Mapping the Stream

Being able to hand over documentation that fully describes your Oracle Streams environment is the goal we are trying to achieve. Getting to the goal in the most efficient manner is the goal of this chapter. As you are probably the person that set up Streams, you are the lucky winner who will do the documentation. If you are the person handed the "opportunity" to learn Streams earlier today, then reviewing, confirming, and building documentation will be part of your task when you take over administration responsibilities.

Like Chapter 5 on N-Way Replication, this chapter will focus on using the Oracle supplied packages. Oracle made substantial improvements to help the Streams Administrator: set up, document, and monitor Streams all through supplied packages. Knowing Streams down to the supplied packages level also allows for creative usages to build custom monitoring beyond Database Control and/or Grid Control.