Re: oracle on freeBSD

2006-01-07 Thread Ceri Davies
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 06:29:15PM +, eoghan wrote: > On 6 Jan 2006, at 20:40, Ceri Davies wrote: > >On 4 Jan 2006, at 18:59, eoghan wrote: > > > >>Hello > >>Im wondering if there is any info on getting oracle running on > >>freeBSD (im using 6.0). I have found this: > >>http://www.scc.nl/~ma

Re: oracle on freeBSD

2006-01-07 Thread eoghan
On 6 Jan 2006, at 20:40, Ceri Davies wrote: On 4 Jan 2006, at 18:59, eoghan wrote: Hello Im wondering if there is any info on getting oracle running on freeBSD (im using 6.0). I have found this: http://www.scc.nl/~marcel/howto-oracle.html But it seems a little dated. I read oracle doesnt of

Re: oracle on freeBSD

2006-01-06 Thread Ceri Davies
On 4 Jan 2006, at 18:59, eoghan wrote: Hello Im wondering if there is any info on getting oracle running on freeBSD (im using 6.0). I have found this: http://www.scc.nl/~marcel/howto-oracle.html But it seems a little dated. I read oracle doesnt officially support freeBSD and was pointed to

Re: oracle on freeBSD

2006-01-04 Thread eoghan
On 4 Jan 2006, at 20:09, Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello eoghan, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 7:59:44 PM, you wrote: Hello Im wondering if there is any info on getting oracle running on freeBSD (im using 6.0). I have found this: we have a section in handbook about setting up oracle, but it's outda

Re: oracle on freeBSD

2006-01-04 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Hello eoghan, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 7:59:44 PM, you wrote: > Hello > Im wondering if there is any info on getting oracle running on > freeBSD (im using 6.0). I have found this: we have a section in handbook about setting up oracle, but it's outdated now, though there are some people repo

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-25 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:12:52AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > I'm interested in seeing how well something like PostgreSQL can be > > > used as a ``drop-i

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-25 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
The most notable of these would be date/time and null handling. Also parameter binding. One big one you'll hit with Oracle is trying to insert a string > 2000 characters with ODBC into a LONG column. another i.e. ORACLE to_date('2003/01/03' '12:05:03 A.M.') MSSQL 2003/01/03' '12:05:03

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-25 Thread Bill Moran
Trent Nelson wrote: On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:12:52AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: I'm interested in seeing how well something like PostgreSQL can be used as a ``drop-in'' replacement for Oracle. If I have clients connecting

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-25 Thread Trent Nelson
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:12:52AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > I'm interested in seeing how well something like PostgreSQL can be > > used as a ``drop-in'' replacement for Oracle. If I have clients > > connecting via O

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-25 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > I'm interested in seeing how well something like PostgreSQL can be > used as a ``drop-in'' replacement for Oracle. If I have clients > connecting via ODBC (Rational ClearQuest), I personally couldn't > care what the

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-25 Thread Trent Nelson
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:21:04PM +, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > I've also notice that the FAQ on the FreeBSD site is for 3.2 and ORALCE 7 > > Aren't we on oracle 9i and FreeBSD 5.0 ? > > Since I have to do this so that I can test things locally, I wouldn't mind > doing a web write up for th

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-24 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-02-24T23:18:47Z, Damien Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also, if any of you feel that running Oracle on FreeBSD is a bad idea let > me know. One question: does Oracle support running on FreeBSD? If not, then it's a bad idea; the first tech support call that ends as soon as they find o

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-24 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
I've also notice that the FAQ on the FreeBSD site is for 3.2 and ORALCE 7 Aren't we on oracle 9i and FreeBSD 5.0 ? Since I have to do this so that I can test things locally, I wouldn't mind doing a web write up for the FreeBSD docs unless someone else is already working on this ? On Tuesday 25

Re: Oracle on FreeBSD

2003-02-24 Thread synrat
it's not a bad idea, it'd be great if oracle created a port for bsd, but they didn't and most likely won't. you can't run in in native mode, because ... well... it's bsd, not linux. i don't think you'll have issues with emulation mode,. except for performance, which could be pretty big. I suggest