Many customers have asked over the past year whether we would be producing a newer version of the Oracle Database Express Edition, because it makes such a terrific starter database for students, developers, and DBAs. Well, the answer is Yes!
As of today, Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 is available for download. As with the 10g release, this Express Edition is free of charge. To find more information about downloading the software and documentation, please visit the OTN page for Express Edition.
Remember, you can always upgrade your database to Standard or Enterprise Edition if you outgrow the resource constraints of Express Edition. So, free free to download the new release and check it out!
Enjoy!
Hi how are you? I didn’t find any boot talking, but is it possible to upgrade from Oracle XE to SE? I just saw a note talking about XE to EE.
Hi Cesar,
the problem with XE to SE2 is that XE has a lot of options SE2 does not have. So while technically it will work, it will require deinstalling a lot of options/components you find in CDB_REGISTRY. Since an XE database is small, I’d highly recommend in such cases to use Data Pump.
Cheers
Mike