Oracle - Open Source?

Good day!
I need to know whether Oracle products now on Open Source Software - specifically Oracle 8??! As far as I'm concerned, it is a proprietary software isnt it?
Thank you!! ;)

Larry Ellison is the second richest man in the world and he wants to be first. He's not going to achieve that by giving away Oracle databases. On the other hand he's only too keen to get people installing Oracle on Linux, because that's one in the eye for billg.
Cheers, APC

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Thanks,
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Happy to, but we'll need your project URL.
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I'd like to have this project included in the Open Source Oracle tools list at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/opensource_projects.html
I've been an Oracle DBA for quite some time (since 7.0.13) and a developer for many years. One of the things I've always wished for was an easier way to set up environment variables for different Oracle Homes and a way to provide passwords to scripts without embedding them in plain-view.
About 3 years ago, I started a set of functions and scripts at my company that did exactly just that and provided many more functions for things like checking database status, running scripts quietly unless errors are detected, running actions in parallel (like fast shutdowns at once, or multiple analyzes), restarting databases in a guaranteed fashion, aliases to common folder locations, etc..
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DBAShell is a project based around Shell functions and scripts designed to make it easy for DBA's to use Databases in a command line environment. Currently supported is Oracle with ksh and bash on AIX, Solaris, Linux. The code base itself is 3 years old and has been in use in Production environments all of that time.
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* Automatically set SID based on Script location (makes it easier to share scripts between SID's)
* manage temporary script output and check for oracle errors in output
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* set aliases and variables for common SID areas, etc..
* many helpful commands for common Oracle tasks
Over a thousand people have already downloaded the prior release and more are downloading every hour.
I'm seeking feedback from anybody that would be willing to take a look at the project, trying it out, give me any feedback you have on it, and perhaps even direct me to where I could best promote this project.
I wrote a tutorial that shows at a glance some of the more useful features of DBAShell:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=34041&group_id=170224
Main site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/
Documentation: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=33704&group_id=170224
Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dbashell/dbashell-0.85.tar.gz?download

Always glad to have people thinking about the poor DBA's. Usually, the developers get most of the attention in open source.

DBAShell - Open Source project for Oracle DBA's

Ive been an Oracle DBA for quite some time (since 7.0.13) and a developer for many years. One of the things Ive always wished for was an easier way to set up environment variables for different Oracle Homes and a way to provide passwords to scripts without embedding them in plain-view.
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So that is how http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/ was started. Now its in a second release (DBAShell 0.85) that is more modular and would allow other people to easily add support for other OSs, other Shells, and other Databases.
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I wrote a tutorial that shows at a glance some of the more useful features of DBAShell:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=34041&group_id=170224
Main site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbashell/
Documentation: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=33704&group_id=170224
Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dbashell/dbashell-0.85.tar.gz?download

Always glad to have people thinking about the poor DBA's. Usually, the developers get most of the attention in open source.

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You may have a look at for instance JBoss Cache. It does however (as far as I know) lack Coherence most useful (and powerful) caching architectures (i.e. "partitioned" and "near" caches). Nor do I belive you should expect the same level of stability or proven track record for use in demanding applications as coherence has.
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I'd like to strongly reccommend SQLpython ( https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/PSSGroup/SqlPython ) be added to the Open Source Projects for Oracle page ( http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/opensource_projects.html ). It's an SQL command-line client whose chief strength is incredibly convenient extensibility / personalizability. I've reviewed it briefly at http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/2006/05/sqlpython-sql-client-of-your-very-own.html
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Oracle ADF Open source

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Is Oracle ADF is open source framework ?

Not open source in the sense that you can just download, modify and share the ADF code.
However, the source code for ADF is available for all customers with a current support contract. You open a Service Request with Oracle support, fill in some paperwork (accepting that you can't publish it, among other things) and then Oracle Support makes the ADF source code availabel to you.
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Open Source Projects for Oracle:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/opensource/projects.html
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http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/valueobjects
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[email protected]

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Adobe is only giving up the free tool for education purposes, or unemployed developer. You didn't say if you were one of those.
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