diff --git a/oracle-protocol.labnotes b/oracle-protocol.labnotes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc74cbd74e03053dd847af6337896c5a75d43d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oracle-protocol.labnotes
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+
+/*     */ public class Packet
+/*     */   implements SQLnetDef
+/*     */ {
+/*     */   private int buffer2send;
+/*     */   protected int sdu;
+/*     */   protected int tdu;
+/*     */   protected int length;
+/*     */   public int type;
+/*     */   protected int flags;
+/*     */   protected int dataLen;
+/*     */   protected int dataOff;
+/*     */   protected String data;
+/*     */   protected byte[] buffer;
+/* 112 */   protected int leftOverFromPreviousRead = 0;
+/*     */   
+/*     */ 
+
+
+
+Packet class, size is SDU
+
+
+DataPacket
+
+
+
+netinputstream on top (same as MAPI block stream essentially)
+
+
+packets on top again ?!?
+
+
+
+unmarshalOneRow
+
+
+rowSpaceIndicator points to beginning of row in result set?
+
+
+rowSpaceIndicator = pointer into row buffer
+
+fields: known lengths or strings with char >> 1 leng prefix
+
+
+
+
+/* 1032 */         lenoffset = columnIndex + charLength * currentRow;
+
+
+
+/* 1033 */         int len = rowSpaceChar[lenoffset] >> '\001';
+/*      */         
+/* 1035 */         if (len > internalTypeMaxLength) {
+/* 1036 */           len = internalTypeMaxLength;
+/*      */         }
+/* 1038 */         result = new String(rowSpaceChar, lenoffset + 1, len);
+
+
+16 bit -> 15 bit string length
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/*  252 */       if (rowSpaceIndicator[(indicatorIndex + currentRow)] != -1)
+/*      */       {
+/*  254 */         off = columnIndex + byteLength * currentRow;
+/*  255 */         int year = oracleYear(off);
+/*      */         
+/*  257 */         Calendar cal2 = (Calendar)cal.clone();
+/*      */         
+/*  259 */         cal2.set(year, oracleMonth(off), oracleDay(off), 0, 0, 0);
+/*  260 */         cal2.set(14, 0);
+/*      */         
+/*      */ 
+/*      */ 
+/*  264 */         if ((year > 0) && (cal2.isSet(0))) {
+/*  265 */           cal2.set(0, 1);
+/*      */         }
+/*  267 */         result = new Date(cal2.getTimeInMillis());
+/*      */       }
+/*      */       
+/*      */ 
+
+
+
+NumberCommonAccessor interesting binary
+
+
+
+
+
+oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CCharAccessor.unmarshalOneRow()
+
+
+
+int32, char(10);
+
+42, 'DPFKG'
+100 00 00 00 OK
+
+
+
+
+https://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/binary-protocol-resultset-row.html
+
+https://github.com/siddontang/go-mysql/blob/master/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/packets.go
+
+https://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/integer.html#length-encoded-integer
+
+
+[ 6899,	"systemfunctions"	]
+[ 6899,	"systemfunctions"	]