Oracle® Database

Examples Installation Guide

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Examples Installation Guide

This document describes how to install and configure the products available on the
Oracle Database Examples media. It includes the following sections:
• Products Available on the Oracle Database Examples Media
• Preinstallation Considerations
• Accessing the Installation Software
• About Installing Oracle Database Examples
• Documentation Accessibility

Products Available on the Oracle Database Examples

Media
The following sections describe the products that are installed. You must install these
products in an existing Oracle Database 18c Oracle home:
• Oracle Database Examples
• Oracle JDBC Development Drivers
• Oracle Text Knowledge Base

Oracle Database Examples

Oracle Database Examples include a variety of examples and product demonstrations
that you can use to learn about the products, options, and features of Oracle
Database.
Many of these examples are designed to work with the sample schemas, which you
can install in any Oracle Database. Many documents in the Oracle Documentation
Library use the example programs and scripts provided with the Oracle Database
Examples.
This section contains the following topics:
• About Oracle Data Mining Demos

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• About Oracle Globalization Support Demos
• About Oracle Message Gateway Common Companion Files
• About Oracle Multimedia Demos
• About Oracle Precompiler Demos
• About Oracle Spatial and Graph Demos
• About Oracle Internet Directory Client Demos
• About Oracle XML Demos
• About Oracle Call Interface Demos
• About Oracle C++ Call Interface Demos
• About Oracle ODBC Companion

About Oracle Data Mining Demos

Oracle Data Mining Demos include Data Mining sample programs that can help you in
learning about Oracle Data Mining APIs.
The Data Mining sample programs illustrate typical approaches to data preparation,
algorithm selection, algorithm tuning, testing, and scoring. Each program creates a
mining model in the database. All the programs include extensive inline comments to
help you understand the code.
Related Topics
• Oracle Data Mining User’s Guide

About Oracle Globalization Support Demos

Oracle Globalization Demos showcase the features and APIs of the Oracle
Globalization Development Kit.
Oracle Globalization Development Kit (GDK) offers a complete framework to ease the
development of globalized internet applications. The GDK Example demo illustrates
individual functionalities such as, locale-sensitive data formatting, linguistic sorting,
locale mapping, locale determination, and language detection. The Oracle Store demo
illustrates how the GDK features can be integrated to build a complete multilingual
J2EE web application that serves users with vastly different locale preferences.
Related Topics
• Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

About Oracle Message Gateway Common Companion Files

Oracle Messaging Gateway enables communication between applications based on
non-Oracle messaging systems and Oracle Database Advanced Queuing.
Oracle Database Advanced Queuing provides propagation between two Oracle
Database Advanced Queuing queues to enable e-business (HTTP through IDAP).
Messaging Gateway extends this to applications based on non-Oracle messaging

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systems. The samples provided for Messaging Gateway illustrate message
propagating with Oracle AQ, WebSphere MQ Series, and Tibco Rendezvous using
message formats that include JMS, LCR, and XML.
There are seven different samples provided with Messaging Gateway, each located in
their own subdirectory. Each sample includes a README file that contains detailed
information for setting up and executing the samples.

About Oracle Multimedia Demos

Oracle Multimedia (formerly Oracle interMedia) is a feature that enables Oracle
Database to store, manage, and retrieve images, audio, video, or other heterogenous
media data in an integrated fashion with other enterprise information.
Oracle Multimedia extends Oracle Database reliability, availability, and data
management to multimedia content in traditional, Internet, electronic commerce, and
media-rich applications. It includes several scripts and sample applications that you
can use. These consist of OCI, SQL, Java, PL/SQL, and ASP/VBScript sample
applications (demos).
Related Topics
• Oracle Multimedia User's Guide

