Oracle8 was introduced in 1997 with larger size limitations and management fea- tures, such as partitioning, aimed at very large database implementations. In 1998, Oracle announced Oracle8i, which is sometimes referred to as Version of the Oracle8 database. The i was added to denote added functionality supporting Inter- net deployment in the new version. Oracle9i followed, with Application Server avail- able in 2000 and Database Server in 2001. Oracle Database 10g was introduced in 2003; the g denotes Oracle’s focus on emerging grid deployment models. The terms Oracle, Oracle8, Oracle8i, Oracle9i and Oracle Database 10g (or Oracle10g) might appear to be used somewhat interchangeably in this book,.
