the help, click the Help menu, or click the Help button
or press the F1 key in relevant contexts while you are using SQL Developer.
In addition to the user’s guide and installation guide, the following migration-related
guides are available:
■ Oracle SQL Developer Supplementary Information for Microsoft Access Migrations
■ Oracle SQL Developer Supplementary Information for MySQL Migrations
■ Oracle SQL Developer Supplementary Information for Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase
Adaptive Server Migrations

1.12 Oracle on the Web

Oracle provides a number of resources on the Web. These are some sites you may find
helpful:
■ SQL Developer home page (OTN):
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_
developer/
■ SQL Developer discussion forum (OTN):
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=260
■ Oracle Technology Network (OTN): http://www.oracle.com/technology/
■ PL/SQL page on OTN: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/pl_
sql/
■ Oracle Accessibility site: http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/
■ Oracle Corporate site: http://www.oracle.com/

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