- Oracle Lite isn't available under Unix. It runs on windows platform with
a special version of the ODBC driver, it won't interface against a normal
Oracle database.
- It is a stripped down version of Oracle, mainly focused at mobile
clients. You might want to look in Personal Oracle 8i, which is a standalone
implementation of the full product. This version doesn't have distributed
features, but that should be it.
The most recent versions should run against Win 98. The win95 version
already exists for some time.
- be aware there is SQL and SQL. Access supports the full SQL92 standard,
while Oracle (and many other vendors) only support the entry levels. SQL92
statements will not run on Oracle, the reverse might also be true (never
tried that because of the Access query interface.
Hth,
--
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
David Aman <aman_at_interpath.com> wrote in message
news:388DBE7B.1C7A_at_interpath.com...
> Hi,
> I asked these questions on a different Oracle newsgroup, but did not get
> a response, so I'll try again.
>
> I have never used Oracle in any form, but I want to 'begin' to learn. I
> would be working on a stand-alone pc, Pentium II-450, plenty of disk
> space.
>
> Oracle's website describes 8i Lite as a stand-alone database, but I need
> to know the following...
>
> 1) Is 8i Lite designed to run under Win 98, or is it Unix only?
>
> 2) Is 8i Lite really a stand-alone database, or is there more to the
> story than that? It doesn't support PL/SQL, does it?
>
> 3) If the answers to the above are negative, is there an SQL database
> that is designed to run under Win98 (not NT)? I know that Access and
> FoxPro support and use SQL, but I am searching for an 'SQL-only'
> database. (Note: MySQL supports NT, mSQL supports Unix)
>
> Thanks in advance for some direction.
>
> David Aman
Received on Tue Jan 25 2000 - 06:24:44 CST
