* Brian Densmore ([email protected]) wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Hull
Quoting Brian Densmore <>:
I recently acquired an older version of Oracle (v. 8i). I was wondering if it might be possible to load it on a Linux box? Or if I need to break out the NT cd's? I haven't even opened the shrink-wrap yet. I was thinking about using it at home for projects, or possibly on an alternate PC for access by my webserver.
You can download Oracle from Oracle for free and use it for development (non-production) work.
Right, I knew that, but this is a fullblown shrink-wrapped enterprise level version with all the bells and whistles and documents. Which is a bit different than the download version (which I ordered from Oracle way back) on a CD from Oracle, I think I also have the 9i download version on CD.
If you're just wanting to gain some experience with it. I believe I had installed 8i on Red Hat a few years back, but I had to jump through some hoops.
Well, I've been wanting to play with some databases for a while, but I have some real projects I will be working on also.
mmmmm PostgreSQL!