An Oracle© database for the AMS experiment

We present hardware and software technologies implemented for the AMS Milano Data Center. Goal of the AMS Milano Data Center is to provide data collected during the STS-gl Space Shuttle flight to users and to provide a User Interface as well to manage the data properly. Data, are stored in a database that provides high level query and retrival features, the support being a, magneto-optical juke-box. We describe the use of proprietary software (Oracle(C)) as well as custom-written software to enhance access performances. In particular we underscore the use of the Oracle Call Interfaces as a powerfull tool to interface the database and the operating system in a natural way.