Oracle database 10g express edition silent installation

After you install Oracle Database XE Server, its graphical user interface is only available from the local server, not remotely. Click Downloads and follow the instructions to download one of the following installation executables:. For all other supported Linux operating systems: oracle-xe-client After you have installed Oracle Database XE, the database is up and running and you can begin using it right away.

If Oracle Database XE Server is on your local computer, then you can enter localhost as the host name. If you want another user to access your Oracle Database XE installation, then provide the host name or IP address of your computer.

The person installing Oracle Database XE set this port number during configuration. Normally it is set to You learn how to start Oracle Database XE and create a small application. To access this manual and the rest of the documentation set, click Documentation under External Links on the Database Home Page. When you deinstall Oracle Database XE, all components, including data files, the database, and the software, are removed. If you want to save your data files but remove the Oracle Database XE software and database, then first export the data by using one of the methods described in Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day DBA before you deinstall.

Because the deinstallation process removes all files from the directory in which Oracle Database XE is installed, back up any files from the directory if needed before you deinstall. Run one of the following commands to deinstall the Universal character set version of Oracle Database XE:. If the deinstallation is interrupted, follow these steps to manually remove Oracle Database XE from your computer:.

The following steps provide a method of preserving your database data when you deinstall and then reinstall the same release of Oracle Database XE Server. Create a directory in a location that is outside the standard Oracle Database XE directory structure.

This directory will be the new location for the flash recovery area. Perform a complete backup of the database to the new flash recovery area by running the Backup Database command from the desktop.

See "Backing Up the Database," in Chapter 11, for instructions. Ensure that you see the message Backup of the database succeeded before proceeding. When the restore script prompts you for the flash recovery area location, enter the full path to the directory that you created in Step 1. If you find any security vulnerabilities with Oracle Database XE, then send a description of the problem to Oracle at the following e-mail address:.

The database is created using a multibyte AL32UTF8 character set, which is suitable for global data in any language. This section explains how to configure globalization settings for both the server and client components of Oracle Database XE. It covers the following topics:. Oracle provides globalization support that enables users to interact with a database in their preferred locale and character set settings. It sets the language and territory used by the client application and the database server.

Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide provides more information about languages. Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide provides more information about territory conventions. Table 5 lists the supported character sets in Oracle Database XE. The list is ordered alphabetically in each language group. Shift-JIS bit Japanese. The character set mapping charmap of the locale ID assigned for each language may vary depending on the distribution and version of the Linux operating system.

To determine the current character mapping, enter the following command in a shell:. Table 6 lists each charmap with its corresponding Oracle character set. For the latest known issues and workarounds, as well as current Oracle Database XE documentation, visit. As a result, the following functions are not available:. If you select either of these options and then click Apply Changes , one of the following may occur:.

Then enter the following commands:. If other Oracle client software is installed on the same computer as Oracle Database XE, ensure that you use the appropriate connect syntax for these clients when trying to connect to Oracle Database XE. If you do not specify the appropriate connect syntax, then an "ORA TNS: protocol adapter error" message may appear.

If you are using Fedora Core 4, do not use the Java rpm that Sun provides. This rpm file contains Provides that conflict with names used in packages that are part of Fedora Core 4. As a result, Sun Java could disappear from the installation during a package upgrade.

Workaround: Use either the rpm from jpackage. To ensure stability, use Sun Java 1. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Workaround: Use GCC 3. Change this code to enable it for GCC 3. Specifically, change the following line:. If you import spreadsheet data by copying and pasting and a column value contains a double quotation mark, then the data will not import correctly for example, 54" Plasma Flat Screen.

To avoid this problem, you have two options:. Save the data in a delimited format such as comma-delimited. The number or date format select dialog on the Column Attribute of a Page Definition in Application Builder displays the following message in the dialog box:. Note that backslash and yen are the same character code point, but vary in appearance depending on the selected font.

The backslash character is also displayed when you apply the data format on the page in the application. If you use a wizard to create a form on a table or view based on an included column whose name is in Japanese, then the name of the new item will be included in Japanese. You may also need to change item names to alphanumeric before you apply changes to the item.

