Re: Can I create a database via oracle client?

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On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:43:49 +0200, Markus Innerebner <markusin_at_yahoo.de> wrote:

>hello Sybrand
>thanks for your advice
>
>> I'm getting curious: is there any particular reason, other than out of
>> lack of knowledge, why you *insist* that you need to be capable to
>> create *instances* (as opposed to databases) *on-the-fly*.
>> Do you understand how Oracle implemented the *database* concept,ie not
>> in the same fashion as sqlserver, as sybase, as informix, as db2?
>> Probably not!
>I understand, that Oracle implements the database concept differently
>that a simple database like mysql, but honestly I do not know it
>exactly. Where can I find a good description, how oracle implements his
> database?
>

The Oracle Concepts manual, IIRC recommended to you before.

>I was asking this question, because in our company we would install a db
>instance via a client. Thats the reason.
>

I was afraid for this response. Tell everyone Oracle != Sqlserver != Sybase, try not to 'port' a sqlserver app to Oracle or suffer the consequences (angry customers). It won't work, ever!
>In our company there was a propose for a good oracle book. Can you give
>me a good advise, which book to buy?

Oracle Essentials, published by O' Reilly seems to be pretty good, though I don't have it myself.
Other than that : both books by Thomas Kyte, especially the first 3 chapters of the oldest book of the two.

>
>regards Markus

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA