Re: Oracle personal edition?

Excactly! I'd never bother installing anything other than enterprise edition. Even at home. If I was to install some other edition I know that sooner or later I'd want to get my hands on at least one of the missing features!

Just not worth the risk of needing to upgrade later, IMO

"michael ngong" <mngong_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ecf365d5.0210170602.47b9528_at_posting.google.com... > "Rene S. Nielsen" <renesn_at_image.dk> wrote in message news:<3dadf456$0$79603$edfadb0f_at_dspool01.news.tele.dk>...
> > Hi
> >
> > Stick with the personal edition
> >
> > The Enterprice Edition is only for large enterprices hence the name
> > Enterprice.
> >
> > The SQL plus is the same i all the Oracle databases, as long as you
don't go
> > for Oracle Lite. I don't even think that it is Oracle that have made
this
> > product.
> >
> > If you are serious about Oracle after you learn the SQL plus, you could
try
> > the Standard Edition.
> >
> > For the people who don't know the difference between the Oracle
> > products...... Go to Oracle Technet and look it up.
> >
> > Regards
> > Rene
> >
> >
> >
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> skrev i en meddelelse
> > news:dXPq9.53018$g9.154744_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > > There *is* a personal edition (see http://technet.oracle.com ...and
the
> > > downloads link). But I'd strongly advise you not to bother with it. If
you
> > > are serious about learning Oracle then only the Enterprise Edition
will
> > do.
> > > It runs just fine on a 192MB PC with a single hard disk, despite its
name.
> > >
> > > If a 1.5GB download doesn't sound much like fun, you can buy a trial
> > license
> > > and a CD set for about US$40.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cynic" <asdf> wrote in message

news:uqn5k21nihtq9d_at_corp.supernews.com...
> > > > Is there an Oracle personal edition available? I want to setup
Oracle db
> > on
> > > > my home pc for learning purposes only. I want to be able to use
sqlplus.
> > If
> > > > there is a LE available, does
> > > > anyone know where to get it, and how much it costs?
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

>
> I would go with the Enterprise Edition .The differences between
> personal and Enterprise in terms of download time is not much and
> Enterprise can do everything the Personal Edition can do  and much
> more.
> Except you  want to limit yourself only to certain aspects of Oracle
> functionality which does not seem to go match your Intentions here.
> Follow the links posted in this thread for your download.
> Howard J Rogers great job on    http://www.geocities.com/lydian_third/
> (Books) Michael Tubuo Ngong