Re: Oracle 9i install on Windows 98

Art,

Is your delivery platform going to be on NT/Win servers or on UNIX?

It's my advice, if it is the latter, to install Oracle server on Solaris for Intel or on Linux.
They're going to need to know and be instantly familiar with UNIX commands like kill, ps, and so forth. I've built playpen boxes for my DBAs and developers over the years and requirement number one is that they are comfortable with the RDBMS in the O/S context, not just the database itself.

My two cents worth.

RSH. P.S. Just delete the _NOSPAM to respond; I have had it with ads for Viagra.

"Azstrummer" <azstrummer_at_aol.com> wrote in message news:20020522144737.10130.00000266_at_mb-ch.aol.com...
> Alright, I'm tired of installing, uninstalling, rebooting. I downloaded
Oracle
> 9i Personal Edition from Oracle and am trying to install it on my
workplace
> Windows 98 computer. My basic intent here is to use this for learning and
> testing basic database programming techniques in an SQL environment prior
to
> our IT people actually installing and administering Oracle on a network
server.
> The install seemed to go fine without errors and I had it put in a
generic
> local database. I changed the SYS and SYSTEM passwords as I was
instructed to
> and it appears that I'm able to start the system properly. My problem
lies
> when I go into the Navigator. Can see the local database icon and when I
click
> on it to try to start creating and playing with tables, it appears the
username
> of P08 will not take any of the passwords I'm aware of. Documentation
tells me
> that the initial password for that user name should be PO8 as well.
>
> Am I expecting too much out of the Navigator? Am I skipping steps
somewhere?
> Have to tell you the documentation really sucks here. Is it possible to
change
> which user name I go into the local database with? I'm really wasting my
time
> and the time of my company here. Were it up to me what database engine I
could
> use for development after this experience it certainly wouldn't be Oracle.
The
> applications I'm intending to write have no requirements for exotic
security
> and so much of Oracle appears to be overkill but unfortunately I have no
> control over this process.
>
> Help please,
> Art Martin
Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 14:21:41 CDT