
- •Contact Us!
- •Before You Begin
- •1 Introducing Oracle8i Personal Edition for Windows 98
- •Oracle8i Personal Edition Overview
- •What Documentation Do I Read First?
- •Viewing Documentation on the CD-ROM
- •2 Installation Overview
- •What Is Oracle Universal Installer?
- •What Top-Level Components are Available for Installation?
- •Installing Components with Oracle Universal Installer
- •How Do I Get Started?
- •3 Installation Requirements
- •Top-Level Component System Requirements
- •Migrating and Upgrading Requirements
- •Oracle7 and Oracle8 Migration and Upgrade Requirements
- •Single Oracle Home Components
- •Networking Protocol Vendor Requirements
- •4 Selecting Database Creation and Net8 Configuration Methods
- •Understanding Your Methods Before Installation
- •Selecting a Database Creation Method
- •Selecting a Net8 Configuration Method
- •Server Network Configuration
- •5 Installing Oracle Components and Documentation
- •Keyboard Navigation
- •Preinstallation Tasks
- •Installing Oracle Components
- •Oracle8i Typical or Minimal Installation
- •Oracle8i Custom Installation
- •Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session
- •Installing Oracle Components in Non-Interactive Mode
- •Copying and Modifying a Response File
- •Running Oracle Universal Installer and Specifying a Response File
- •Customizing Installations with Oracle Software Packager
- •Installing and Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation
- •6 Reviewing Your Installed Starter Database Contents
- •User Names and Passwords
- •Database Identification
- •Tablespaces and Data Files
- •Initialization Parameter File
- •Redo Log Files
- •Control Files
- •Rollback Segments
- •Data Dictionary
- •7 Post-installation Configuration Tasks
- •Validating Invalid PL/SQL Modules with the UTLRP.SQL Script
- •Configuring Additional Components
- •8 Deinstalling Oracle Components
- •Deinstalling Oracle Components with Oracle Universal Installer
- •Task 1: Deinstall Database, Net8 Components and Registry Entries
- •Task 2: Deinstall Components with Oracle Universal Installer
- •Manually Removing all Oracle Components and Services from Your Computer
- •Removing Components on Windows 98
- •Oracle8i Personal Edition Components
- •Component Descriptions
- •NLS_LANG Parameters
- •Commonly Used Values for NLS_LANG
- •NLS_LANG Settings in MS-DOS Mode and Batch Mode
- •Documentation Formats
- •What Documentation did I receive?
- •Online Documentation Set
- •Glossary
- •Index

Documentation Formats
Documentation Formats
This table describes the format and availability of Oracle8i Online Documentation and the tools required to view them.
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Tools Required |
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Hypertext Markup |
All Oracle documentation is |
Use a Web browser to view your HTML |
Language (HTML) |
available in HTML. |
documentation set. |
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The Oracle Information Navigator, a tool that enables |
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you to search your entire HTML documentation |
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library for information, is also available for viewing |
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your HTML documentation set. See "Installing and |
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Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation" on |
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page 5-13 for information on Web browser |
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requirements. |
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Portable Document |
All Oracle documentation is |
Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view your PDF |
Format (PDF) |
available in PDF. |
documentation set. See "Installing and Viewing the |
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Oracle8i Online Documentation" on page 5-13 for |
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information on Adobe Acrobat Reader requirements. |
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Text file format |
Some Oracle components are also |
Use an ASCII text editor. |
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documented in README files |
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located in the ORACLE_ |
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BASE\ORACLE_ |
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HOME\RELNOTES directory. |
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Printed |
A CD-ROM insert describes how |
None required. |
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to access your Oracle |
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documentation and get started |
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with installation. |
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Note: To order printed guides, contact Oracle Documentation
Sales:
■Telephone 1 (800) 252-0303 in the United States of America.
■Visit:
http://oraclestore.oracle.com/
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