diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index 2d3c08b..50b39fc 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ For example, you can get a list of all pokémon species, sorted by their
     Charmander
     Charmeleon
     ...
-    Keldeo
-    Meloetta
-    Genesect
+    Xerneas
+    Yveltal
+    Zygarde
 
 Or to order by :attr:`~pokedex.db.tables.PokemonSpecies.name`:
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Or to order by :attr:`~pokedex.db.tables.PokemonSpecies.name`:
 
         Abomasnow
         ...
-        Zweilous
+        Zygarde
 
 
 Filtering
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ example:
     Petal Dance (120)
     Power Whip (120)
     Seed Flare (120)
-    SolarBeam (120)
+    Solar Beam (120)
     Wood Hammer (120)
-    Leaf Storm (140)
+    Leaf Storm (130)
     Frenzy Plant (150)
 
 That concludes our brief tutorial.
diff --git a/pokedex/data/csv/item_categories.csv b/pokedex/data/csv/item_categories.csv
index 75e9d24..d2e2082 100644
--- a/pokedex/data/csv/item_categories.csv
+++ b/pokedex/data/csv/item_categories.csv
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ id,pocket_id,identifier
 22,8,plot-advancement
 23,8,unused
 24,1,loot
-25,6,
+25,6,all-mail
 26,2,vitamins
 27,2,healing
 28,2,pp-recovery
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ id,pocket_id,identifier
 34,3,standard-balls
 35,1,dex-completion
 36,1,scarves
-37,4,
+37,4,all-machines
 38,7,flutes
 39,3,apricorn-balls
 40,8,apricorn-box
diff --git a/pokedex/data/csv/item_category_prose.csv b/pokedex/data/csv/item_category_prose.csv
index ead8c30..6ac4725 100644
--- a/pokedex/data/csv/item_category_prose.csv
+++ b/pokedex/data/csv/item_category_prose.csv
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ item_category_id,local_language_id,name
 22,9,Plot advancement
 23,9,Unused
 24,9,Loot
-25,9,
+25,9,All mail
 26,9,Vitamins
 27,9,Healing
 28,9,PP recovery
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ item_category_id,local_language_id,name
 34,9,Standard balls
 35,9,Dex completion
 36,9,Scarves
-37,9,
+37,9,All machines
 38,9,Flutes
 39,9,Apricorn balls
 40,9,Apricorn Box
diff --git a/pokedex/db/__init__.py b/pokedex/db/__init__.py
index 464629d..3e8ecb1 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/__init__.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def connect(uri=None, session_args={}, engine_args={}, engine_prefix=''):
     if uri is None:
         uri = get_default_db_uri()
 
-    ### Do some fixery for MySQL
+    ### Do some fixery for specific RDBMSes
     if uri.startswith('mysql:'):
         # MySQL uses latin1 for connections by default even if the server is
         # otherwise oozing with utf8; charset fixes this
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ def connect(uri=None, session_args={}, engine_args={}, engine_prefix=''):
         for table in metadata.tables.values():
             table.kwargs['mysql_engine'] = 'InnoDB'
             table.kwargs['mysql_charset'] = 'utf8'
+    elif uri.startswith(('oracle:', 'oracle+cx_oracle:')):
+        # Oracle requires auto_setinputsizes=False (or at least a special
+        # set of exclusions from it, which I don't know)
+        if 'auto_setinputsizes' not in uri:
+            uri += '?auto_setinputsizes=FALSE'
 
     ### Connect
     engine_args[engine_prefix + 'url'] = uri
diff --git a/pokedex/db/load.py b/pokedex/db/load.py
index d241519..01859a2 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/load.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/load.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pokedex
 from pokedex.db import metadata, tables, translations
 from pokedex.defaults import get_default_csv_dir
 from pokedex.db.dependencies import find_dependent_tables
+from pokedex.db.oracle import rewrite_long_table_names
 
 
 def _get_table_names(metadata, patterns):
@@ -143,6 +144,11 @@ def load(session, tables=[], directory=None, drop_tables=False, verbose=False, s
 
     table_objs = sqlalchemy.sql.util.sort_tables(table_objs)
 
+    # Limit table names to 30 characters for Oracle
+    oracle = (session.connection().dialect.name == 'oracle')
+    if oracle:
+        rewrite_long_table_names()
+
     # SQLite speed tweaks
     if not safe and session.connection().dialect.name == 'sqlite':
         session.connection().execute("PRAGMA synchronous=OFF")
@@ -177,7 +183,11 @@ def load(session, tables=[], directory=None, drop_tables=False, verbose=False, s
 
     # Okay, run through the tables and actually load the data now
     for table_obj in table_objs:
-        table_name = table_obj.name
+        if oracle:
+            table_name = table_obj._original_name
+        else:
+            table_name = table_obj.name
+
         insert_stmt = table_obj.insert()
 
         print_start(table_name)
@@ -369,13 +379,23 @@ def dump(session, tables=[], directory=None, verbose=False, langs=['en']):
     table_names = _get_table_names(metadata, tables)
     table_names.sort()
 
