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Re: really silly questions, please help!

From: Tazl, Markus <markus_tazl_at_yahoo.de>
Date: 14 Aug 2001 23:23:36 -0700
Message-ID: <32c0e9c.0108142223.7241f5ea@posting.google.com>

Markus Tazl :

another good book that comes with Ora Personal Edition on CD :

"Special Edition Using Oracle8i", Nathan Hughes, Vijay Lunawat

Best regards
Markus

"Anna Paola Pelliccioli" <Anna-Paola.Pelliccioli_at_unibas.ch> wrote in message news:<3b7933b4$1_at_maser.urz.unibas.ch>...
> Hi ,
> I am totally new to databases and I would like to teach myself oracle.
> I know that this is really basic stuff and I should be able to figure things
> out myself by reading up on oracle's website... and I 've tried, it's just
> that I am really confused by all the different options and products
> available out there, that I can't understand where I need to start.
>
>
> I don't have the program yet, so I need to get something I can install on my
> PC at home. From what I understood so far, the thing to do would be to
> download oracle 8i personal edition.
> Now, I have two questions:
>
> I saw that there is now oracle 9i database. Is that something I could use,
> i.e. is there some oracle 9i product that I can install on my pc, like an
> oracle 9i personal edition ? I read somewhere that there should be one, but
> I could not find it.
>
> Also, I have been trying for days to download from oracle website, but I
> always got the page cannot be displayed error. Has anybody succeded in
> downloading lately?
>
> I would really appreciate it if somebody could help, these must be really
> silly questions for most of you!!
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this !
>
> Anna
Received on Wed Aug 15 2001 - 01:23:36 CDT

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