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<h2>Oracle</h2>

<h3>Testing</h3>
<p>
  To test using Oracle set the <em>platform</em> to <code>oracle</code> in
  <code>src/test/resources/application-test.yaml</code>
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<p>
  Refer to <a href="/docs/testing">docs / testing</a> if application-test.yaml doesn't exist yet.
</p>

```yml
ebean:
  test:
    platform: oracle # h2, postgres, mysql, oracle, sqlserver
    ddlMode: dropCreate # none | dropCreate | migrations
    dbName: test
```

<p>
  The above will use the following defaults:
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<p>
  The above will use the following defaults:
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<table class="compact w100">
  <tr><th>username:</th><td>{databaseName}</td></tr>
  <tr><th>password:</th><td>test</td></tr>
  <tr><th>port:</th><td>1521</td></tr>
  <tr><th>url:</th><td>jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:{port}:XE</td></tr>
  <tr><th>driver:</th><td>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</td></tr>
  <tr><th>image:</th><td>oracleinanutshell/oracle-xe-11g:{version}</td></tr>
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<h2 id="types">Types</h2>
<h5>UUID</h5>
<p>
  UUID is not a native Oracle type and can be mapped to either BINARY(16) or VARCHAR(36)..
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<h2 id="history">History support</h2>
<p>
  Oracle has native SQL2011 History support.
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