Re: oracle 8i portable???

No, as Brian said -it's written in C. However, a Java virtual machine is incorporated in the Oracle kernel, and what you describe as requirements sounds very much like Oracle replication.

Your application code can be written in Java, but the RDBMS doesn't need to be. Oracle has other mechanisms for ensuring distributed processing and redundancy.

Regards
HJR

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<swe99_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8snoms$mkr$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...


>   We're interested in eventually incorporating a database

> synchronization mechanism (so that each database will have any changes

> the others have made).  Our requirement to have a non-centralized

> database is to ensure all other running computers will have update to

> date data if any one of the other computers experience a misfortune.

> Still interested in knowing if Oracle has a database engine written in

> Java.  Thanks!

>

> In article <39EEF60D.57F574_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov>,

>   Brian Peasland <peasland_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov> wrote:

> > I understand that you want your application to run anywhere. After

 all,


> > that's the beauty of Java! But why do you want the database to run all

> > over the place as well? Normally, the database is stored in one

 location


> > so that every application user can have access to the shared data. If

> > the database moves with the application, then users can't share the

> > data. User A updates only his copy of the data and User B will never

 see


> > the updates. This may be exactly what you are looking for, but it is

> > much more rare then a centrally located database.

> >

> > HTH,

> > Brian

> >

> > swe99_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> > >

> > > Hi Brian,

> > >   I'm writing a java application (using a database) so it can be

 run on


> > > several different machines/OS's with minimal installation,

 therefore I


> > > would like to include the database engine in the jar.  The first

> > > version will be standalone (not networked, that's later).  I'm

> > > currently using Pointbase 100% pure java database, but heard that

> > > Oracle 8i may be an option to look at...

> > >

> > > In article <39EDCE1A.8AF26148_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov>,

> > >   Brian Peasland <peasland_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov> wrote:

> > > > 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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