This work covers all features of Oracle8, such as: Oracle8 architecture and the network computing architecture; migrating or building from scratch, and scaling to fit your business; programming and administration; going beyond the server: system designing, development, and analysis using Developer/2000, Designer/2000 and Discover 3.0; Oracle enterprise manager; using complex data types within a database, i.e. business objects, multimedia, Java applets, etc.; improved replication, performance and backup/recovery; OLTP; and data warehousing & VLDBs (Very Large Databases).