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Oracle Eval Copy - help please

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by catadmin

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Greetings, All!

I am currently working on my MCDBA (got a wonderful test network set up to practice with and doing self-study since I'm broke) and will next be tackling an Oracle cert. The problem is, I can't seem to find an evaluation copy of Oracle to practice with. Microsoft sells an eval copy of Win2k with one of their books and has SQL eval free for download from their site, but no Oracle book I've looked at has an eval copy and I can't figure out Oracle's site for anything. Does anyone know if it is possible to download (or for a relatively small price, purchase) an evaluation copy of Oracle for learning purposes?

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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by timwalsh

Actually, if you go to the Downloads section of the Oracle site, you can download any of the Oracle products for PERSONAL use only. You have to agree to their license agreement as well as provide a bunch of information to set up an Oracle "membership", but the software download appears to be free. There does not appear to be any "eval" version. These are all the full-blown version of the software. You just can't use any of them in a "production" environment without purchasing a "real" license.

by catadmin

Tim,

Thank you very much for your help. A personal version for me to play with and learn about is exactly what I need. I think my confusion arose because I couldn't find anything they termed an "evaluation copy". I appreciate your assistance.

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