Installing Oracle Enterprise 8.1.6/Oracle 8i/Oracle 9i Database Server for Windows
NT/2000
Written by Omer Omarabi
Updated by Dr. Tony Hu on Jan 5, 2004
(this document describes the installation procedure for Oracle 8.1.6, but it should apply
to Oracle 9i with minor or no significant difference)
Download the software from oracle site for free –go to:
http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/8i_personal/index.html
Oracle9i Personal Edition
Oracle9i Database Enterprise/Standard/Personal Edition for Windows NT/2000/XP
Oracle9i Personal Edition for Microsoft Windows 98
Oracle8i Personal Edition
Oracle8i Personal Edition Release 3 Version 8.1.7 for Microsoft Windows NT/2000
Oracle8i Personal Edition Release 3 Version 8.1.7 for Microsoft Windows 98
Select the version compatible with your PC. In the instruction below, I assume you are
installing Oracle8i, (to install other version, it should be very similar)
select Oracle8i Personal Edition Release 3 Version 8.1.7 for Windows
NT/2000 (if your PC is Window 98, then choose Oracle8i Personal
Edition Release 3 Version 8.1.7 for Windows 98)
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Download Oracle8i in ZIP format
Unzip nt817personal.zip into a directory. Ex: C:\[your directory]>unzip
nt817personal.zip (for Window 98, the zip file is psoracle81798.zip)
Run setup.exe you should get a screen as below:
2- Select Next
3- Make sure the path shown on the path field in the above window is pointing to where
you have your oracle software you want to install
4- Enter a name for the directory you want to install oracle on (you may leave the default
values)
5- Click next
6- Click next
6- Select Oracle8i Enterprise edition and click next
8- Enter the global database name e.g. FFS and click next
9- Browse the installation tree to make sure of your selections, and click Install.
13- After some time you should see the above screen telling the installation script is
configuring the database on your system also it tells you the system and sys passwords
you can use to administer oracle. This process may take sometime
11- Click ok after creation of the database is completed
14- You are all set and you oracle database server is ready
To Use Oracle Database SQL Console (SQLPlus):
1- Select: start -> Oracle Home -> Application Development -> SQL Plus
Enter user name (e.g. scott) and password (e.g. tiger) and select OK
When you connect to the database you can start entering your sql commands e.g.
You may enter: select * from user_tables; And when you press enter a
list of all tables belongs to the user will be listed