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Oracle Database XE 11gR2 Jump Start Guide

By : Asif Momen
Book Image

Oracle Database XE 11gR2 Jump Start Guide

By: Asif Momen

Overview of this book

Oracle Database XE 11gR2 is an excellent beginner-level database and is a great platform to learn database concepts. "Oracle Database XE 11gR2 Jump Start Guide" helps you to install, administer, maintain, tune, back up and upgrade your Oracle Database Express Edition. The book also helps you to build custom database applications using Oracle Application Express.Using this book, you will be able to install Oracle Database XE on Windows/Linux operating system.This book helps you understand different database editions and it guides you through the installation procedure with the aid of screenshots. You will learn to interact with the database objects. You will gain a solid understanding of stored sub-programs which is followed by an introduction to Oracle Application Express (APEX). Solid database performance tuning strategies are also discussed in this book followed by backup and recovery scenarios. All in all, "Oracle Database XE 11gR2 Jump Start Guide" delivers everything that you should know to get started with Oracle Database administration.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Oracle Database XE 11gR2 Jump Start Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Installing Oracle Database 11g XE on Windows XP (32-bit)


The installation of Oracle Database 11g XE in a Windows environment is pretty straightforward. You can install Oracle Database XE on Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Note

The recommended RAM for running Oracle Database XE is 512 MB; however, nowadays most computers are equipped with at least 1 GB of memory. To continue with the database installation make sure you have administrative privilege.

The following Oracle Database XE installation procedure is for the Windows XP operating system. Make the necessary navigational changes if you are using other versions of Microsoft Windows' operating system.

  1. 1. Unzip the downloaded Oracle Database XE software into a temporary folder, say c:\temp.

  2. 2. Navigate to the Disk1 folder under c:\temp and double-click on setup.exe. A new window pops up, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. 3. Oracle Database XE prepares the install shield wizard and once...