If you have windows98, then you must install personal edition. As there are
some differences I would look for either:
a starter book dealing with personal edition
OR
my preferred option Install windows 2000 (workstation is fine) on your PC
and then install enterprise edition of 8i. You can download this from
technet.oracle.com or order it for just postage from your local Oracle
country sales team.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Anna Paola Pelliccioli" <Anna-Paola.Pelliccioli_at_unibas.ch> wrote in message
news:3b7a2d40$1_at_maser.urz.unibas.ch...
> Thank you so much for the advice.
>
> I didn't think that any oracle book would have the program on the CD.
> Unfortunately my computer runs windows 98. Apart from the software, do you
> think it's ok to get the book and work on windows 98?
>
> Anna
>
> "Brian Peasey" <bpeasey_at_------excite.ca> wrote in message
> news:C7be7.337$r65.7977_at_news2.mts.net...
> > 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 Wed Aug 15 2001 - 08:03:18 CDT