About Oracle Precompiler Demos

Oracle Precompiler Demos show application programmers how to embed SQL
operations in C/C++ and COBOL code in a way that is compatible with ANSI standard.
A Pro*C program is a C program containing embedded SQL statements. Oracle
Pro*C/C++ and Pro*COBOL Demos offer extensions to support dynamic SQL
operations, which are operations that can change in real time. It is also possible to use
dynamic SQL operations through PL/SQL code (known as anonymous PL/SQL block)
with a Pro*C/C++ and Pro*COBOL application. Typical applications contain much
more static SQL than dynamic SQL. The precompiler translates each embedded SQL
statement into calls to the Precompiler run-time library (SQLLIB).
Related Topics
• Pro*C/C++ Programmer's Guide
• Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide

About Oracle Spatial and Graph Demos

Oracle Spatial and Graph Demos provide SQL schema and functions that facilitate the
storage, retrieval, update, and query of collections of spatial features in an Oracle
database.
Oracle Spatial and Graph is an integrated set of functions and procedures that enables
spatial data to be stored, accessed, and analyzed quickly and efficiently in an Oracle
database. Spatial data represents the essential location characteristics of real or
conceptual objects as those objects relate to the real or conceptual space in which
they exist.

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Related Topics
• Oracle Spatial and Graph Developer's Guide
• Oracle Spatial and Graph GeoRaster Developer's Guide
• Oracle Spatial and Graph Topology Data Model and Network Data Model Graph
Developer's Guide

About Oracle Internet Directory Client Demos

Oracle Internet Directory Client Demos show application programmers how to use
LDAP C and PL/SQL APIs.
All LDAP operations based on the C API, require clients to establish an LDAP session
with the LDAP server. For LDAP operations based on the PL/SQL API, a database
session must first initialize and open an LDAP session. The DBMS_LDAP package
enables PL/SQL applications to access data located in LDAP servers. The names and
syntax of the function calls are similar to those of the C API.
Related Topics
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Developer's Guide for Oracle Identity
Management

About Oracle XML Demos

Oracle XML Demos showcase the features of the Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK),
which is a versatile set of components that enables you to build and deploy C, C++,
and Java software programs that process XML.
Related Topics
• Running Oracle XML Developer's Kit JavaBean Demo Programs
• Using the XML C++ Class Generator Examples
• Using the XML Parser Command-Line Utility: Example

About Oracle Call Interface Demos

Oracle Call Interface (OCI) demos include sample C programs to use the OCI APIs.
These programs provide examples of the data types, calling conventions, syntax, and
semantics of C.
Related Topics
• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

About Oracle C++ Call Interface Demos

Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI) demos provide database access APIs for
applications written in C++. The control classes enable the applications to connect to
the database and create resources like statements and resultsets. The data classes

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contain various types of data. The object classes and methods provide a navigational
interface to access and manipulate objects. The Object Type Translator (OTT) can be
used to generate the C++ class headers for the data types defined in Oracle database.
The installed demos illustrate the use of classes and methods for OTT and OCCI.
Related Topics
• Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide

About Oracle ODBC Companion

Oracle ODBC Driver demos provide basic structure of an ODBC application which can
be extended to make a full-fledged ODBC application.
ODBC being a standard, plenty of sample applications may be found in books which
discuss the concept of ODBC driver. For Oracle ODBC Driver specific options, see
Help while setting up Data Source Name on Windows.
Related Topics
• Oracle Database Administrator's Reference for Linux and UNIX-Based Operating
Systems

Oracle JDBC Development Drivers

Oracle provides a set of JDBC drivers that you can use for debugging the code and
other deployment scenarios. These drivers can access Oracle Database 10g Release
2 or later.

Oracle Text Knowledge Base

Oracle Database Examples media installs two Oracle Text knowledge bases, English
and French. You can extend the supplied knowledge bases depending on your
requirements. Alternatively, you can create your own knowledge bases, in languages
other than English and French.
Related Topics
• Oracle Text Reference

Preinstallation Considerations
The requirements for installing Oracle Database Examples are as follows:
• Free Disk Space
• Required Products

Free Disk Space

Verify that the file system that contains the Oracle home directory has at least:
• 1.1 GB of free disk space on UNIX systems.

