Re: Setting up Oracle 10g & Oracle Spatial / MapViewer for learning single PC

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On 2 Mar 2006 15:18:48 -0800, "spatialdba" <djm1969_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have been wanting to learn Oracle Spatial for some time now. I
>purchased the book "Pro Oracle Spatial"
>http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=315
>several months ago and have read & understood the material.
>However my attempts to download & install the software from Oracle
>TechNet to actually perform the exercises / labs has not met with any
>success whatsoever. Everytime I try I get TNSListener related errors.

Which errors? Should we guess?
>
> I've had experience in Oracle 8i some years ago (2000-02), but it
>seems that the whole installation / configuration and
>client tools supplied for the Windows Platform has changed
>significantly in 10g.

Incorrect.

 Has anyone got this to work on a single PC ? Many people
>
>Here is what I have and need to do...
>
>1) DELL Dimension PC Running Windows XP Pro with enough disk space
>2) Oracle 10g Software Enterprise Edition (downloaded from Oracle
>Technet for learning purposes)
>
>I need to
>
>1) Install Oracle 10g & Configure it to be able to load data into a
>Spatial Database.
>2) Install & Configure Map Viewer to be able to look at the data I load
>
>
>Is this even possible using only my PC? Is the architecture of 10g now
>set up so a real network (more than 1 machine) is required ?
>

Of course not.

>Feedback much appreciated

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA