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From: James Brooks <brooksj_at_cpva.saic.com>
Date: 20 Mar 92 16:45:12 GMT
Message-ID: <9681.29c9a618_at_cpva.saic.com>


In article <fragante.699659939_at_chilko.ucs.ubc.ca>, fragante_at_unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante) writes:
> We have a 386/33 stand-alone PC where we installed Oracle T&DB V6.0 The PC
> has 4MB of RAM. After installing, I found out that when I try to run
> SQLForms, RUNForms or SQLMenu, I get the error:
>
> execp error 6: out of extended memory
>
> However, when I run SQL*DBA or SQL*Plus, everything is OK. Looking at how
> the PC's memory is used, MEM /C shows that all extended memory (approx. 3MB+)
> is allocated by SQLPME. The only other thing in extended memory is DOS that
> was relocated via DOS=HIGH. This doesn't take much space to seriously affect
> SQLPME.
>
> When I looked up the Oracle Tools Installation and User's Guide, the table
> of memory requirements showed that SQLForms needed 2800K of RAM, SQLMenu
> needed 2300K and RUNForm needed 1200K.
>
> So how come I could not execute RUNForm despite having twice the required
> free memory available in extended memory ? My .FRM files are small and simple.
>
> I'm I missing something in the installation ?
>
> GV Fragante
> fragante_at_unixg.ubc.ca

The documentation that I have listed the minimum memory requiremtns for oracle v6 T & DB at 6MB. I wasn't aware that it would run with less than that ?

jim b.

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