Re: Installing Oracle 8i

Mark Davies wrote:

> I am not sure which Newsgroup to ask this question so I drew straws!
>
> I have a client who has problems with his Oracle 8i database! I deal with
> mobile (Palm) computers and I need to concurrently synchronise the data from
> several Palmtops with the Oracle backend.
>
> This is my problem! I have no real knowledge of Oracle but I have in my
> possession the Oracle installation CD, an exported dump of his database and
> a useless book on Oracle that has a wonderful chapter on "What is a
> relational database?" (thank you book, but I know what a relational database
> is) and a few lines on getting the APP up and running.
>
> Can anyone out there give me a few pointers on the steps involved to get the
> APP up and running and being able to interrogate the tables:-
> E.g. Install APP; set up a User by doing this ...; export the database by
> doing this ... etc...
> or can anyone suggest a book (web link) I can purchase that covers the
> installation and setting up parameters easily. Not necessarily an "Idiots
> Guide" but a book that caters for a person with experience in the industry
> but not with Oracle. It will need to cover the initial setting up processes
> in detail.
>
> Configuration:
> OS: NT4 SP6
> Synchrnonising through a ScoutSync Server 3.5.2 conduit
> Oracle 8i
> RAM: About 180K
> Processor: 500 (I think)
>
> Thank you and Regards
>
> Mark Davies

I'll give you all the pointers you need.

Hire a consultant with a minimum of five years experience.

Lost cost alternative suggestion: Get an Rx for Thorazine.

This is not something you can do.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Thu Aug 23 2001 - 18:00:45 CDT