Re: Enterprise Edition to Standard Edition 8.1.7

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:05:42 +0100, Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:41:37 -0500, Brian Tkatch
><SPAMBLOCK_brian.tkatch_at_shopsforme.com_SPAMBLOCK> wrote:
>
>>Oracle 8.1.7
>>
>>I was playing around with Oracle Enterprise Edition and had a database
>>installed. I realized that I didn't need Enterprise, and figured that
>>I might as well download the standard edition.
>>
>>1) Is there a place to download the Standard Edition? Or the Personal
>>edition of 8.1.7?
>>
>>2) Is there a way to migrate from Enterprise Edition to Standard or
>>Personal?
>>
>>Brian
>
>1) They currently can be downloaded at otn as usual, and are contained
>in one file, choice which edition to be installed to be made at
>installation.

Well, I downloaded the EE file elsewhere and I am not sure that I saw the option to install only the standard edition. I'll surely look again. But, is it at the beginning or something?

>2) The only way is to deinstall Oracle 8.1.7 EE and to install Oracle
>8.1.7 SE.
>Simple, is it not?

That's fine. I'm just wondering if there's anything internal to the DB that won't work. For example, if the system tablespace decided to use a function-based index.

If its just a deinstall/reinstall, that's ought to be easy.

Brian Received on Mon Nov 11 2002 - 22:18:31 CST