2 Oracle HTML DB Installation Requirements

This chapter describes the requirements for installing Oracle HTML DB, release 1.6.

This chapter contains these topics:

Oracle Database Requirement

Oracle HTML DB version 1.6 requires either Oracle9i release 2 (9.2.0.3) or later, or Oracle Database 10g release 1 (10.1).

Checking the shared_pool_size of the Target Database

Oracle HTML DB requires the shared_pool_size of the target database to be at least 100 MB.

To check the shared_pool_size of the target database:

  1. Start the database:

    SQL> STARTUP

  2. If necessary, enter the following command to determine whether the system uses an initialization parameter file (initsid.ora) or a server parameter file (spfiledbname.ora):

    SQL> SHOW PARAMETER PFILE;

    This command displays the name and location of the server parameter file or the initialization parameter file.

  3. Determine the current values of the shared_pool_size parameter:

    SQL> SHOW PARAMETER SHARED_POOL_SIZE

  4. If the system is using a server parameter file, set the value of the SHARED_POOL_SIZE initialization parameter to at least 100 MB:

    SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET SHARED_POOL_SIZE='100M' SCOPE=spfile;

  5. If the system uses an initialization parameter file, change the values of the SHARED_POOL_SIZE parameter to at least 100 MB in the initialization parameter file (initsid.ora).

  6. Shut down the database:

    SQL> SHUTDOWN

  7. Restart the database:

    SQL> STARTUP

Oracle HTTP Server Requirement

Oracle HTML DB requires Oracle HTTP Server in order to run. Your system must have one of the following:

  • Oracle HTTP Server release 9.0.3 or higher with mod_plsql

  • Oracle HTTP Server 10g Release 1

  • Oracle Application Server 10g

Disk Space Requirements

Verify that the file system where the Oracle HTML DB distribution will be unzipped contains at least 400MB of free disk space for the installation.

Oracle XML DB Requirement

Oracle XML DB must be installed in the Oracle database that you want to use. If you are using a preconfigured database created either during an installation or by Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA), Oracle XML DB is already installed and configured.


See Also:

Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide for more information about manually adding Oracle XML DB to an existing database

Oracle Text Requirement

Oracle Text must be installed in order to utilize the search capability in Oracle HTML DB online help. By default, Oracle Text is installed as part of Oracle Database.

In addition, make sure that the default language preferences for Oracle Text have been installed. To install the Oracle Text default language, run the approriate drdeflang.sql script (for example, drdefus.sql for US English) from the following directory:

ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\ctx\admin\defaults

See Also:

Oracle Text Application Developer's Guide for more information on Oracle Text