Re: Oracle 8i Lite: a couple of questions

Yes, 8i lite will run under Windows 95 and 98. It truly is a stand alone DB product.
No, it does not support PL/SQL.
If you want a more robust Oracle stand alone DB that will run on the Win98 OS, check out Personal Oracle 8i.

--Wise Guy

David Aman wrote in message <388DBE7B.1C7A_at_interpath.com>...
>Hi,
>I asked these questions on a different Oracle newsgroup, but did not get
>a response, so I'll try again.
>
>I have never used Oracle in any form, but I want to 'begin' to learn. I
>would be working on a stand-alone pc, Pentium II-450, plenty of disk
>space.
>
>Oracle's website describes 8i Lite as a stand-alone database, but I need
>to know the following...
>
>1) Is 8i Lite designed to run under Win 98, or is it Unix only?
>
>2) Is 8i Lite really a stand-alone database, or is there more to the
>story than that? It doesn't support PL/SQL, does it?
>
>3) If the answers to the above are negative, is there an SQL database
>that is designed to run under Win98 (not NT)? I know that Access and
>FoxPro support and use SQL, but I am searching for an 'SQL-only'
>database. (Note: MySQL supports NT, mSQL supports Unix)
>
>Thanks in advance for some direction.
>
>David Aman
Received on Tue Jan 25 2000 - 06:52:50 CST