HELLO EVERYONE......HOPE YOU ALL MUST HAVE RETURNED FROM YOUR HOLIDAYS , BACK TO WORK IN THE SAME OLD MOROSE "GUI"LESS ROOM....THE ROOM FOR THE DBA.

WELL...I CAME ACROSS A BUNCH OF CD's AVAILABLE ON A SECONDS COMPUTER SALE. - THEY WERE "ORACLE 8 SIMULATORS" .EACH OF THEM A WHOPPING HK$3200 .THE WAY THEY APPEARED,... AND THE ADVERTIZING THAT WAS BEHIND IT ..IT APPEARED THAT THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE ONES TO GET A "NEXT TO REAL TIME DBA EXPERIENCE".

CAN SOME ONE KINDLY ENLIGHTEN ME ABOUT THESE ORACLE SIMULATORS:

1)ARE THEY SO INEVITABLE FOR DBA EXPERIENCE SIMULATION.?ARE THEY WORTH THOSE BUCKS...?OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET BETTER KNOWLEDGE FROM PROFESSIONAL BOOKS..?

2)I BORROWED THEM FOR A FEW MINS TO TRY THEM OUT.THEY HAD "SCENARIOS" LABELLED ON THEM. ON CLICKING MOST OF THESE SCENARIOS IT SAID SOMETHING LIKE ..."THIS ...SCENARIO IS NOT INSTALLED ..PL CONTACT YOUR NEAREST ORACLE REPRESENTATIVE"..SOME (VERY FEW ) OF THE SCENARIOS WERE ACTUALLY INSTALLED ...BUT I DID'NT GET TIME TO CHECK THEM OUT IN DETAIL.
CAN SOME ONE WHO HAS USED THESE PL TELL ME

a)WHATS IN THESE SIMULATORS &
b) WHY DO I GET THAT ERROR.