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Oracle Evaluation for FreeBSD?
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| ccieToBe 2001-03-26, 8:41 pm |
| Does Oracle offer any evaluation versions of their software for FreeBSD? I took a look at their site and had no trouble finding out that they had Unix support, and a download page for 8i Personal Edition for Windows, but didn't see anything along the lines of an evaluation version for Unix.
I need to learn a database of some sort for one of my classes, and am torn between Oracle and MySQL. I really want to learn it on a FreeBSD box, so if I can't get an evaluation of Oracle, that solves the problem of which one to pick. | |
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| If you have the choice, go with Oracle. M$ and Oracle have never really gotten along, and thus Oracle has always had good support for UNIX machines. MySQL is a decent database, but occasionally has problems with transaction locking when dealing with large loads. Oracle is the more reliable of the two (sometimes you really do get what you pay for), but if your university can't get you access to Oracle or you can't get an evaluation copy, try MySQL. SQL is one of those fourth-generation languages that you can more or less learn in one afternoon, and it is the same whether using DB2 on IBM mainframes or using MySQL. Try to contact Oracle, though, and see if they can help you. Anything that might result in more sales they should approve of; they may be able to help you. It's worth a try anyhow. | |
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| Thanks for the info. I doubt that I could get a copy of Oracle through my college (community college), but it's worth a try as is calling Oracle. | |
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| I have done some research and it seems Oracle allows free copies for personal use. Am not sure this will help you, as a "personal' database is a bit limited, but it's worth a try. Maybe educational use falls under "personal use" but I am not sure. I know it;s pretty powerful and useful to have on a resume, but if that fails, try using MySQL -- it is not Oracle, but is pretty useful. BTW, the webmaster may be able to give you some tips on it, I think he has used it a bit, I recall a post he made earlier about it. |
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