If you download a trigger with a multibyte name from the Object Details view in Object Browser, then the file name becomes corrupt. The pop-up page that presents the spell checking features does not function properly. In Application Express Application Builder, the authentication schemes defined in the current application are not displayed if you view them in Icons View mode.

To view the authentication schemes, choose Details in the View select list and then click Go. There is no need to set environment variables on the Windows platform. A filled flash recovery area can lead to database failure. Backing up the database deletes archived log files and frees space in the flash recovery area.

The supplied backup script, which is run by the Backup Database command on the desktop, automatically puts the database in the proper state for offline backup. When the developer uses any of the built-in authentication schemes, this value varies slightly depending on Oracle database edition and the authentication scheme in use. When developing applications, be sure to plan ahead for possible upgrades to other database editions such as Oracle Database 10 g Standard Edition, Oracle Database 10 g Standard Edition One, or Oracle Database 10 g Enterprise Edition, or for the possibility that the application might be installed in an Application Express environment installed into one of those database editions.

In these editions, the same rules as explained previously apply, but with one difference. Two examples of when this situation exists include:. During the rendering or after-submit processing of a "public" page requested before the user logs in.

Another use is in application processes or application computations that are intended to run only once per session, but only after login. The following sections have been added to the book version of Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day Developer Guide after the online help version of this manual was finalized:. Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community.

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In the Choose Destination Location window, either accept the default or click Browse to select a different installation directory. Do not select a directory that has spaces in its name. Then click Next. If these port numbers are not currently used, then the installation uses them automatically without prompting you. If they are in use, then you will be prompted to enter an available port number. In the Summary window, review the installation settings, and if you are satisfied, click Install.

Otherwise, click Back and modify the settings as necessary. Then click Finish. If you plan to install Oracle Database XE on multiple computers or bundle it with a third-party application, then you may want to perform a silent installation, in which you download the installation executable and run it at a command line using the provided response files.

You have the choice of downloading either OracleXE. These files allow you to perform silent installations, repairs upgrades , and deinstallations. For example, if you downloaded the OracleXE. If you wanted to repair the Oracle Database XE installation, you would enter the following command:. If you plan to use. Right-click each of the following services, and then select Properties from the menu. Then set the service's start-up type to Automatic.

Start each service by right-clicking its name and selecting Start from the menu. NET Developer Guide for more information on. After you install Oracle Database XE Server, its graphical user interface is only available from the local server, not remotely. After you have installed Oracle Database XE Server, and if you want to have one or more remote client connections to it, you can install Oracle Database XE Client onto each client computer. In the License Agreement window, select Accept and then click Next.

Check the response files and modify the port number for Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server, if necessary. For example, if you downloaded the OracleXEClient. If you wanted to reinstall the same version of Oracle Database XE, you would enter the following command:.

After you have installed Oracle Database XE, the database is up and running and you can begin using it right away. Immediately after you install Oracle Database XE using the graphical user interface installation method, if you selected the Launch the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition homepage checkbox when the installation completed, the Database Home Page appears.

To get started using Oracle Database XE, click Getting Started to learn how to log on and create a simple application. If you did not select the Launch the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition homepage checkbox, or if you want to access Oracle Database XE from another computer, then follow these steps:.

If Oracle Database XE Server is on your local computer, then you can enter localhost as the host name. If you want another user to access your Oracle Database XE installation, then provide the host name or IP address of your computer. You set this port number during installation. Normally it is set to You learn how to start Oracle Database XE and create a small application.

To access this manual and the rest of the documentation set, click Documentation under External Links on the Database Home Page. When you deinstall Oracle Database XE, all components, including data files, the database, and the software, are removed.

If you want to save your data files but remove the Oracle Database XE software and database, then first export the data by using one of the methods described in Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day DBA before you deinstall.

Because the deinstallation process removes all files from the directory in which Oracle Database XE is installed, back up any files from the directory if needed before you deinstall. When the deinstallation completes, click Finish. The installation executable, OracleXE. The setup. A result code of 0 means the deinstallation succeeded. If the deinstallation is interrupted, follow these steps to manually remove Oracle Database XE from your computer:.

