Re: 8i NOT include JVM? An "option"?

I can't confirm, but it would not surprise me. TPO (transaction processing option, ie row level locking) came as a separate option in the early days of Oracle 6. With Oracle 7 it became part of the standard kit. Of course, TPO was one of the important changes and reasons to go from 5 to 6.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Randall J. Parr" wrote:

> I have been trying to find information about Oracle 8i and specifically
> 8i on Linux (soon to be available?) and the differences between Standard
> Edition and Enterprise Edition.
>
> I came accros some, for me at least, disturbing information.
>
> When I went to the Oracle Store (trying to see the difference in price
> between Standard Edition and Entrerprise Edition) I found references to
> something called JServer (NOT JDeveloper). The Oracle Store description
> reads as if JServer is the JVM for 8i. I could find no other reference
> to JServer on the Oracle sites but I did notice that the Oracle 8i has
> started including references to the Java "option".
>
> This disturbs me because Java in the server has been the entire emphasis
> and reason for living for 8i. BUT it appears that it has become a server
> option (which costs almost as much as the server did in the first
> place).
>
> Is this true? If I upgrade, under my maintenance, etc., am I going to
> get a version of 8i without Java thus being forced to buy the server all
> over again to get a version of 8i with Java?
>
> R.Parr
> Temporal Arts

Received on Wed Mar 17 1999 - 23:47:09 CST