This chapter has undergone the most extensive revisions of any chapter in the book; even its name has changed (from Oracle and The Web). The Oracle Database 10g release claims to take Oracle beyond the Web into the grid, so in addition to briefly covering features described in previous editionsfor example, Oracle Application Server[1]it also includes a summary of the needs of grid computing and how the Oracle Database 10g release is addressing them.
[1] For more information on Oracle Application Server 10g than we can include in this chapter, see the book Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials, expected to be released later in 2004.
HTML DB
This is a development tool for creating HTML-based applications, creating and modifying database structures, and importing data into the Oracle database.
Direct calls to Java stored procedures
You no longer have to create a PL/SQL wrapper to call a Java stored procedure.
XML DB
XML DB is a set of improvements for the XML capabilities of the Oracle database.
Failover notification
Oracle Application Server 10g is notified of a failure in a Real Application Cluster node.
Enterprise Configuration Manager
This tool is a part of Enterprise Manager 10g that allows you to discover, compare, and modify the configuration of servers across your enterprise.
Application Performance Management
This new tool allows you to set up beacons, which run user-defined transactions from remote locations and send the results back to the Enterprise Manager repository.