Re: what version of oracle will work on a p120

"ss ss" <sunils_at_sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:FTm_8.17720$Db.1511964_at_news20.bellglobal.com...
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> "Rauf Sarwar" <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:92eeeff0.0207192240.25ca0af2_at_posting.google.com...
> > "ss ss" <sunils_at_sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:<AC2_8.9934$QY4.1787589_at_news20.bellglobal.com>...
> > > Need to buy a cheap laptop that I can take to the library and practice
> > > learning sql. I am looking at a pentium 120 with 24 megs. What version
> of
> > > Oracle will run on that kind of machine?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > ss
> >
> > 24 MB of RAM or HD?
> > In either case...you must be buying some cheap weed if you think you
> > can install Oracle on that laptop.
> >
> > //Rauf Sarwar
>
> You are so funny, people must confuse you with Bob Hope. Sarwar, isn't
that
> a terrorist name?

One could say the same about Sunil. Oh hang on, that would be uncalled for gratuitous personal abuse and thus out of place.

Oracle Lite would, I would have thought, install on a p120 running windows 98. not sure if 24mb ram is enough for the os itself though. I know it would perform worse than Sussex CC on a bad day.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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