Re: Can I download Oracle8 to learn with?

Suggest you go to a bookstore - a number of Oracle Press and other Osborne books have trial CDs in the jacket. Buy that CD for $50-80 and you get a free book out of the deal <g>.

Strongly advise to get the 'personal edition', which is the full Enterprise Edition except for Parallel Server. Not much difference between Enterprise & Standard as far as the exams go. The code size for both is about the same as well, so learn it with all features enabled. Oracle Lite is a completely different animal - don't use that to learn for the exam.

If you can afford it, the best way to get the software is through a Technology Track at
http://technet.oracle.com/software/htdocs/track_benefits.htm where for $200US you get a complete set of CDs and 2-3 updates for the following year. I received my CDs the next day!

I am also interested whether it loads on ME - I suspect it doesn't.

/H

girlgeek_at_wt.net wrote:

> I am studying for Oracle8 DBA Certification. I would like some software
> on my home pc (running Win/ME) so that I can play and not worry about
> inadvertently destroying anything at work.
>
> I don't have access to an Oracle8 CD, but I had the idea that the
> downloads on the OTN (Oracle Technical Network) site are designed for
> people like me to download and use for this purpose. Can anyone
> recommend which of the versions I should download for playing at DBA on
> a Windows/ME stand alone machine? Or is there something that I can buy
> for a reasonable price? Each download is SO large across a dial up
> connection that I would like to get it right the first time.
>
> TYIA,
> Claudia
Received on Sat Nov 18 2000 - 21:52:57 CST