I'm with you. Oracle behaves too much like Microsoft trying to get you install stuff whether you need it or not. I've come across a lot databases where the installer person installed stuff probably thinking, "I'm not sure if we'll need it or not so I'll just install it anyway." I don't use the dbca stuff but I did the same as you at a shop that used InterMedia. I then modified the generated scripts and only installed what was really needed.
I wonder how many databases are vulnerable to hacking because Apache was installed from the Oracle CD's? Is there anything different about the Apache shipped by Oracle vs. what's publically available? Why does Oracle put Apache stuff on the CD's?
Curious too,
Steve Orr
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Hostetter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:10 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Plain Old Database
I am preparing to migrate from 8.1.7 to 9.0.2. I was just wondering if I am the only DBA that doesn't like all of this other "stuff" in my database - Ultrasearch, Intermedia, Oracle Text, and XML. I used dbca to generate my database creation scripts, so I could understand what the tool is doing to create the database. I've gone through and commented out these things that we won't be using. Am I in left field on this, or are others installing these options/products "in case" they need them later on (assuming you don't have an immediate need for them)? Same question for the http listener - are most dbas installing it and using it?
Just curious.
Thanks,
Jay
