Re: need help on pre and post installation of oracle 9i

saurabhk..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am installing oracle for general querry purpose and learning SQL.
>
> I tried installing Oracle 9.2 database Personal Edition on my WinXP
> SP2. In the beginnning the installation went on smooth. However at teh
> end the Oracle Database Assistant came up and I thought things would be
> fine , however it popped up an error of " Invalid size
> expected419blahblahblah but got this 419blahblahblah. I did not know
> the work around so I did ignore it and installed other products. It
> said the installation was complete without a few optional features not
> installed. Now I would want to run PL/SQL and practice running querries
> on sample database. I am not able to log in because I dont know any UID
> nor PWD , and neither did I create any database so I could use some
> string . So now oracle is installed I cannot do anything. Is there some
> thing to take that Invalid Entry size error and I reinstall the whole
> thing .. or any other way out to start using it. Your help is much
> needed .
>
> thanks
> Saur

Are you on XP Pro?
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A95493_01/reqs.htm#1101810

You might want to use
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html instead of 9i personal edition.

jg

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