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:
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.