Re: Port ORACLE Server 7 to Windows NT?

eroche (eroche_at_belvoir.army.mil) wrote:
: Help! I have a small database on an EP/IX 2.11ac system that I want to port
: to Windows NT. First, is it directly portable? What type of products
: do they offer for Windows NT....Meaning, is it bit mapped like VB and if it
: is, how does it port over?

If the small database is not an Oracle database, you have to export it to a text file and use SQL*Loader to put it in a ORacle7 database. You may be able to use Access or Q+E if you have a ODBC driver to whatever datasource is running on your EP/IX 2.11ac. If you are using Oracle7 on that box, the data is 100% compatible - easiest way in this case. Dump it to a DMP file and the import the DMP file from the NT server.

: When you install Oracle on Windows NT, is it personal Oracle that got
: a multiuser license or is it the newest product Oracle Workgroup 2000.

Personal Oracle runs on Windows 3.x. It may run on NT but it is a single user version designed to be a developers tool. You can't run a enterprise or workgroup off a single user database! WG/2000 is a family of products that includes: Oracle Objects for OLE, Power Objects, Workgroup server for NT, NetWare, and x86 UNIX, Oracle Radio Agents ... and Personal Oracle.

: Oh, is this product out in beta or is it production yet?

Oracle7 for NT has been in production for over one year. You have your choice between the enterprise and the workgroup version.

: and what about the Smart Start program offered from Compaq, does it
: really install Windows NT and Auto-config the Oracle 7 database?

SmartStart is a killer product. You get NT and can install a version of Enterprise Oracle7 for NT that is optimized for the Proliant boxes.

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