Extreme Oracle Newbie Question!

From: Randal Chapman <Randalc_at_corprasoft.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:36:55 -0500
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Hi group.

Sorry for the lowliness of this question! I have been working with MS SQL server for many years and I have finally decided to make the switch to Oracle after all the good stuff I've read and heard.

Someone else installed the Oracle server, and the only login I know is system manager (I assume this was built in). I need to create a new database but that option is always blanked out, and when I try to connect as a system dba it says I don't have permissions.

All I need is a simple step by step! The admin tools are SO different - all I want to do is create a database, put some tables in it, and then get to that database via RDO from VB. Should I re-install Oracle and go from there?

In Oracle parlance, is a "database" analogous to an MS SQL server "server" and an Oracle "tablespace" analogous to an MS SQL server "database"?

Thanks for any and all help.

_Randal Received on Thu Oct 08 1998 - 17:36:55 CDT