Re: really silly questions, please help!

Hi Anna,

If you can get a book called

Oracle 8i for Windows NT Starter Kit
by Steve Bobrowski
ISBN: 0-07-212248-X
$49.99 US, Available Now
Step-by-Step Tutorials for Oracle8i on Windows NT Install, administer, and build applications with Oracle8i Enterprise Edition on Windows NT.
Oracle8i for Windows NT Starter Kit gives you everything you need to learn about Oracle8i on the Windows NT platform.

It comes with Oracle8i Enterprise on a cd, and gives a very good introduction tutorials(including how to install). I've used it and recommend it.
Also you can see some of the review on www.amazon.com

Best Regards,
Brian Peasey
Winnipeg, MB Canada

"Anna Paola Pelliccioli" <Anna-Paola.Pelliccioli_at_unibas.ch> wrote in message news:3b7933b4$1_at_maser.urz.unibas.ch...
> Hi ,
> I am totally new to databases and I would like to teach myself oracle.
> I know that this is really basic stuff and I should be able to figure
 things
> out myself by reading up on oracle's website... and I 've tried, it's just
> that I am really confused by all the different options and products
> available out there, that I can't understand where I need to start.
>
>
> I don't have the program yet, so I need to get something I can install on
 my
> PC at home. From what I understood so far, the thing to do would be to
> download oracle 8i personal edition.
> Now, I have two questions:
>
> I saw that there is now oracle 9i database. Is that something I could use,
> i.e. is there some oracle 9i product that I can install on my pc, like
 an
> oracle 9i personal edition ? I read somewhere that there should be one,
 but
> I could not find it.
>
> Also, I have been trying for days to download from oracle website, but I
> always got the page cannot be displayed error. Has anybody succeded in
> downloading lately?
>
> I would really appreciate it if somebody could help, these must be really
> silly questions for most of you!!
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this !
>
> Anna
>
>
Received on Tue Aug 14 2001 - 10:06:10 CDT