<strong>Oracle 10g Developing Media Rich Applications</strong> is focused squarely on databaseadministrators and programmers as the foundation of multimedia dat... » 

Oracle 10g Developing Media Rich Applications is focused squarely on databaseadministrators and programmers as the foundation of multimedia databaseapplications. With the release of Oracle8 Database in 1997 Oracle became thefirst commercial database with integrated multimedia technology for applicationdevelopers. Since that time Oracle has enhanced and extended these features toinclude native support for image audio video and streaming media storageindexing retrieval and processing in the Oracle Database Application Serverand development tools. Databases are not only words and numbers foraccountants but they also should utilize a full range of media to satisfycustomer needs from race car engineers to manufacturing processes tosecurity. The full range of audio video and integration of media intodatabases is mission critical to these applications. This book details the mostrecent features in Oracles multimedia technology including those of theOracle10gR2 Database and the Oracle9i Application Server. The technologycovered includes object relational media storage and services within thedatabase middle tier application development interfaces wireless deliverymechanisms and Javabased tools. «