Re: Retrieving Oracle 5.0 data

"George McLean" <georgerandr_at_gorge.net> wrote in message news:tg0m0lempee8f2_at_corp.supernews.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to get data out of an old Oracle 5.0 database. This version of
> Oracle runs under MS-DOS but I do not have it running yet.
>
> I seem to be having trouble defining a machine type for SQLPME
>
> I would like to run this on a Pentium 100 in MS DOS mode, Video is Trident
> Super VGA.
>
> When I run SQLPME the screen goes blank so I think that the machine type
 is
> not correct. The list of available machines is pretty ancient. Is there
 any
> way to get updated code to run with this?
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> George McLean
>
>

This is hopefully not a serious question is it? Oracle 5.0 was replaced by Oracle 6.0 in *1989* In computer terms this is plain archeology what you are doing. Do you *really* think Oracle upgraded 5.0 with every new PC architecture? The only option in SQLPME that could work is the plain AT. If it doesn't work, just trash the system and forget about it, or bribe Larry himself.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Mon May 14 2001 - 17:47:32 CDT