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Oracle 10g New Features
Oracle Database 10g has expanded the ability to
globalize Oracle databases dramatically. As you can see by looking
over the following list of globalization improvements, Oracle has
attempted to make Database 10g the database of choice for all
globally supported and utilized databases. The new features for
globalization support are:
Globalization Development Kit The Oracle
Globalization Development Kit (GDK) is a toolkit that simplifies the
development process and reduces the cost of developing Internet
applications that will be used to support a global environment.
Oracle database 10g release 1 of the GDK
includes comprehensive programming APIs (Java and PL/SQL),
multilingual test data, code samples, and documentation that address
many of the design, development, and deployment issues encountered
while creating global applications.
The key component of the GDK is the Oracle
Globalization Services (OGS). OGS is a set of Java and PL/SQL APIs
that provide Oracle application developers with the framework to
develop globalized Internet applications, using the best
globalization practices and features designed by Oracle.
Enhanced Character Set Scanner and Converter
The Character Set Scanner has been enhanced to support the scanning
of nested tables and character semantics objects. The database scan
summary report now provides additional information on the source
database, along with statistics on possible size expansion.
CLOB and NCLOB Implicit Conversions This
feature provides implicit conversion between CLOB and NCLOB
datatypes. Global internet applications that support multiple
national language character sets no longer require development and
deployment of explicit function calls to achieve this conversion.
Unicode 3.2 Support This feature
provides support for the latest Unicode standard, Unicode 3.2, by
adding new Unicode code points, character classifications, and
mapping information to existing Unicode character sets.
Expanded Locale Coverage This feature
adds new territories and languages, and augments existing definition
files with additional information.
Let's start with an overview of the
globalization development kit (GDK) enhancements.
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