Table of Contents

new - Opens a connection to Oracle

quote - Escapes text to make it valid SQL

prepare - Prepares a statement for execution

execute - Executes a statement

do - Executes a statement

ping - Tests the database connection

connected? - Checks whether the connection is open

disconnect - Closes the database connection

commit - Commits any open transactions

rollback - Rolls back any open transactions

blocking - Sets the database connection to be blocking

nonblocking - Sets the database connection to be non-blocking

nonblocking? - Checks to see if the database connection is non-blocking