DJ wrote:
> " - Dan -" <dan_at_domain.com> wrote in message
> news:4072a361$0$46514$39cecf19_at_news.twtelecom.net...
>
>>Thanks Howard,
>>
>>On Oracle's site, 9.2.0.4 is listed but only for Linux. 9.2.0.2 is also
>>listed but that's for 64 bit. So since I'm just trying to learn oracle
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> (no
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>>$ to start) I will just live with 9.2.0.1. Since you know more than I do;
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> I
>
>>have installed O as "Personal Edition." How long am I legally allowed to
>>use it? Is it time-bombed?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
>>news:4071dcab$0$25655$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>>
>>>
>>>" - Dan -" <dan_at_domain.com> wrote in message
>>>news:40717379$0$46517$39cecf19_at_news.twtelecom.net...
>>>
>>>>I will be doing my first install of 9i and before I download from the
>>>>developers site, I have a question about the right path to install it.
>>
>>On
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>>>>the website, 9i was released first as 9.0.1 then came release 2 as
>>>
>>>9.2.0.1.
>>>
>>>>Now I did see someone write that the second digit moved its place
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> (from
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>>>3rd
>>>
>>>>to second place) so that's clear to me. But do I need to install
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> 9.0.1
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>>>and
>>>
>>>>then patch it to 9.2.0.1 (remember windows server 2003 here) or can I
>>>>install 9.2.0.1 directly? It looks to me that the 9.2.0.1 download
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> site
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>>>has
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>>>>2 patches, not complete installs. Is this correct? Do I need to
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>>install
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>>>>9.0.1 first, then 9.2.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Don't even think about 9.0.1. Go straight for 9.2.
>>>
>>>9.0.1 is "9i Release 1" and 9.2 is "9i Release 2", and whilst it's
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>>possible
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>>>to migrate from Release 1 to Release 2, it makes far more sense in your
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>>case
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>>>to install 9i Release 2 directly.
>>>
>>>Release 1 was a mess, and something of a beta release, frankly.
>>>
>>>What you will have to do (or ought to do) is having installed 9i Release
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> 2
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>>>(9.2.0.1), patch it to 9.2.0.4. That patch, however, is only available
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> to
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>>>you if you have Metalink access (which you have to buy support for).
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>>Always
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>>>read the patch's release notes to make sure, but in general you don't
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> have
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>>>to 'step patch'. Just as you can take Windows 2000 Advanced Server and
>>>immediately apply Service Pack 1, so you can take 9.2.0.1 and
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> immediately
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>>>patch it to 9.2.0.4: there's no need to apply 0.2 and 0.3 first.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>HJR
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>>
>>
>
> as long as you dont use it for business purposes or store ure grannies
> recpies in - then you can use it for as long as you like as an education
> tool. Might as well get the EE though - use those features!
>
>
Eh? What features do you miss in PE, that come in EE?
I was under the impression both had the same features
--
Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Apr 08 2004 - 13:41:02 CDT
