Re: Oracle 8.0.5

puishor wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Am absolutely newbie to databases, I got some tutorials for Oracle,from
> our school site.
> I have Oracle 8.0.5 kit ( April 1998 release ), I get it quiet hard
> because I have a poor connection to Internet, and have just a few
> friends which knows something about database.
> Now the questions:
> I installed everything from the Oracle CD,there are lot of
> applications, but in every app I try to enter, I get a window asking me
> for a User+Password information !!!!
> Even in that poor SQL*Plus... the same story.
> Did it try to login to server ?
> I don't want that, I just want to login and create a database , some
> tables etc
> I friend of mine said that user : "scott" & passwd : "tiger" , would
> help, but
> that just don't work :((((
>
> Every suggestion is welcome.
>

Did you ever actually create a database?

What platform is this? Are you sure you don't want the new 10g XP? It offers to install a pre-configured database, is actually a supported version, etc, etc.

On 8.0.5, you are pretty much on your own.

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Frank van Bortel

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