Installing and use Oracle Business rules engine

Just a starting point

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/hpitan.1013/relnotes/rules.htm

http://www.it-eye.nl/weblog/2006/12/01/how-to-install-oracle-business-rules-standalone-using-oc4j/

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/web.1013/b28965.pdf

Back to the source with Oracle JDBC and others

Ressource Adapters, Datasources, connection Pooling, Distributed Transactions (XA), Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), factory connectors ...

Many keywords to understand to be able to use Oracle application server administration interface.

These links could help:
Oracle JDBC:
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/java.920/a96654/toc.htm
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/itss/docs/oracle/10g/java.101/b10979.pdf

Oracle adapters:
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28994/intro.htm

Oracle web sites

Oracle.com... http://www.oracle.com/
Oracle.com Profile and Electronic Subscriptions... http://www.oracle.com/admin/account
Oracle Technology Network... http://www.oracle.com/technology
Oracle Applications Network... http://appsnet.oracle.com/
Oracle Broadband... http://www.oracle.com/broadband
Oracle University Knowledge Center... http://www.oracle.com/education/oln
Oracle PartnerNetwork... http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com/
Oracle Events... http://www.oracle.com/events

Metallink... http://metallink.oracle.com/