Re: New user / DBA

jay wrote:

> I'm a brand new oracle user and I suppose a DBA. I have installed
> Personal Oracle on a lap top in support of using Artemis Project View.
> The lap top is running XP Pro
>
> I have my hard drive partitioned. I normally keep my software and data
> on separate drives. I tried to install Oracle on the data drive
> because I was told the database had to be where the data was.
>
> When I did the install I chose the 'install software only' option.
>
> I have a lot of files on my data drive and a folder on my C: (software
> drive) program folder for Oracle.
>
> I would like to nest (segregate)the Oracle files on my data drive a
> little deeper...into another folder. Can I just create a folder and
> move the files or do I have to reinstall oracle into the new location?
>
>
> Should I have installed the standard database instead of just the
> software?
>
> Can anyone recommend a good book on being an Oracle DBA for a "DUMMY"?
>
> Can anyone recommend a good training program that is reasonable?
>
> Any help will be appreciated. Thank You

Based on your background I would say either leave it alone or completely clean up the machine and reinstall. It sounds like a bad idea as it comes with no benefit other than cosmetic. And even that benefit I would question.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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