Re: Oracle client for Mac

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:14:20 -0700
Message-ID: <1112573442.634953@yasure>

Bob Bunch (OCP) wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:42:15 -0800, DA Morgan wrote:
>
>

>>Jay wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm trying to find the Oracle 9i client for a Mac.  I found the
>>>developer version of the DBMS but I only need the client portion.
>>>Where can I find it and is there anything special about installing it?
>>>
>>>TIA.
>>
>>There is no 9i client or database for the Mac.
>>
>>You can certainly obtain a 10g copy for the Mac OSX/Darwin by download
>>but I must caution you that the installation instructions published by
>>Oracle assume a great deal of Mac knowledge not possessed by most people
>>coming from a UNIX/Linux background.
>>
>>I am currently working with Kent Stroker to publish a white paper on the
>>Oracle Magazine web site in the next two weeks.

>
>
> Looking for a good 10g/Mac install guide? Check this site out:
>
> http://www.orablogs.com/sergio/archives/000781.html
>
> It helps to have experience installing Oracle on *nix platforms. If
> you do, then the only real problem I had w/ this was the Mac's user
> maintenance screen kinda got wigged out because the Oracle account was
> created w/o all the "normal" NetInfo goodies. I did have to "do
> battle" w/ the /etc/oratab area (it seems confused as to how this
> should be created). Once I hand-jammed the missing parts (for oratab and
> the NetInfo entries), all was well. I've very happy w/ my 10g install on
> a meager PowerBook/G4 (800MHz, 768MB) -- runs surprisingly well! The 10g
> distro is a lot nicer than the 9i developer drop too -- it has everything
> you'd expect to be present on a Unix box.
>
> BTW, I haven't bothered setting up any RC startup scripts for it. I just
> close the lid when I'm not using it. Something you can't really get away
> w/ on Windoze laptops! ;)
>
> HTH
> Bob Bunch
> 8i OCP Uber-Nerd and New Mac Freak ;)
>
> PS -- I'd love to check out the white paper! Could you post the link for
> it whenever it's published? Thanks!

Sergio doesn't address any of the network naming information problems and doesn't provide any background on much of what he writes. In short there is the assumption of a lot of Mac knowledge that likely is not present with existing Oracle DBAs and developers.

Stroker and I will be submitting a white paper to Oracle Magazine next week that should be far more detailed. I will post an announcement when I know where it has been published.

This morning I performed another successful install of Oracle 10gR1 on a Mac mini. This machine will be on the PSOUG table at Oracle Day 2005 on Thursday for anyone that would like to play with it.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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