Re: Does any one know where i can get oracle 8i

"Andrew Gardiner" <reverber_at_reverber.co.uk> wrote:

> i am at uni studying computer science and as suh have to program an swl
> database, the problem is the mahine that the database has to exist on is
> windows 98 so therefore i need a copy of 8i, the problem is that no matter
> where i look i cant find a ccopy of it, so i was wondering if there was any
> one on here who could send me a copy or could host it on a site so i could
> download it or something, as time is running out and i am really desperate.

If I were you I'd use a much lighter db server that will run on 98 and yet still give you the basics of an RDBMS. I can think of Firebird for example which will AFAIK run on 98, although it's not recommended for production environments 8-).

You could also try PostgreSQL which may run on 98.

How much RAM do you have on this 98 machine?

Have you considered installing Linux/FreeBSD?

Paul...  

> faithfully yours andrew gardiner
 

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