Re: Where are Oracle database files?

From: J. C. Kelly <jc_kelly_at_dayton.saic.com>
Date: 1997/07/16
Message-ID: <33CCB925.5931_at_dayton.saic.com>#1/1


Suggest you try to find "Oracle 7 Server Concepts Manual" for an introduction to the architecture. It was very helpful to me.

JC

Ian C. Sellers wrote:
>
> You're on a different scale now! This is what DBA's are for. Sounds
> like you need to to read up on SQL, specifically DDL. Get or borrow
> (don't steal) a SQL language reference manual. :-} Good luck.
>
> -Ian
>
> Maciej Gorny wrote:
>
> > I am new to Oracle and I am having difculties grasping the concept of
> > their
> > database. With desktop databases (i.e. MS Access) it was simple:there
> > was a
> > .mdb file and that file contained all the tables, queries, etc.
> > complete
> > database.
> >
> > What would be the equivalent if using Oracle7 database? I figured out
> > how
> > to create users, tables using Navigator, and how to use SQL*Plus to
> > interface with these. However, I can't where is the database itself.
> > How do
> > I name it? How do I go on about creating a brand new database.
> >
> > With Access I would fire up Access for windows and pick
> > "New->Database"
> > fromt he menu. Then I'd add tables etc. How do I create a new database
> > in
> > Oracle? What if I wanted to put it on a disk?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated. All sources of information I had
> > about
> > Oracle seem to skip this part. They just go straight to using the
> > database
> > without mentioning how to start completely from scratch.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- maciej
  Received on Wed Jul 16 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST

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