Re: oracle data engine

Hi,

Thanks for answering my question.

At the oracle site
(http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/8i/index.html?persed.html) they state that the perosnal edition offers only a single use license whereas MSDE enables multiple users to logon to the databse, which is what we need.

So is it really a substitute to the MSDE or am i interpreting the single use license wrong? That is, do they mean it can only be used by a single user, but multiple users can log on to it?

thanks,

Serge Desmedt

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:29:45 -0000, "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote:

>The most similar product that Oracle have is Personal Oracle- information
>available at oracle.com or technet.oracle.com. That said (and this probably
>won't win me too many friends in this newsgroup) ISTM that the MSDE probably
>fits your needs far far better, the learning curve from Access is not at all
>steep and the upsize to SQL server is not that difficult.
>
>
>--
>Niall Litchfield
>Oracle DBA
>Audit Commission UK
>"Colin Bouckaert" <colinb_at_covan.be> wrote in message
>news:3a94c7a6.4313432_at_news.skynet.be...
>> Hi,
>>
>> At my job we're currently using ms-access as a database. However, we
>> are experiencing some problems and are considering to switch to a
>> server based database system.
>>
>> So naturally the SQL-server oracle question pops up !
>>
>> microsoft has it's database engine for sql server available to
>> developers who are then free to ditribute it (MSDE, see at URL
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/msde/default.asp) . It's a kind of
>> mini sql server without the userinterface but which you can logon to
>> with different users. The footprint of this is very small and it looks
>> like an ideal in-between solution for people like us needing a server
>> model, but not the full package. Then later, when the application
>> grows, we can upgrade rather easily (they claim at microsoft).
>>
>> and now the big question:
>>
>> does oracle have a similar product and where can i find information
>> about it?
>>
>>
>> thanks very much,
>>
>> Serge Desmedt
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 23 2001 - 01:19:26 CST