Re: oracle 8i Personal Edition

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:39:14 -0500
Message-ID: <3ruktv8bopb5q4cesm7ol9j39kqmjvpi9h@4ax.com>

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 02:36:16 GMT, "Jawahar Rajan" <jrajan_at_nc.rr.com> wrote:

>Can I install Oracle 8i Personal Edition on WinXP Home . The Oracle Website
>states that the 8i version is for WinNT or Win2000 and that 9i is for XP.

I believe I have heard of difficulties, yes. If you can, try to get 9i. That run's fine for me on XP Pro. Oracle doesn't claim to support XP Home, but I'd give it a shot anyway, because it might just work. You're learning & experimenting, right? This isn't for production use?

Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com

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