DJ wrote:
> "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
>>
>>--
>>
>>Regards,
>>Frank van Bortel
>>
>
>
> partitioning
>
>
You made me doubt, so I checked...
http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html?product_editions.html
tells Enterprise or Personal - and partitioning is checked.
If it's not there, Personal should have an extra column, I think.
have to admit, I never used PE...
--
Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Apr 08 2004 - 14:08:32 CDT
