I was excited by the release last october, but when I enquired, the spatial bits were not part of the release. I would love to move to Oracle XE for my MapInfo applications and get rid of Access for the clients who won't go to SQL Server and Spatialware, but was told that I couldn't do it. I don't need the spatial cartridge, just the ability to store the data in the database (Locator).
Any further updates regarding this new release?
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Any knee-jerk reactions to Oracle's FREE 10g XE ? Will this Oracle entry DB have any effect on MapInfo use? Is this an easy, too hard, or who cares type of solution?
FYI
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/02/28/75938_HNoraclexelate_1.html?source=NLC-TB2006-02-28
"Oracle made its low-end, free-of-charge Oracle Database 10g Express Edition database, also known as XE, generally available Tuesday. When the company initially released the beta version of the software in October of last year, Oracle expected to debut the first full release of XE by year-end.
"XE is built on the same code as the company's enterprise-level Oracle Database 10g Release 2. Oracle expects that users who adopt the free edition of XE will later want to upgrade to paid versions of the 10g database. The vendor is also hoping that the XE database will appeal to both developers and the academic community.
"There's a plethora of low-end free databases in today's market, with Oracle's XE and Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 Express being joined last month by DB2 Universal Database Express-C. All three vendors are also facing challenges from the open-source community led by database company MySQL.
"The XE database can be downloaded from Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/xe.
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