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Bruce,
No, the Oracle database engine is not written in java. It is written in C. Java is simply too slow for writing a database engine.
Why are you trying to run a database in any location? What are your requirements?
HTH,
Brian
swe99_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm writing java applications and looking for a database which can be
> jar-ed and therefore runned whereever. Does anyone know if the Oracle
> 8i database engine is written in java? Thanks in advance! Bruce.
>
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-- ======================================== Brian Peasland Raytheons Systems at USGS EROS Data Center These opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my company! ========================================Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 11:21:46 CDT