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• 800 MB of free disk space on Windows systems.
The following topics contain details about determining free disk space on UNIX and
Windows platforms:
• Determining Free Disk Space on UNIX Platforms
• Determining Free Disk Space on Windows Systems

Determining Free Disk Space on UNIX Platforms

Explains how to check free disk space on UNIX platforms.
Use the following command to check that the Oracle home directory has enough
space:
• df —k oracle_home_path

where oracle_home_path is the path to the Oracle home directory.

Determining Free Disk Space on Windows Systems

Explains how to determine free disk space on Windows systems.
Perform the following steps to check that the Oracle home directory has enough
space:
1. Double-click My Computer.
2. Right-click the drive where the Oracle software is to be installed.
3. Select Properties.

Required Products
Explains the products that are required to use Oracle Database Examples.
Before you can use the Oracle Database Examples, you must install the sample
schemas in an Oracle Database. When you install Oracle Database, or use Database
Configuration Assistant to create a database, you can choose to include the sample
schemas. You can also manually install the sample schemas in an existing database.

Note:
Starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2), only the HR sample
schema is automatically installed after a database installation. All sample
schemas, including HR, are distributed on GitHub:
Oracle Database Sample Schemas

Accessing the Installation Software

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Explains how to identify the Oracle home directory used by Oracle Database
installation.
Before you install products from the Oracle Database Examples media, you must
ensure that your system has access to an Oracle Database 18c Oracle home. If
required, you must first install or upgrade to this release of Oracle Database.

See Also:
Oracle Database Installation Guide for information about installing Oracle
Database

Identify the Oracle home directory used by the Oracle Database installation.
On UNIX platforms, the oratab file is located in the /etc directory or in the /var/opt/
oracle directory. Use the more command to check the contents of the oratab file. For
example:
# more /etc/oratab

On Windows platforms:
1. From the Start menu, choose Programs, then Oracle - HOME_NAME, then
Oracle Installation Products, then Universal Installer.
2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Installed Products.
The Inventory screen appears, listing all of the Oracle homes on the system and
the products installed in each Oracle home.
3. On the Inventory screen, expand each Oracle home and locate Oracle Database
18c.
4. Click Close and then Cancel to exit Oracle Universal Installer.

Downloading Oracle Database Examples

You must download and install Oracle Database Examples in an existing Oracle home
to view the product demonstrations.
This section describes how to download Oracle Database Examples on your computer
to a location other than Oracle Database 18c Oracle home.
1. Go to the Oracle Database 18c download page on Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/
index.html
2. Select the See All link, and then select the Oracle Database Examples zip file
under the heading Oracle Database 18c Examples.

About Installing Oracle Database Examples

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Oracle Database Examples installs the product demonstrations in the Oracle home
directory and the SQL scripts for the sample schemas in the $ORACLE_HOME/demo/schema
directory. To use these product demonstrations, you must install the sample schemas
in the database. If the sample schemas are not included during an Oracle database
installation or during database creation using Database Configuration Assistant, then
you can manually install them by running the SQL scripts.
Use one of the following methods to install Oracle Database Examples:
• Installing Oracle Database Examples Using Oracle Universal Installer
• Silent Installation of Oracle Database Examples Using Response Files
Related Topics
• Manually Installing Sample Schemas

Installing Oracle Database Examples Using Oracle Universal

Installer
You must install Oracle Database Examples in an existing Oracle Database 18c
Oracle home.
Perform the following steps to install Oracle Database Examples:
1. Log in to the computer where Oracle Database is installed.
On UNIX platforms, log in as the Oracle software owner user (oracle) and set the
DISPLAY environment variable.