If any of the following Oracle services exist and have the status Started , then select each of the services, and click Stop :. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab, then click the Environment Variables button.

For example:. You can download it from Microsoft at:. The following steps provide a method of preserving your database data when you deinstall and then reinstall the same release of Oracle Database XE Server. Create a directory in a location that is outside the standard Oracle Database XE directory structure. This directory will be the new location for the flash recovery area.

Perform a complete backup of the database to the new flash recovery area by running the Backup Database command from the desktop. See "Backing Up the Database," in Chapter 11, for instructions. Ensure that you see the message Backup of the database succeeded before proceeding. When the restore script prompts you for the flash recovery area location, enter the full path to the directory that you created in Step 1.

If you find any security vulnerabilities with Oracle Database XE, then send a description of the problem to Oracle at the following e-mail address:. The database is created using a multibyte AL32UTF8 character set, which is suitable for global data in any language.

This section explains how to configure globalization settings for both the server and client components of Oracle Database XE. It covers the following topics:. Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide provides more information about languages. Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide provides more information about territory conventions. Table 3 lists the supported character sets in Oracle Database XE. The list is ordered alphabetically in each language group.

Shift-JIS bit Japanese. Setting it incorrectly can lead to invalid character conversion, which can corrupt error messages and data. For the latest known issues and workarounds, as well as current Oracle Database XE documentation, visit. NET and version 7. As a result, the following functions are not available:. If you select either of these options and then click Apply Changes , one of the following may occur:. Then enter the following commands:. If other Oracle client software is installed on the same computer as Oracle Database XE, ensure that you use the appropriate connect syntax for these clients when trying to connect to Oracle Database XE.

If you do not specify the appropriate connect syntax, then an "ORA TNS: protocol adapter error" message may appear. Because domain authentication is used during installation, the installation could fail you are not authenticated during installation. You will not be able to access the Database Home page at the end of installation and you will see the error "ORA Credential retrieval failed" in database creation log files. Workaround: Log in as a local user on the system and retry the installation.

If you import spreadsheet data by copying and pasting and a column value contains a double quotation mark, then the data will not import correctly for example, 54" Plasma Flat Screen. To avoid this problem, you have two options:. Save the data in a delimited format such as comma-delimited. The number or date format select dialog on the Column Attribute of a Page Definition in Application Builder displays the following message in the dialog box:.

Note that backslash and yen are the same character code point, but vary in appearance depending on the selected font. The backslash character is also displayed when you apply the data format on the page in the application. If you use a wizard to create a form on a table or view based on an included column whose name is in Japanese, then the name of the new item will be included in Japanese.

You may also need to change item names to alphanumeric before you apply changes to the item. If you download a trigger with a multibyte name from the Object Details view in Object Browser, then the file name becomes corrupt.

The pop-up page that presents the spell checking features does not function properly. In Application Express Application Builder, the authentication schemes defined in the current application are not displayed if you view them in Icons View mode. To view the authentication schemes, choose Details in the View select list and then click Go.

There is no need to set environment variables on the Windows platform. A filled flash recovery area can lead to database failure. Backing up the database deletes archived log files and frees space in the flash recovery area. The supplied backup script, which is run by the Backup Database command on the desktop, automatically puts the database in the proper state for offline backup. When the developer uses any of the built-in authentication schemes, this value varies slightly depending on Oracle database edition and the authentication scheme in use.

When developing applications, be sure to plan ahead for possible upgrades to other database editions such as Oracle Database 10 g Standard Edition, Oracle Database 10 g Standard Edition One, or Oracle Database 10 g Enterprise Edition, or for the possibility that the application might be installed in an Application Express environment installed into one of those database editions.

In these editions, the same rules as explained previously apply, but with one difference. Two examples of when this situation exists include:. During the rendering or after-submit processing of a "public" page requested before the user logs in. Another use is in application processes or application computations that are intended to run only once per session, but only after login.

The following sections have been added to the book version of Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day Developer Guide after the online help version of this manual was finalized:.

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community.

Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at. Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

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