Preface

The Oracle Transparent Gateway for DRDA for Microsoft Windows provides users with transparent access to DRDA databases as if they were Oracle databases.

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for installing, configuring, and administering the gateway, and also for application developers.

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

Installing and configuring the Oracle Transparent Gateway for DRDA
Setting up gateway security
Diagnosing gateway errors
Using the gateway to access tables in DRDA databases
Writing applications that access DRDA databases through the gateway
Configuring the SNA server product

You must understand the fundamentals of transparent gateways and the Microsoft Windows operating system before using this guide to install or administer the gateway.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

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TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

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Conventions

In this manual, "Windows" refers to any Microsoft Windows operating system.

In examples, an implied carriage return occurs at the end of each line, unless otherwise noted. You must press the Return key at the end of a line of input.

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

> mkdir D:\ORACLE\your_name

All output is shown as it actually appears. For input, refer to the following list. The first part of each line represents the conventions used in this manual, and the second part describes their meanings:

... Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command (that are not directly related to the example) have been omitted. Vertical ellipsis points in an example also mean that information that is not directly related to the example has been omitted.

italic font indicates that a word or phrase of your choice must be substituted for the term in italic font, such as your actual member name or directory name.

boldface text Boldface type in text indicates a term that is defined in the text.

< > Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.

{ } Curly braces indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. Do not enter the braces themselves.

[ ] Square brackets indicate that the enclosed arguments are optional. You can choose one or none. Do not enter the brackets themselves.

| Vertical lines separate choices.

Other punctuation, such as commas, quotes, or the pipe symbol (|), must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified. Directory names, file IDs, and so on, appear in examples. When these names appear in text, they may be highlighted in bold. The use of italics indicates that those portions of a file ID that appear in italics can vary.

SQL*Plus Prompts

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

DOS Prompts

The DOS prompt, >, appears in DOS command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, ">", in your response. A dollar sign ($) is part of some DOS directory names and should not be confused as a prompt character.

Storage Measurements

Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:

KB, for kilobyte, which equals 1,024 bytes
MB, for megabyte, which equals 1,048,576 bytes
GB, for gigabyte, which equals 1,073,741,824 bytes

Directory Names

Throughout this document, there are references to the directories in which product-related files reside. ORACLE_HOME is used to represent the Oracle home directory. This is the default location for Oracle products. If you have installed into a location other than ORACLE_HOME, replace all references to ORACLE_HOME with the drive and path specification you have used.