Create new DB/SQL Syntactical differences?

Question

I'm an absolute rookie with Oracle. I use SQL Server. I need an Oracle DB for testing with Analysis Services. Is there a default DB I can find somewhere, or how do I create one? Also, are there differences in SQL syntax between Oracle and SQL Server? Thanks in advance.
Nathan

Answer 1

Hello,
I also would like to know if the following is allowed on UserTables:
Our DB-Installer for each Add-on calls an SQL-script for each index.
For example a unique index on table @XXX_ISO_CAT with two columns U_CardCode and U_CatName which are of type text.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT [name] FROM sys.indexes WHERE [name]='XXX_I_ISO_CAT_00') BEGIN
     DECLARE @FieldLength AS INT
     SELECT @FieldLength=SizeID FROM [CUFD] WHERE TableID='@XXX_ISO_CAT' AND AliasID='CardCode'
     EXEC ('ALTER TABLE [@XXX_ISO_CAT] ALTER COLUMN [U_CardCode] NVARCHAR(' + @FieldLength + ')')
     SELECT @FieldLength=SizeID FROM [CUFD] WHERE TableID='@XXX_ISO_CAT' AND AliasID='CatName'
     EXEC ('ALTER TABLE [@XXX_ISO_CAT] ALTER COLUMN [U_CatName] NVARCHAR(' + @FieldLength + ')')
     CREATE UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [XXX_I_ISO_CAT_00] ON [dbo].[@XXX_ISO_CAT]
          [U_CardCode] ASC,
          [U_CatName] ASC
     )WITH (SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ONLINE = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
END