implementing development environment 1

[SamP]

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition on NT .. to develop small and large(Terabyte) <br>
databases. Any landmines for a rookie to sidestep right off the bat ?<br>
Specifically, since the development staff is currently just me, but expected<br>
to grow to 10 in twelve months, what planning and implementation can<br>
I do now to support the expected growth so that a year from now we won't<br>
have to "reconfigure" due to my short-sightedness.

 

[bookor]

There are only a couple of settings you can't adjust after installing the database. I can't remember them right off, but I know you have to set them properly to begin with or you have to reinstall. We just went through our go live on a new Oracle 8 database. Our only REAL major problem during the process involved our NT servers. The retail CDs were not available, apparently, when the technicians installed NT on our Compaqs. They used the MS Developer CD which they did not realize was crippled. We suddenly were unable to logon more than 10 users no matter how many licenses we had programmed into license manager. Had to reformat and reinstall EVERYTHING right in the middle of the final preparations for go live. Our only other major problem was performance problems due to cat3 cabling left over from the replaced mainframe system. I also found the Oracle developer tools, Forms 4.5 and Reports 2.5 to be REALLY convoluted and hard to use. I don't like them at all. Im getting used to them, but they are really not up to what you would expect in developer tools.<br>
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Good Luck<br>
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