Oracle Application Server 10g Administration Handbook John Garmany Donald K. Burleson ISBN 0072229586 Retail Price $49.99  Key Features About the Authors Table of Contents Buy it here!

This book is the premier architectural and technical reference on how to use Oracle9iAS technology to web-enable your Oracle databases using Oracle Application Server technology.  This book focuses on the use of Oracle9iAS technology and provides a simple, easy-to-understand handbook for all areas of Internet Application Server issues.

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Key Features:
 

• This book appeals to almost every Oracle professional. Every company wants to web-enable their Oracle databases, but nobody has created an easy-to-understand text to discuss how to make an Oracle database accessible using standard web protocols.
   
• Unlike other books, the reader will learn how to apply the Oracle9iAS technology without getting lost in the technical detail. Concise and to-the-point, this book will have working example of Oracle9iAS systems, and show how they can be made to communicate via standard HTTP requests.
   
• This text will serve as a companion text to the Oracle Press books Oracle9i Web Development (Brown) and the Oracle9i Application Server Portal Handbook (Vandivier).

About the Author(s):

Don Burleson		Don Burleson is one of the world’s top Oracle Database experts with more than 20 years of full-time DBA experience.  He specializes in creating database architectures for very large online databases and he has worked with some of the world’s most powerful and complex systems.   A former Adjunct Professor, Don Burleson has written 14 books, published more than 100 articles in National Magazines, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Oracle Internals. Don is a popular lecturer and teacher and is a frequent speaker at Oracle Openworld and other international database conferences. Click here for Don Burleson's books Click here for Don Burleson articles
John Garmany		Colonel John Garmany is a graduate of West Point, an Airborne Ranger and a retired Lt. Colonel with 20+ years of IT experience. John is an OCP Certified Oracle DBA with a Master Degree in Information Systems, a Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering, and a BS degree (Electrical Engineering) from West Point.  A respected Oracle expert and author, John serves as a writer for Oracle Internals, DBAZine and Builder.com.  John is the author of "Logical Database Design - Principles & Practices" by CRC Press, the "Oracle9iAS Administration Handbook" by Oracle Press and "Oracle Replication - Snapshot, Multi-master & Materialized Views Scripts" and "Oracle SQL*Plus Reports - Fast reporting with SQL and SQL*Plus" by Rampant TechPress.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Oracle9iAS Architecture Architectural overview The multi-tiered computing model Server components for Oracle9iAS Oracle9iAS system services Web accelerator Communications Presentation services Business logic services Data management services Oracle enterprise manager Oracle forms server Forms server architecture Forms services Oracle reports Oracle discoverer Oracle discoverer architecture Oracle discoverer viewer Oracle Internet file system Oracle web cache Web cache load balancing Web cache failover Web cache load balancing (apache HTTP Servers) Chapter 2: Installing & configuring Oracle9iAS Hardware Requirements Memory Requirements Installation Background Instances Homes Locations Warming Up for the Big Game Setting Up the Environment On Account of Accounts Oracle Universal Installer Interactive Installation Silent and Non-Interactive Installation Post-Installation Tasks The Enterprise Manager Configuration Shared Repository Managing the Application Server Chapter 3: Oracle 9iAS Infrastructure Overview Oracle 9iAS Single Sign-on Server Oracle Internet Directory Metadata Repository Single Sign-On (SSO) Components Processes Role of the SSO Administrator Granting Privileges Administering Partner and External Applications Single Sign-on Server for SSL Digital Certificates Monitoring Oracle Internet Directory Operational Attributes Naming Contexts Managing Users Configuring Searches Monitoring and Auditing Deployment Considerations Metadata Repository Configuration Starting and Stopping Changing Passwords Moving Data files Chapter 4: Using the Oracle HTTP Server Overview of the HTTP server Specifying Server and File Locations Managing Server Processes Managing Network Connections Connecting with SSL Configuring and Using Server Logs Oracle HTTP Server Modules Module Configuration Containers and Directives Using Directives Option/Parameters/Environment and Scripts Using the Oracle 9iAS Proxy Plug-in Error Handling Virtual Host Chapter 5: PL/SQL and PERL in Oracle9iAS Configuring the Application Server The PL/SQL Tookit PL/SQL Module Configuration Deploying PL/SQL Server Pages The Common Gateway Interface Module The PERL Module

Chapter 6: Java2 Enterprise Edition and Oracle9iAS J2EE Architecture Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) Stateless and Stateful Beans on the Web Persistent Beans Oracle Containers for J2EE Introduction Apache JServ Configuration Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Multiple JVMs Java Servlets Java Server Pages Deploying Java Applications in OC4J Configuring Data Sources Deploying J2EE Applications Chapter 7: Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE Management of OC4J Monitoring OC4J Instances Java Transaction API (JTA) Java Messaging Service (JMS) OC4J JMS Oracle JMS Configuration and Capabilities Chapter 8: Object Relational Mapping with Oracle9iAS TopLink TopLink Overview Descriptors Database Sessions Strategies and Tips Installing and Deployment Requirements Configuring Deploying a J2EE Application Chapter 9: Web Services with Oracle9iAS Introduction to Web Services Web Services Standards The Web Services Toolkit Simple vs Complex Asynchronous Web Services using the JMS Deploying Web Services in Oracle9iAS Security Chapter 10: High Availability and Performance with Oracle9iAS Oracle9iAS concurrency management Load balancing with Oracle9iAS Apache and Oracle9iAS Oracle 9iAS Web Cache Caching Concepts Configuration and Administration Tools Setup and Configuration Cache Administration Performance Monitoring Troubleshooting Oracle9iAS Clustering Clustering Concepts Configuration and Administration of Clusters Chapter 11: Using Oracle9iAS Portal Basics of Oracle9iAS portal technology Building a portal Defining a portal communication interface Integrating PL/SQL into a portal application Portlets Providers Using the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Oracle9iAS portal security with PKI Administration of Oracle9iAS portals Chapter 12: Oracle 9iAS Security Oracle9iAS Security Architecture Guidelines Oracle HTTP Server Security Modules Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Firewalls Authentication Secure Sockets Layer Advanced Features Frequently Asked Questions Summary

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