Re: How do I start Oracle 8i???

In article <8veotd$47j30$3_at_ID-62141.news.dfncis.de>,   "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:
>
> <adolph_mendicant_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8venug$68d$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <3A1ACBD0.B34BB91D_at_bridgewatersystems.com>,
> > Tony Walby <tony.walby_at_bridgewatersystems.com> wrote:
> > > Hire a DBA...
> >
> > Heehee. Seriously, I can start up SQLServer with no problem by
 walking
> > through the wizards. Is Oracle so arcane it can't be started by an
> > experienced programmer?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
> All it requires is a little reading of the Getting Started Manual
 before
> you ramble away.

OK. Where do I get a Getting Started Manual? All I have is a CD with a trial version of Oracle 8i Enterprise on it.

> Also if you are trying to install Oracle 8i *Server* as opposed to
 Personal
> Oracle 8i, rest assured it is not going to work at all, because the
 Server
> is for NT only.

Ah. The CD doesn't say that anywhere on it.

>
> A protocol adapter is nothing more than the Oracle equivalent for a
 network
> protocol. If you are trying to configure SPX and you don't have
 Netware
> installed, it is obvious it doesn't work. This may not be true in
 your case,
> but you provide very little clues as to what is really going on.

Here are all the clues I have:

I'm a C++/Java developer trying to see if my companies product works with Oracle. We've been developing against SQLServer and Access. I just want to install Oracle and create an empty database.

Do you know of any docs that can help me do that? I can't find any on Oracle's site, either.

Thanks.

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Before you buy. Received on Tue Nov 21 2000 - 15:48:59 CST