Re: Database on CD-ROM?
Date: 6 Oct 94 08:48:14 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Oct6.084814.18437_at_london.chevron.com>
In article <36uklr$rse_at_ivy.bga.com>, scm_at_bga.com (Sean) says:
>
>This is possibly a FAQ, but I didn't see a list so I'll go ahead and
>ask it:
>
>Can Oracle (under Univel, HP-UX and AIX) query against a database that's
>on a CD-ROM? If anyone has done this, I'd be interested in talking to you
>about it.
>
>My gut reaction to this question is that of course it's possible, but I'd
>rather ask before we shell out several thousand dollars to get a CD-ROM
>writer.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Sean
Remember that to read a CD based tablespace the tablespace must be opened in read-only mode. This is only possible with 7.1, the Oracle literature explicitly states that reading CD-ROMs based tablespaces is possible. Try Oracle support if nobody has got real-life experience.
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