Chapter 28. PL/SQL Web Development

While the Oracle database doesn’t currently support web access directly (there is talk, though, of building an HTTP listener), there are a number of Oracle tools, such as Oracle Application Server (OAS) and WebDB, that allow you to build web applications using PL/SQL. This chapter tests your understanding of how to use the tools provided with these add-on systems (particularly the OWA packages) to develop web systems.

Beginner

28-1.

An HTML document is most similar to:

  1. A report created using Oracle reports

  2. A report created using Crystal Reports

  3. A file created using WordPerfect

  4. A screen layout created using ISPF

  5. A Java class file

28-2.

An HTML form is most similar to:

  1. A form created using Oracle Forms

  2. A form created using Powerbuilder

  3. A form created using Microsoft Access

  4. A form created using the Java Swing classes

  5. None of the above

28-3.

In which of the following products/languages can you use PL/SQL for web development?

  1. OAS

  2. WebDB

  3. Java

  4. Oracle Forms

  5. All of the above

28-4.

What kinds of web content can you generate directly with the PL/SQL toolkit?

  1. HTML

  2. XML

  3. Delimited text files

  4. JavaScript

  5. All of the above

28-5.

Detail the major architectural components in a PL/SQL-based web system.

28-6.

What does the HTTP listener component do?

28-7.

What does the PL/SQL gateway do?

28-8.

What is the PL/SQL toolkit? List its packages.

28-9.

Which toolkit package contains procedures to print syntactically correct HTML into a buffer? Which of these procedures is most similar to DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE? Use ...

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