Re: Oracle Personal Edition - need help (newbie)

Mr Senior DBA, I will never make the mistake of posting to your newsgroup ever again.

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:tqpij9rm2eq7b_at_news.demon.nl...
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> "sws" <webmaster_at_stevenspage.com> wrote in message
> news:YQ0r7.17221$w62.12232466_at_news1.denver1.co.home.com...
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> > Hello:
> >
> > I've recently downloaded both the Personal Edition of Oracle 8i and
> > Enterprise Edition Rel 3 for Win2K. Both products give me the same
> problem:
> > I can't seem to connect to the database. Then it occurs to me (duh) - is
> the
> > database itself even included with these freeware products, or are we
only
> > getting the DBA Studio, SQL+ and other dev tools? I note that Oracle 9i
> > database is listed by itself as a download at
> > http://otn.oracle.com/products/. But no mention of an 8i standalone
> > database.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > *****************************************************
> > Steven W. Sthole : mailto:stevensthole_at_yahoo.com
> > *****************************************************
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Also you should refrain from posting your questions multiple times
> individually to different groups.
> If you really think you need the bigger audience (which you don't as most
> people replying monitor all three groups, and not seeing someone else's
> reply is a real nuisance, as I don't want to spend time on a question
> already responded too) you should crosspost.
> I strongly recommend you to refrain from crossposting also.
> .server is intended for the database
> .tools for Designer and Developer
> and .misc for everything else.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
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Received on Sat Sep 22 2001 - 20:26:51 CEST