Welcome to the Oracle Database 10g Documentation Library. Here you can research new information, look up reference information, and search across the entire library.

These books provide background information for new users:

These books contain the most commonly used information for general database administration and application development:

If you are familiar with earlier Oracle releases and are moving to Oracle Database 10g, these books describe the new features, and explain how to upgrade your database.

This book explains how certain database features are licensed:

The Companion CD Installation Guides cover the software other than the main database server. This software works in conjunction with the database, and requires a separate, optional installation. Again, there is a set of Quick Installation Guides for typical scenarios, and a full Installation Guide for advanced scenarios.

The Quick Installation Guides cover the basics of installing on a clean machine, using a specific operating system.

The full Installation Guides cover a wide variety of installation scenarios. Use them if your situation is not covered in the Quick Installation Guides.

The Client Installation Guides cover the simplified install for just the Oracle client software, which lets you connect to a database running on a different system, using a database application or the interactive SQL*Plus tool. Again, there is a set of Quick Installation Guides for typical scenarios, and a full Installation Guide for advanced scenarios.