+    # Oracle needs to dump from tables with shortened names to csvs with the
+    # usual names
+    oracle = (session.connection().dialect.name == 'oracle')
+    if oracle:
+        rewrite_long_table_names()
 
     for table_name in table_names:
         print_start(table_name)
         table = metadata.tables[table_name]
 
-        writer = csv.writer(open("%s/%s.csv" % (directory, table_name), 'wb'),
-                            lineterminator='\n')
+        if oracle:
+            filename = '%s/%s.csv' % (directory, table._original_name)
+        else:
+            filename = '%s/%s.csv' % (directory, table_name)
+
+        writer = csv.writer(open(filename, 'wb'), lineterminator='\n')
+
         columns = [col.name for col in table.columns]
 
         # For name tables, dump rows for official languages, as well as
diff --git a/pokedex/db/oracle.py b/pokedex/db/oracle.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad9fd11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pokedex/db/oracle.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from pokedex.db import metadata
+
+### Helper functions for oracle
+def rewrite_long_table_names():
+    """Modifies the table names to disenvowel long table names.
+    Takes the metadata from memory or uses the imported one.
+
+    Returns a dictionary matching short names -> long names.
+    """
+
+    # Load tables from metadata
+    table_objs = metadata.tables.values()
+
+    # Shorten table names, Oracle limits table and column names to 30 chars
+    for table in table_objs:
+        table._original_name = table.name
+
+        if len(table.name) > 30:
+            for letter in 'aeiouy':
+                table.name = table.name.replace(letter, '')
+
+def restore_long_table_names():
+    """Modifies the table names to restore the long-naming."""
+    for table in metadata.tables.values():
+        table.name = table._original_name
+        del table._original_name
diff --git a/pokedex/db/tables.py b/pokedex/db/tables.py
index b24ea86..9c85a36 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/tables.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/tables.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 from sqlalchemy.orm.interfaces import AttributeExtension
 from sqlalchemy.sql import and_, or_
 from sqlalchemy.schema import ColumnDefault
-from sqlalchemy.types import Boolean, Enum, Integer, SmallInteger, Unicode
+from sqlalchemy.types import Boolean, Enum, Integer, SmallInteger, Unicode, UnicodeText
 
 from pokedex.db import markdown, multilang
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ create_translation_table('ability_names', Ability, 'names',
         info=dict(description="The name", format='plaintext', official=True, ripped=True)),
 )
 create_translation_table('ability_prose', Ability, 'prose',
-    effect = Column(Unicode(4000), nullable=True,
+    effect = Column(UnicodeText(), nullable=True,
         info=dict(description="A detailed description of this ability's effect", format='markdown', string_getter=markdown.MarkdownString)),
     short_effect = Column(Unicode(512), nullable=True,
         info=dict(description="A short summary of this ability's effect", format='markdown', string_getter=markdown.MarkdownString)),
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ create_translation_table('item_names', Item, 'names',
 create_translation_table('item_prose', Item, 'prose',
     short_effect = Column(Unicode(256), nullable=True,
         info=dict(description="A short summary of the effect", format='markdown', string_getter=markdown.MarkdownString)),
-    effect = Column(Unicode(4000), nullable=True,
+    effect = Column(UnicodeText(), nullable=True,
         info=dict(description=u"Detailed description of the item's effect.", format='markdown', string_getter=markdown.MarkdownString)),
 )
 create_translation_table('item_flavor_summaries', Item, 'flavor_summaries',
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ class LocationArea(TableBase):
 
 create_translation_table('location_area_prose', LocationArea, 'prose',
     relation_lazy='joined',
-    name = Column(Unicode(64), nullable=False, index=True,
+    name = Column(Unicode(64), nullable=True, index=True,
         info=dict(description="The name", format='plaintext', official=False)),
 )
 
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ class MoveEffect(TableBase):
 create_translation_table('move_effect_prose', MoveEffect, 'prose',
     short_effect = Column(Unicode(256), nullable=True,
         info=dict(description="A short summary of the effect", format='markdown')),
-    effect = Column(Unicode(4000), nullable=True,
+    effect = Column(UnicodeText(), nullable=True,
         info=dict(description="A detailed description of the effect", format='markdown')),
 )
 
diff --git a/pokedex/doc/tabledoc.py b/pokedex/doc/tabledoc.py
index 172a454..755303b 100644
--- a/pokedex/doc/tabledoc.py
+++ b/pokedex/doc/tabledoc.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ def column_type_str(column):
         return 'bool'
     if type(type_) == types.Unicode:
         return u'unicode – %s' % column.info['format']
+    if type(type_) == types.UnicodeText:
+        return u'unicode – %s' % column.info['format']
     if type(type_) == types.Enum:
         return 'enum: [%s]' % ', '.join(type_.enums)
     if type(type_) == markdown.MarkdownColumn: