Re: Oralce newbe

Steve Lenaghan <lenaghan_at_mts.net> wrote in message news:<Ppqkd.5930$wj7.24884_at_news1.mts.net>...
> I recently purchased Netware 5 which came with Oracle 8. I have no
> experience with this product.
>
> 1- Where can I find on line manuals?

tahiti.oracle.com and start with the Concepts manual. http://www.novell.com/documentation/nw51/index.html (Note the asterisk about whether you've actually bought Oracle, and anything in the docs about Oracle is obsolete since Y2K. But Oracle doesn't stop you from being a software pirate. You can download free modern versions, read the licensing with them. They do have compatible mode for older versions.).

>
> 2- I need a database to display real time on multiple terminals for a
> dispatch situation without manual refreshing.

Define real time. Time is not a concept in relational databases, although Oracle can go pretty fast. There are a number of ways to automatically refresh.

Oracle 8 is dumpster material from a support standpoint. Oracle has a pretty steep learning curve.

jg

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