Oracle7 SQL is a superset of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO) SQL92 standard at entry level conformance.
This manual notes any features that require the distributed option, Parallel Server option, Parallel Query option, or PL/SQL to be installed. Also noted are parts of Oracle7 SQL that are only used with the Trusted Oracle7 Server. For information on PL/SQL, Oracle's procedural language extension to SQL, see PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference.
Brief descriptions of Oracle7 embedded SQL are included in this manual. Detailed descriptions of Oracle7 embedded SQL can be found in Programmer's Guide to the Oracle Precompilers.