Outdated: Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE) Installation

This section describes how to download, install, and start Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE).

Oracle is now offering a free release called Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE), which is a great starter database for any Java JDBC developers who wants to try it on their own system.

Here is what I did to download and install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition on my Windows XP system:

1. Go to the Oracle Express Edition page.

2. Download the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Universal) - Multi-byte Unicode database for all language deployment, with the Database Homepage user interface available in the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

3. Save the download file, OracleXEUniv.exe (216,933,372 bytes), to a temporary directory.

4. Double click on OracleXEUniv.exe. Follow the installation wizard to finish the installation. Remember to change the destination directory, set the SYTEM password and take some notes like:

SYSTEM password: Yang
Destination Folder: C:\local\oraclexe\
Port for 'Oracle Database Listener': 1521
Port for 'Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server': 2030
Port for HTTP Listener: 8080

To start Oracle XE server, Click on Start > All Programs > Oracle Database 10g Express Edition > Start Database.

To stop Oracle XE server, Click on Start > All Programs > Oracle Database 10g Express Edition > Stop Database.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Introduction

 JDK (Java SE) Installation

 Installing and Running Java DB - Derby

 Derby (Java DB) JDBC Driver

 Derby (Java DB) JDBC DataSource Objects

 Java DB (Derby) - DML Statements

 Java DB (Derby) - ResultSet Objects of Queries

 Java DB (Derby) - PreparedStatement

 MySQL Installation on Windows

 MySQL JDBC Driver (MySQL Connector/J)

 MySQL - PreparedStatement

 MySQL - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet

 MySQL - JBDC CallableStatement

 MySQL CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 MySQL BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Oracle Express Edition Installation on Windows

 Oracle JDBC Drivers

 Oracle - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet

 Oracle - PreparedStatement

 Oracle - JBDC CallableStatement

 Oracle CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 Oracle BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition

 Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - Query Statements and Result Sets

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DatabaseMetaData Object

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DDL Statements

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DML Statements

 SQL Server - PreparedStatement

 SQL Server CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS Access

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS SQL Server

 Summary of JDBC Drivers and Database Servers

 Using Connection Pool with JDBC

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 Outdated: Java SE 8 Installation

 Outdated: Java SE 1.6 Update 2 Installation

 Outdated: JDK 1.6 Documentation Installation

 Outdated: Downloading/Installing Java DB (Derby) 10.2.2

 Outdated: "sysinfo" - Checking Java DB Installation 10.2.2

 Outdated: MySQL Connector/J 5.1 - Download and Installation

 Outdated: MySQL 5.0 Download, Installation and Start

 Outdated: mysqladmin - MySQL 5.0 Admin Tool

 Outdated: MySQL Connector/J 5.0 - Download and Installation

 Outdated: Loading MySQL Connector Java 5.0

 Outdated: Installation of JdbcRowSet Reference Implementation

Outdated: Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE) Installation

 Outdated: Accessing Oracle Server through Web Interface

 Outdated: Creating Oracle Database Users

 Outdated: SQL*Plus - Oracle Command Line Interface

 Outdated: JDBC Thin Client-Side Driver Installation

 Outdated: Downloading Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

 Outdated: Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

 Outdated: Installing AdventureWorksLT Sample Database

 Outdated: Installing Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.2

 Outdated: Installing Microsoft JDBC Driver 1.0

 References

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