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Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database

By : MARCEL KRATOCHVIL
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Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database

By: MARCEL KRATOCHVIL

Overview of this book

Multimedia is the new digital frontier. Managers, software architects, administrators and developers need to fully comprehend this exciting new technology as its widespread use and acceptance cannot be ignored any longer."Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database" will give you a complete understanding of how to manage all data, especially multimedia. You will learn all the latest terminology, how to set up a database, load digital objects, search on them and even how to sell them. Whether you are a manager or database administrator, this book will give you the knowledge you need to take control of this rapidly growing and industry- changing technology. Technology which is transforming our lives.Starting with the basic principles of unstructured data and detailing the concepts behind multimedia warehouses and digital asset management systems, this book will describe how to load this data, search against it, display it intelligently, and deliver it to customers and users. Learn how all these concepts work within the Oracle 11g R2 database environment and how to tune the database effectively to manage it.Begin to learn about this new and exciting field and use it to give your business a competitive edge or give yourself the ability to take a leadership role in this exciting new computing genre.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 9. Understanding the Limitations of Oracle Products

This chapter reviews most of the Oracle Database features, options, and add-ons and discusses how well they work with unstructured data. Each section also covers potential directions the Oracle Database could move in to better work with this type of data.

This chapter isn't designed to focus on what Oracle can't do but rather shows the potential for the product to grow considering the sound and sturdy architecture it's based on.

What has become apparent when working with Oracle is that the database has a solid foundation which helps when working with unstructured data. From the use of SecureFiles, its support for object types, its locking mechanism, security, memory management, optimizer, and tight integration with capabilities such as XML and Spatial, the database offers a very secure base. From this secure base we can build and expand, to support and scale large volumes of different types of unstructured data.