On Windows platforms, log in as an Administrator or as a member of the

Administrators group to the computer on which you want to install Oracle
components. If you are installing on a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or a
Backup Domain Controller (BDC), log on as a member of the Domain
Administrators group.
2. Verify that the Oracle Database that you plan to use is accessible.
Refer to “Accessing the Installation Software” for details.
3. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the installation files.
4. Extract the contents of the zip file.
5. Run the following command to start Oracle Universal Installer:
On UNIX platforms:
$ ./runInstaller

On Windows platforms:
Double-click setup.exe.
6. On the Specify Installation Location screen, enter the following:
• Oracle Base: The Oracle base path appears by default. You can change the
path based on your requirement. Specify the Oracle Base path.
The Oracle base directory is a top-level directory for Oracle software
installations.

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 • Software Location: In the Software Location field, accept the default value or
enter the Oracle home directory path where you want to install Oracle
Database Examples. You must install Oracle Database Examples in an
existing Oracle Database home.

Note:
If you try to install Oracle Database Examples in an Oracle Database
home that is different from the current release, then the installation fails
with an error.
You must install Oracle Database Examples in an existing Orac;e
Database 18c Oracle home.

If Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) is installed in the Oracle home
that you select, then Oracle Universal Installer displays the Grid Installation
Options screen. The examples software is installed in the selected Oracle RAC
home on all the nodes where it exists. The nodes listed in the table are the nodes
on which the Oracle Inventory has registered an installed Oracle RAC home.
Ensure that each node listed is up and running before you click Next.

Note:
On an Oracle RAC installation, the software is installed on all the cluster
nodes.

7. On the Perform Prerequisite Checks screen, check for and correct any errors that
may have occurred while Oracle Universal Installer was checking your system. If
you click Check Again, then you can run the prerequisite check again to see if the
minimum requirements are met to carry on with the installation. Click Fix & Check
Again, if you want the installer to fix the problem and check the system
requirements again.

Note:
The Fix & Check Again option generates a script (UNIX only) that sets
some system parameters to Oracle-recommended values. You must run
the script as the root user. Oracle recommends that you do not modify the
contents of this script.

From the list, select an option:

• Show All: To get a list of all the prerequirement checks run.
• Show Failed: To get a list of prerequirement checks that failed.
• Show Succeeded: To get a list of the prerequirement checks that were
successful.

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8. Review the information displayed on the Summary screen and click Install.

Note:
Click Save Response File to save all the installation steps into a response
file. Later, you can use this file for a silent installation.

9. The Install Product screen appears when the product is installing. Installation
operations include executing actions such as file copy and adding services on
Windows systems and linking on UNIX systems, and executing decision points
and calculations.
10. The Finish screen appears when the installation is completed.

Click Close to exit Oracle Universal Installer.

Silent Installation of Oracle Database Examples Using Response

Files
A silent installation runs in the background and does not require input from the user.
The interactive dialogs normally seen by the user are not displayed. Silent installations
can be useful if you have to install an Oracle product multiple times on multiple
computers.
To perform a silent installation of Oracle Database Examples, you must start Oracle
Universal Installer in silent or response file mode. Enter a command similar to the
following:
1. On UNIX platforms:
$ /directory_path/runInstaller [-silent] -responseFile responsefilename

Note:
Do not specify a relative path to the response file. If you specify a relative
path, then Oracle Universal Installer fails.

where:
• directory_path is the path of the database directory on the DVD or on the hard
drive.
• -silent runs Oracle Universal Installer in silent mode.

• responsefilename is the full path and file name of the installation response file
that you configured.
2. On Windows platforms:
DRIVE_LETTER:\setup.exe_location setup [-silent] "variable=setting" [-
nowelcome] [-noconfig] [-nowait] -responseFile
where:

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 • DRIVE_LETTER: Identifies the full path of the response file.

• setup.exe_location: Indicates the location of setup.exe.

• "variable=setting" refers to a variable within the response file that you may
prefer to run at the command line rather than set in the response file. Enclose
the variable and its setting in quotes.
• -noconfig: Suppresses running the configuration assistants during installation.

• -nowait: Closes the console window when the silent installation completes.

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