Preface

Oracle Database Rules Manager and Expression Filter Developer's Guide provides usage and reference information about Rules Manager, a feature in the Oracle Database that offers interfaces to define, manage, and enforce complex rules in the database and Expression Filter, a feature of Oracle Database and component of Rules Manager that stores, indexes, and evaluates conditional expressions in relational tables.

Audience

Oracle Database Rules Manager and Expression Filter Developer's Guide is intended for application developers and DBAs who perform the following tasks:

• Use Event-Condition-Action (ECA) rules to integrate processes and automate workflows

• Use the database to store and evaluate large sets of conditional expressions

• Use the database to define, manage, and enforce complex rules

This manual assumes a working knowledge of application programming and familiarity with SQL, PL/SQL, XML, and basic object-oriented programming to access information in relational database systems.

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Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database Utilities

• Oracle Database Error Messages

• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide

• Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database Object-Relational Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

• Oracle Text Application Developer's Guide

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: