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Re: Oracle Questions with Linux

From: <bonanos_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 06:40:06 GMT
Message-ID: <7g6ag6$dsi$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>


Hi,

> I have a few questions, but first I know little about the oracle products.
>
> I want to build an oracle system with parallel servers. Can I do that?
>
> Oracle tells me that Linux can not support this because it has multiple
> processor issues. I don't know that I understand their implication since I
> have a machine running SMP and a cluster of Linux boxes all working well
> with each other.
>
> What I want to know is this.
>
> 1) What product would I want to use 8 or 8i
>
> 2) What exactly is the difference between 8 and 8i?

The main difference is that 8i allows java in the database, which means stored procedures that you did in PL/sql can now be done in java.

I think that is the most significant new feature in 8i, obviously there will be dozens of other minor upgrades etc.

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