Preface

The Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC provides Oracle applications seamless access to virtually any APPC-enabled system, including IBM mainframe data and services through Remote Procedure Call (RPC) processing. This document is intended for Windows users.

Intended Audience

Read this guide if you are responsible for tasks such as:

determining hardware and software requirements
installing, configuring, or administering an Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC
developing applications that access remote host databases through the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC using the SNA Communication Protocol or the TCP/IP communication protocol
determining security requirements
determining and resolving problems

Before using this guide to administer the gateway, you should understand the fundamentals of your Microsoft Windows operating system and Procedural Gateways.

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Conventions

Examples of input and output for the gateway and Oracle environment are shown in a special font:

C:\> mkdir \ORACLE\your_name

All output is shown as it appears. For input, refer to the following list of conventions and their meanings:

example text: Words or phrases, such as mkdir and ORACLE, must be entered exactly as spelled and in the letter case shown. In this example, mkdir must be entered in lowercase letters and ORACLE in uppercase letters.
italic text: Italicized uppercase or lowercase, such as your_name, indicates that you must substitute a word or phrase, such as the actual directory name.
BOLD text or bold italic TEXT: Bold words or phrases refer to a file or directory structure, such as a directory, path, or file ID.
... Ellipses indicate that the preceding item can be repeated. You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items.
{ } Curly braces indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. Do not enter the braces themselves.
| Vertical lines separate choices
[ ] Square brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none. Do not enter the brackets themselves.

Other punctuation, such as commas, quotation marks or the pipe symbol (|) must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified. Directory names, file IDs and so on appear in the required letter case in examples. The same convention is used when these names appear in text, and the names are highlighted in bold. The use of italics indicates that those portions of a file ID that appear in italics can vary.

Gateway commands, file IDs and reserved words, MS-DOS commands, keywords and environment variables appear in uppercase in examples and text. Reserved words and keywords must always be entered as shown; they have reserved meanings within the Oracle system.

SQL*Plus Prompts

The SQL*Plus prompt, SQL>, appears in SQL statement and SQL*Plus command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, SQL>, in your response.

MS-DOS Prompts

The MS-DOS prompt, C:\>, appears in MS-DOC command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, C:\>, in your response.

PGAU Prompts

The PGAU prompt, PGAU>, appears in PGAU command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, PGAU>, in your response.

Directory Names

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Storage Measurements

Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:

K, for kilobyte which equals 1024 bytes
M, for megabyte which equals 1 048 576 bytes
G, for gigabyte which equals 1 073 741 824 bytes

Accessing Installed Documentation

Documentation for Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC for Windows

Documentation for this product includes this guide and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and Windows.

To access the documentation in HTML and PDF formats, use a browser to open the top level of the Gateway Documentation CD-ROM. This level contains links to product and Windows-specific documentation.

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