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"Frank van Bortel" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
news:c5466q$ti3$1_at_news5.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> DJ wrote:
> > " - Dan -" <dan_at_domain.com> wrote in message
> > news:4072a361$0$46514$39cecf19_at_news.twtelecom.net...
> >
> >>Thanks Howard,
> >>
> >>On Oracle's site, 9.2.0.4 is listed but only for Linux. 9.2.0.2 is also
> >>listed but that's for 64 bit. So since I'm just trying to learn oracle
> >
> > (no
> >
> >>$ to start) I will just live with 9.2.0.1. Since you know more than I
do;
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >>>>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
> >
> > (from
> >
> >>>3rd
> >>>
> >>>>to second place) so that's clear to me. But do I need to install
> >
> > 9.0.1
> >
> >>>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
> >
> > site
> >
> >>>has
> >>>
> >>>>2 patches, not complete installs. Is this correct? Do I need to
> >>
> >>install
> >>
> >>>>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
> >>
> >>possible
> >>
> >>>to migrate from Release 1 to Release 2, it makes far more sense in your
> >>
> >>case
> >>
> >>>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
> >
> > 2
> >
> >>>(9.2.0.1), patch it to 9.2.0.4. That patch, however, is only available
> >
> > to
> >
> >>>you if you have Metalink access (which you have to buy support for).
> >>
> >>Always
> >>
> >>>read the patch's release notes to make sure, but in general you don't
> >
> > have
> >
> >>>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
> >
> > immediately
> >
> >>>patch it to 9.2.0.4: there's no need to apply 0.2 and 0.3 first.
> >>>
> >>>Regards
> >>>HJR
> >>>--
> >>>-------------------------------------------
> >>>Dizwell Informatics: http://www.dizwell.com
> >>> -A mine of useful Oracle information-
> >>> -Windows Laptop Rac-
> >>> -Oracle Installations on Linux-
> >>>===========================================
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 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
>
>
partitioning Received on Thu Apr 08 2004 - 13:54:15 CDT
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