node-oracledb version 2.1

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, 8 and 9 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.

Node-oracledb supports:

• Async/Await, 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 Queuing, Aliasing and Liveness checking
• Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP)
• External Authentication
• Array Fetches
• Statement Caching
• Client Result Caching
• End-to-end Tracing, Mid-tier Authentication, and Auditing
• Oracle High Availability Features
  • Fast Application Notification (FAN)
  • Runtime Load Balancing (RLB)
  • Transparent Application Failover (TAF)

We are actively working on supporting the best Oracle Database features, and on functionality requests from users involved in the project.

Getting Started

See Getting Started with Node-oracledb.

Installation

See Quick Start Node-oracledb Installation.

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.