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README.md
node-oracledb version 1.13
About node-oracledb
The node-oracledb add-on for Node.js powers high performance Oracle Database applications.
Use node-oracledb to connect Node.js 4, 6 and 7 to Oracle Database.
The add-on is stable, well documented, and has a comprehensive test suite.
The node-oracledb project is open source and maintained by Oracle Corp. The home page is on the Oracle Technology Network.
Node-oracledb supports:
- Promises, Callbacks and Streams
- SQL and PL/SQL execution
- REF CURSORs
- Large Objects: CLOBs and BLOBs as Streams or Strings and Buffers
- Oracle Database 12c JSON datatype
- Query results as JavaScript objects or arrays
- Smart mapping between JavaScript and Oracle types with manual override available
- Data binding using JavaScript types, objects or arrays
- Transaction Management
- Inbuilt Connection Pool with Queueing, Aliasing and Liveness checking
- Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP)
- External Authentication
- Row Prefetching
- Statement Caching
- Client Result Caching
- End-to-end Tracing, Mid-tier Authentication, and Auditing
- Oracle High Availability Features
We are actively working on supporting the best Oracle Database features, and on functionality requests from users involved in the project.
Installation
Prerequisites:
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C Compiler with support for C++ 11 (Xcode, gcc, Visual Studio or similar)
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Oracle 11.2, 12.1 or 12.2 client libraries. Use the small, free Oracle Instant Client "basic" and "SDK" packages if your database is remote. Or use the libraries and headers from a locally installed database such as the free Oracle XE release.
Oracle's standard client-server network compatibility applies: Oracle Client 12.2 can connect to Oracle Database 11.2 or greater. Oracle Client 12.1 can connect to Oracle Database 10.2 or greater. Oracle Client 11.2 can connect to Oracle Database 9.2 or greater.
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Set
OCI_LIB_DIR
andOCI_INC_DIR
during installation if the Oracle libraries and headers are in a non-default location
Run npm install oracledb
to install from the npm registry.
See INSTALL for details.
Examples
See the examples directory. Start with examples/select1.js.
Documentation
See Documentation for the Oracle Database Node.js Add-on.
Help
Issues and questions can be raised with the node-oracledb community on GitHub.
Changes
See CHANGELOG.
Tests
To run the test suite see test/README.
Contributing
Node-oracledb is an open source project. See CONTRIBUTING for details.
Oracle gratefully acknowledges the contributions to node-oracledb that have been made by the community.
License
Copyright (c) 2015, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
You may not use the identified files except in compliance with the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")
You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.