Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

"Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:KHso5.8305$Xg.82694_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Dont count on anything greater than a couple of KB/s when downloading from
> Oracle. My d/l log shows a measly 0.4k/s transfer speed (over Cable), the
> transfer rate has been abysmal for a couple of weeks both from the U.K. ,
> U.S and in Australia. If you still want to try and d/l it, get yourself a
> good d/l manager such as getright or gozilla. Prepare to wait.
>
>

Strange, it took me around an hour and a half to download Lite AND the Enterprise Edition.

Like I said, get a friend with a good office connection.

Clearly, Adrian has a 56K modem on a bad day with a dodgy ISP. HJR
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
> news:39a248eb_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> >
> > "Jon Temple" <temple_at_techie.com> wrote in message
> > news:pqho5.7977$%O6.513061_at_bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > > I want to learn Oracle, starting with PL/SQL. My company will be
 getting
> > > Oracle in a few months, but I want to study now. Have a book which
 looks
> > > pretty good, but I need Oracle and SQL* to do the labs.
> > >
> > > Can I get a CD(s) with this on it? Does The Personal Edition of
 Oracle
 have
> > > the SQL* tool?
> > >
> >
> > You will discover that Oracle Lite 8.1.6 is available as a CD if you
 dabble
> > around http://technet.oracle.com. However, it takes weeks to arrive (I
> > ordered one on a 'dare' from a student about 6 weeks ago, and it still
> > hasn't arrived).
> >
> > Lite is fairly fully functional.
> >
> > What you'd be better off doing, however, is finding a friend who works
 for
 a
> > company with a decent Internet connection, and downloading the lot on
 that
> > connection (ie, the Enterprise Edition). They only need a CD burner,
 and
> > you're off.
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> > > Saw a 400MG download on ORACLE.COM, too big for a download, any other
 ideas
> > > where I can get this to load on my home Win 98 computer?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Jon
> > > temples_at_att.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Aug 22 2000 - 06:18:41 CDT