Re: product overview (i am puzzled - and new to oracle)

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"Gerhard Wolf" <lea.wolf_at_t-online.de> wrote in message news:q1ikcuk0hsou7o0pv8m9ttfblec7aim590_at_4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> 1. i am new to oracle

welcome and good luck.
> 2. i have downloaded "Oracle9i Database Enterprise/Standard/Personal
> Edition for Windows NT/2000/XP Pro" from www.oralce.com and installed
> it (for trial).
>
> but now i am looking for dokumentation and found a PDF which seems to
> be ok for a beginner like me. But the title is "Oracle9i Application
> Server"
>
> does my downloaded product fit to this Product which the PDF descibes
> ?

No. The application server is a different (complementary) product.

>
> do you know a better start-point for newbies ?

Try http://tahiti.oracle.com and start with the concepts manual.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK