Re: newbie - Win. ME and Per. Oracle8i or Lite?

From: Justin Cave <jocave_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 30 May 2001 06:32:34 -0700
Message-ID: <233b7a65.0105300532.6f64cfd4@posting.google.com>

drinkwaterp_at_hotmail.com (drinkie) wrote in message news:<96d5ff28.0105290602.717a383c_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi, got a new PC with winME on, and found that Personal Oracle 8i does not
> install. It keeps failing looking for a staging area! Read a lot of posts here
> and found that the concensus of opinion is that Personal 8i will not run on ME very well,
> if at all. As I am a relative newbie to Oracle, would Lite work, giving me the ability
> to use it as a study tool? Or would I be better looking at putting either 98SE
> or w2k on PC instead, and then running the personal Oracle version? What about
> a linux version? If so, what Linux,It appears I can get Oracle version through
> the technet site? (what Oracle verasion?)
> Sorry if this has been answered before!
> All help appreciated

I don't believe any version of Oracle is supported on Windows ME since Microsoft markets it as a consumer rather than a business O/S.

Justin Received on Wed May 30 2001 - 08:32:34 CDT