Introduction

In Oracle8i, the Aurora JVM is seamlessly integrated with the SQL and PL/SQL engine. Prior to Oracle8i, developers were able to write stored procedures using only PL/SQL. However, Oracle8i enables you to write stored procedures using either PL/SQL or Java. This enables you to pool your programming resources both from Java as well as the PL/SQL world and improve productivity and performance. The integration of the JVM with the PL/SQL and SQL engine enables you to write Java programs that call PL/SQL procedures via JDBC or SQLJ. In addition, both SQL and PL/SQL engines can call the published Java stored procedures.

Oracle8i gives you a lot of flexibility in the use of Java stored procedures. You can debug and compile all your Java ...

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