Object-Relational Developer's Guide

There are implementation and performance characteristics of the Oracle object-relational model that you should understand.

Then you can map a logical data model into an Oracle physical implementation, and develop applications that use object-oriented features.

Topics:

• General Storage Considerations for Objects

• Performance of Object Comparisons

• Design Considerations for REFs

• Design Considerations for Collections

• Design Considerations for Methods

• Reusable Code Using Invoker Rights

• Roles with Invoker's Rights Subprograms

• Replication Support for Objects

• Materialized View Support for Objects

• Constraints on Objects

• Considerations Related to Type Evolution

• Parallel Queries with Oracle Objects

• Design Consideration Tips and Techniques