Preface

This manual describes the Oracle Database Gateway for Informix, which enables Oracle client applications to access Informix data through Structured Query Language (SQL). The gateway, with the Oracle database, creates the appearance that all data resides on a local Oracle database, even though the data can be widely distributed.

This preface covers the following topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

This manual is intended for Oracle database administrators who perform the following tasks:

• Installing and configuring the Oracle Database Gateway for Informix

• Diagnosing gateway errors

• Using the gateway to access Informix data

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documentation

For more information, see the following documents:

• Oracle Database New Features Guide

• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide

• Oracle Database Error Messages

• Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

• Oracle Database Reference

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity User's Guide

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

• Oracle Database Security Guide

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: