As a laptop computer user surely I give Oracle XE a try.
Most intriguing is the deinstallation process: no software remains on my disk. No manual work. Great!
I also start and stop server software on demand to fit this into my working habit. Here comes the point where Oracle XE is still lacking a complete solution. Instead of just stopping the database instance, it should also stop the TNS listener. But this could be fixed easily:
- In your favorite text editor open the StartDB.bat and StopDB.bat
- Copy the TNSListener line from StartDB.bat to StopDB.bat
- Replace start by stop
- Save the StopDB.bat and verify the changes by stopping and starting your XE instance from the Start Menu
Example:
net stop OracleXETNSListener
net stop OracleServiceXE
