Re: Installing Oracle Lite on Linux

Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:<3EC798A4.A6997A1B_at_telusplanet.net>...
> JustAnotherDBA wrote:
>
> > I ordered the CDs for Oracle9i Release 2 on Linux and the pack they send
> > contains many things including ... "Oracle9i Lite Release 5.0.2".
>
> Yup - I just checked & they've certified Lite for Linux. I didn't realize
> they'd released the Linux version yet.
>
> You are on fairly new ground here - most of us don't look at Lite since it was
> primarily designed as a synchorinzable data store for disconnectable devices
> sich as laptops and palm-style devices.. (Great examples of use are in
> Oracle's Mobile Applications - Oracle Mobile Service, Mobile Sales.)
>
> Suggest you do a regular install - such as the database Client or maybe even
> the Standard or Enterprise database - first and resolve the general
> installation issues. Then you should be able to install Lite.

I don't have access to any of these installations.

>
> Aside - hope you aren't planning to use Lite to learn SQL. Lite is not
> intended to provide the full functionality of the Standard or Enterprise
> versions.

I'm using Lite to connect to an Oracle DB on a different box. I need the client files that lite provides to make the connection. Received on Tue May 27 2003 - 10:40:13 CDT