Re: SOAP / XML / ORACLE

Jeremy Ovenden wrote:
>
> Good day to you all.
>
> Up until now I have been designing & developing apps in Oracle
> using PL/SQL and the web toolkit for this. This at the moment is
> on 8i (8.1.6+) and still using OWAS 3.0 in development.
>
> A prospective project would involve exchanging data with a 3rd
> party system. The API definitions doc for this system talks of
> SOAP, Web Services Definition Language and XML.
>
> I gather that the idea is that "SystemA" can request something
> be done in "SystemB" when these two systems can be built in
> entirely different technologies but communicating via a standard
> protocol.
>
> I need a primer in understanding where these 'new' (to me!)
> technologies sit as well as, if possible, simple examples of the
> technology put into practise - perhaps there is a good website
> you know of?
>
> The other thing I need is to know whether it is essential for me
> to upgrade to 9iAS in order to use these newer technologies
> (perhaps also Oracle 9i too?). I'm assuming the answer to this
> is probably a resounding "Yes!" but thought I'd ask anyway.
>
> Thanks for any & all pointers!
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Jeremy Ovenden

There is a good book, a little date (its 8i) called 'Oracle 8i Application Programming", by about 20 authors.

hth
connor

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