The user requests a portal page from the Web browser by entering a URL in the

2-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Portal Data-driven portlets, built with Portlet Builder, communicate with Oracle Portal through database providers. You do not need to register the Portlet Builder providers with Oracle Portal explicitly; they are automatically registered for you. PLSQL portlets communicate with Oracle Portal through a database provider. You have to register the database provider explicitly.

2.4.5 Provider Registration

Oracle Portal includes a provider registration wizard, accessible from the Providers tab in the Navigator. The registration screen contains the following sections: ■ Provider Information : Contains the provider name, time out details, and the implementation style. ■ UserSession Information : Contains information on how session information is communicated to the providers. ■ Database Providers : Contains information specific to database providers, such as the implementation owner and name. ■ Web Providers : Contains information specific to Web providers, such as the URL of the provider, the users identity communicated to the provider, and proxy information. ■ WSRP Producers : Contains information specific to WSRP producers, such as the WSDL URL and the session handling information supplied by the producer. The sections that impact session handling are the UserSession Information section and the cookie domain check box on the Web provider registration page of the wizard. For more information on using the same cookie domain, refer to the Sharing Session Cookies Not Allowed in PDK-Java Release 2 article, which can be accessed from the Portlet Development page on Portal Center http:www.oracle.comtechnologyproductsiasportalportlet_ development_10gr2.html . UserSession Information In the UserSession Information section, you can choose one of two options, depending on the session-related information you want the providers to receive from Oracle Portal. The options are as follows: ■ Public : Choosing this option sets the name of the user to Public. The providers will not receive any session-related information like the session ID or the time the user logged in. This option is the equivalent of the LOGIN_FREQUENCY_PUBLIC in the provider registration API see Section 8.13, Registering Providers Programmatically . ■ User : Choosing this option sends the name of the Oracle Portal user to the providers. This section contains the following two options: Note: Web Clipping and OmniPortlet are developing very rapidly. The most recent versions of these portlets are available for download on OTN. If you decide to go with the downloaded version of these tools, you must deploy them to Oracle WebLogic Server and register them with Oracle Portal as Web providers. For more information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal.