Re: oracle 8i portable???

While it may not work in your case, you might want to investigate Oracle Lite. This lets you run a scaled down version of Oracle on a PDA which can synchronize against a central database. Oracle even has the sync software for Oracle Lite. This would most likely restrict your deployment platforms though!

HTH & Good Luck,
Brian

swe99_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> 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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> > > >
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> > > > USGS EROS Data Center
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> > > > necessarily reflect the opinions of my
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> >
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> > USGS EROS Data Center
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> > necessarily reflect the opinions of my
> > company!
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> >
>
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