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

From: Alexey Pashchenko <A.Pashchenko_at_vaz.ru>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:38:04 +0400
Message-ID: <3A1E450B.A9471CCD@vaz.ru>

For Oracle 8i Enterprise you need Windows NT or Windows2000.

adolph_mendicant_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> 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?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > 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.

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Received on Fri Nov 24 2000 - 04:38:04 CST