Re: Oracle 8i blues

Click on Start->Programs->Oracle instalation products->Oracle universal installer.

if you didn't install it, put the CD in and choose "install Oracle" .

It's on page 1 of the manual.

JKL "Harry" <a_at_abc.com> wrote in message
news:393mrtg4dlf4ik782hf09jrlmg44nl0598_at_4ax.com...
> Thanks for answering but where/how do I run it?
>
>
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:37:49 +0200, "Fie" <pub_Fie_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Harry" <a_at_abc.com> wrote in message
> >news:49slrtk0s91u56mngdktt93rbaonbg78ga_at_4ax.com...
> >> Using a newly installed Oracle 8i standard edition on Win 2000 Pro
> >>
> >> As a developer I don't need all the fancy memory/disk hungry flashy
 things
 that seem to get
> >> installed. All I want is to create a small database, add tablespaces to
 it
 for each different
> >> application that I develop & add/edit/delete ordinary records from it
> >>
> >> From Oracle 7.3.4 this seems to be a massive step, no longer can I
> >>
> >> Find ORAINST.EXE in install/uninstall stuff - can't see anything on the
 menus that remotely sound
> >> like it will do this - for instance how would I uninstall Oracle
 objects
 for OLE?
> >>
> >> Using the create database wizard I tried to setup a small database of
 50
 megs, using the custom part
> >> I went through taking the default setting except for the DB size bit -
 I
 had to allow nearly 700
> >> megs in the end just to create this?
> >>
> >> I'm sorry to ask these probaby very stupid & obvious questions but I
 haven't got the time to wade
> >> through all the docs
> >>
> >> So my questions are -
> >>
> >> How to create a very small db with a small rollback segment & no
 frills -
 not even backup!
> >>
> >> How do I install/uninstall stuff?
> >Oracle Universal Installer ...
> >is Java based
> >
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> harry
> >
>
Received on Sat Oct 13 2001 - 05:17:39 CEST