Re: Oracle 8i

Yan Ge wrote in message <360C983F.41916154_at_waksman.rutgers.edu>...
>Hi! There. I am planning to take some ORACLE training courses to
>become an ORACLE
>developer. But due to the recent release of ORACLE 8i Beta version, I
>am some confused. I would appreciate it very much if anyone who has
>experience with O-8i and knows the answers to my following questions can
>
>drop me a line or two.
>
>1. Is ORACLE 8i =ORACEL8 + enhanced web-related features? Or in other
>words, can O-8i do whatever O-8 can do? If so, Should I wait to learn
>O-8i instead of learning O-8 now since it seems that at least they
>differ at the level of file system --will the knowledge of O-8 still
>useful for O-8i, if not 100%, approximately how much?

Yes and no. Oracle 8 + Application Server + some inhancements to both I imagine.

>2. Since Desinger 2000 is for Client/server systems, will it be useless
>for O-8i which is designed for internet computing?

Designer 2000 currently creates web sites for Application server, so it should
generate sites for the new incarnation (some small hickup will require that you
purchase upgrades or pay for support on Designer!)...

>3. How much or in what kind of aspect will O-8i change the roles of
>tools, eg. Developer 2000, JDeveloper and AppBuilder for Java, in web
>applications development?

Sure there will still be requirements for traditional forms from Developer. Java
tools will be needed for Server/Client side development as 8i will be the hosting solution and not the development tool for marketing reasons.

>Thanks in advance for your response to these maybe stupid questions.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Yan Ge
>
>
>
Received on Sun Sep 27 1998 - 19:10:05 CEST