Re: Oracle 10g-Embedded Database available??

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:28:27 -0700, qazmlp1209 interested us by writing:

> Does Embedded version of Database exist in Oracle 10g(like Solid
> Embedded Database)?
> If yes, I would like to know the impacts on the users' code, if we move
> from Oracle 10g normal RDBMS to the Oracle 10g embedded database. What
> are the adaptations necessary?

As others have indicated, you need to cleanly define the term 'embedded'.  

One variant is an exposed engine that you can compile into your application. That is something the traditional Oracle RDBMS no longer makes available. (Years ago you had a choice of compiling in the kernel or using the 'two task' communications facility, and there were stringent warnings and gotchas around the single task variant.)

  This variant can almost be accomplished using Oracle Database 10g Lite,   and I project it could again become available with the newly announced   purchase of INNO db engine.

  If this is your target right now, I've heard some good comments about   db.* (http://www.ittia.com/dbstar/dbstar.html). However, note that many   embedded solutions totally ignore administration and a DBA, and IMO   eventually run into related troubles as few developer will 'go that far'   in the app.

The other major variant is to include the Oracle RDBMS in 'your application package', and that is strictly a license negotiation with Oracle.

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