Then she used wget .
She didn’t reply. Instead, she did what all seasoned DBAs eventually learn: she bypassed the GUI entirely. She opened a terminal. She found the direct download link by inspecting the page’s source code—a long, ugly URL with more parameters than a rocket launch sequence.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
The download bar began to crawl. 1%... 3%... 7%... It was going to take an hour. She set her phone alarm for 2:15 AM, put her head on her desk, and closed her eyes.
At 3:47 AM, she typed sqlplus / as sysdba . The familiar banner appeared.
: Includes all features, including Real Application Clusters (RAC) and advanced partitioning.
No errors.
Before initiating any download from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) or the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, users must:
Then she shut off the monitors and went home, where the only database she wanted to think about was the one in her fridge—a leftover pizza, waiting to be downloaded into her stomach.
The first attempt failed. ERROR 503: Service Unavailable.
She would write one sentence:
Then she used wget .
She didn’t reply. Instead, she did what all seasoned DBAs eventually learn: she bypassed the GUI entirely. She opened a terminal. She found the direct download link by inspecting the page’s source code—a long, ugly URL with more parameters than a rocket launch sequence.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
The download bar began to crawl. 1%... 3%... 7%... It was going to take an hour. She set her phone alarm for 2:15 AM, put her head on her desk, and closed her eyes.
At 3:47 AM, she typed sqlplus / as sysdba . The familiar banner appeared.
: Includes all features, including Real Application Clusters (RAC) and advanced partitioning.
No errors.
Before initiating any download from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) or the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, users must:
Then she shut off the monitors and went home, where the only database she wanted to think about was the one in her fridge—a leftover pizza, waiting to be downloaded into her stomach.
The first attempt failed. ERROR 503: Service Unavailable.
She would write one sentence: